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Pagina xi
... pound and the foot may be decimally divided without introducing the kilogramme or the metre , or , what would be the ... pounds , & c . Nor has the lineal unit better recommendation . Its division into feet and inches , and its multiples ...
... pound and the foot may be decimally divided without introducing the kilogramme or the metre , or , what would be the ... pounds , & c . Nor has the lineal unit better recommendation . Its division into feet and inches , and its multiples ...
Pagina xii
... pounds has been voted by the British Parliament for the exploration of Northern Australia , under the direc- tion of the Royal Geographical Society , and an expedition , under the charge of Mr. Gregory , left New South Wales for the ...
... pounds has been voted by the British Parliament for the exploration of Northern Australia , under the direc- tion of the Royal Geographical Society , and an expedition , under the charge of Mr. Gregory , left New South Wales for the ...
Pagina 20
... pound radicals , in which the carbon and hydrogen stand to each other in equal atomic proportions , and are in each case acidified by the same number of equivalents of oxygen . These acids are all monobasic , or combined with only one ...
... pound radicals , in which the carbon and hydrogen stand to each other in equal atomic proportions , and are in each case acidified by the same number of equivalents of oxygen . These acids are all monobasic , or combined with only one ...
Pagina 23
... pounds , which had been formerly supposed to be only producible by natural processes , under the influence of the vital principle . The last two years have added materially to the catalogue of such bodies artificially produced , as in ...
... pounds , which had been formerly supposed to be only producible by natural processes , under the influence of the vital principle . The last two years have added materially to the catalogue of such bodies artificially produced , as in ...
Pagina 38
... in smooth water : Fifteen men were placed in the boat offered for inspection ( being twelve feet long ) and two sixty - four pound weights sus- There was pended on one side , with which she 38 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
... in smooth water : Fifteen men were placed in the boat offered for inspection ( being twelve feet long ) and two sixty - four pound weights sus- There was pended on one side , with which she 38 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
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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.
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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...