Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, for [1850]-71, Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, Biology, Botany, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Geography, Antiquities, Etc., Together with Notes on the Progress of Science ... a List of Recent Scientific Publications; Obituaries of Eminent Scientific Men, Etc. ...Gould and Lincoln, 1865 |
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Pagina 23
... PRESSURE STEAM . -- At the recent opening of a School of Science at Liverpool , Mr. Fairbairn said : As a laborer in the field of science , more particu- larly practical science , I am sure you will allow me to give you a few examples ...
... PRESSURE STEAM . -- At the recent opening of a School of Science at Liverpool , Mr. Fairbairn said : As a laborer in the field of science , more particu- larly practical science , I am sure you will allow me to give you a few examples ...
Pagina 25
... pressure , is suddenly re- lieved of pressure by a large rupture , a considerable amount of the water is instantly flashed , gunpowder - like , into steam . -Scientific American . NOVEL ARRANGEMENT OF STEAM BOILERS . At the meeting of ...
... pressure , is suddenly re- lieved of pressure by a large rupture , a considerable amount of the water is instantly flashed , gunpowder - like , into steam . -Scientific American . NOVEL ARRANGEMENT OF STEAM BOILERS . At the meeting of ...
Pagina 26
... pressure , the fires in proper order , and all things adjusted correctly , before each experiment was actually commenced . The water in the boiler was gauged , and the quantity fed in was accurately measured . Every pound of coal fed ...
... pressure , the fires in proper order , and all things adjusted correctly , before each experiment was actually commenced . The water in the boiler was gauged , and the quantity fed in was accurately measured . Every pound of coal fed ...
Pagina 44
... metal to every 10 - inch diameter and 100 yards pressure should be remem- bered . For every inch in the diameter of pipe , increase or deduct one - tenth of an inch , and for every 44 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
... metal to every 10 - inch diameter and 100 yards pressure should be remem- bered . For every inch in the diameter of pipe , increase or deduct one - tenth of an inch , and for every 44 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
Pagina 45
... pressure increase or deduct one - hundredth of an inch . In calculating the strength of columns great care is necessary . The safe plan is to find the diameter of a solid column necessary to bear the compression , and then distribute ...
... pressure increase or deduct one - hundredth of an inch . In calculating the strength of columns great care is necessary . The safe plan is to find the diameter of a solid column necessary to bear the compression , and then distribute ...
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Pagina 413 - Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Pagina 413 - The Camel : His Organization, Habits and Uses, considered with reference to his introduction into the United States.
Pagina v - I first entered this city, the whole of the machinery was executed by hand. There were neither planing, slotting, nor shaping machines, and, with the exception of very imperfect lathes and a few drills, the preparatory operations of construction were effected entirely by the hands of the workmen.
Pagina 146 - The result of this would be a state of universal rest and death, if the universe were finite and left to obey existing laws. But as no limit is known to the extent of matter, science points rather to an endless progress through an endless space of action, involving the transformation of potential energy through palpable motion into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping forever.
Pagina viii - THE BOYDEN PREMIUM URIAH A. BOYDEN, ESQ., of Boston, Mass., has deposited with THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE the sum of one thousand dollars, to be awarded as a premium to "Any resident of North America who shall determine by experiment whether all rays of light,* and other physical rays, are or are not transmitted with the same velocity.
Pagina 62 - ... the glasses are taken off and wiped every day, and before they are put on again, the match is applied to the lip of the burner, and the stopcock cautiously opened, so that no more gas escapes than is sufficient to make a ring of blue flame, the glasses being then put on quite straight, the stopcocks are gently turned, until the flames stand at three inches high. When this is done, few chimney-glasses will be broken, and the ceilings will not be blackened for years.
Pagina 197 - Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality. To the gradual manner in which colloidal changes take place (for they always demand time as an element), may the...
Pagina 411 - POLITICAL ECONOMY ABRIDGED, and adapted to the use of Schools and Academies, by the Author.
Pagina 412 - HEADSHIP OF CHRIST, and the Rights of the Christian People, a Collection of Personal Portraitures, Historical and Descriptive Sketches and Essays, with the Author's celebrated Letter to Lord Brougham.
Pagina 197 - Another eminently characteristic quality of colloids, is their mutability. Their existence is a continued metastasis. A colloid may be compared in this respect to water while existing liquid at a temperature below its usual freezing point, or to a supersaturated saline solution.