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Pagina xi
... nearly six English miles ; in France it is 3,025 yards . The Scotch mile is 1,984 , and the Irish 2,038 yards ; the Spanish is 2,472 yards , and the Swedish mile 11,700 yards . These are computed in English yards ; but the yard itself ...
... nearly six English miles ; in France it is 3,025 yards . The Scotch mile is 1,984 , and the Irish 2,038 yards ; the Spanish is 2,472 yards , and the Swedish mile 11,700 yards . These are computed in English yards ; but the yard itself ...
Pagina xiii
... nearly level , of a triangular shape , the base being about 200 yards in length , the perpendicular about 300. The highest point is at the apex of the triangle , which points nearly due west ; separated from it by a hollow is another ...
... nearly level , of a triangular shape , the base being about 200 yards in length , the perpendicular about 300. The highest point is at the apex of the triangle , which points nearly due west ; separated from it by a hollow is another ...
Pagina 40
... nearly as bad in launching , the bilgeways being so near the keel on each side that the whole weight of the vessel is supported on a narrow line . He argued that much of the distortion observed in vessels a short time in service is due ...
... nearly as bad in launching , the bilgeways being so near the keel on each side that the whole weight of the vessel is supported on a narrow line . He argued that much of the distortion observed in vessels a short time in service is due ...
Pagina 52
... nearly to the ceiling , next descends nearly to the same level as that of the water within the boiler , and then ascends again , leaving the end open . A connection is made by a small pipe from the lower bend to a point in the boiler ...
... nearly to the ceiling , next descends nearly to the same level as that of the water within the boiler , and then ascends again , leaving the end open . A connection is made by a small pipe from the lower bend to a point in the boiler ...
Pagina 54
... nearly or quite equal to the average of locomotives burning either of the more combustible fuels , coke or wood . RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS . Loughridge's Self - acting Car Brake . - Mr . William Loughridge , of Wever- ton , Maryland , is ...
... nearly or quite equal to the average of locomotives burning either of the more combustible fuels , coke or wood . RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS . Loughridge's Self - acting Car Brake . - Mr . William Loughridge , of Wever- ton , Maryland , is ...
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Pagina xvi - ... other plants, adapted to the latitude and climate of the State of Maryland, and cause to be carefully noticed upon the records of said institution the character of said experiments, the kind of soil upon which they were undertaken, the system of cultivation adopted, the state of the atmosphere and...
Pagina 260 - ... wrought into the forms and shapes required, provided that we increase the size and power of our machinery to the extent necessary to deal with such large masses of metal. A few minutes...
Pagina 258 - ... carbon present allows a part of the oxygen to combine with the iron, which undergoes combustion and is converted into an oxide. At the excessive temperature that the metal has now acquired, the oxide as soon as formed undergoes fusion, and forms a powerful solvent of those earthy bases that are associated with the iron ; the violent ebullition which is going on mixes most intimately the...
Pagina 305 - Stream, the sounding from Lat. 31° 32', Long. 79° 35', depth 150 fathoms, is mentioned as " a mixture in about equal proportions of Globigerina and black sand, probably greensand, as it makes a green mark when crushed on paper.
Pagina 400 - STRENGTH AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF METALS; Reports of Experiments on the Strength and other Properties of Metals for Cannon. With a Description of the Machines for Testing Metals, and of the Classification of Cannon in service. By Officers of the Ordnance Department, US Army. By authority of the Secretary of War. Illustrated by 25 large steel plates. Quarto . $10.00 SULLIVAN. — Protection to Native Industry. By Sir EDWARD SULLIVAN, Baronet, author of " Ten Chapters on Social Reforms.
Pagina 144 - May, and published in the proceedings, shows that a wire of six times the length of the Varna and Balaklava wire, if of the same lateral dimensions, would give thirty-six times the retardation, and thirty-six times the slowness of action.
Pagina 400 - Gift of the State of New York. 13034, 0. 5. Sixth annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, &o.
Pagina 395 - A communication from Professor Henry of Washington having been read, containing a proposal for the publication of a catalogue of philosophical memoirs scattered throughout the Transactions of Societies in Europe and America, with the offer of co-operation on the part of the Smithsonian Institution, to the extent of preparing and publishing in accordance with the general plan which might be adopted by the British Association, a catalogue of all the American memoirs on physical science, — the Committee...