The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 13Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1862 |
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Pagina viii
... material in security and strength , when judiciously applied in the construction of ships of every class . Other considerations , however , affect the question of vessels of war ; and al- though numerous experiments were made , yet none ...
... material in security and strength , when judiciously applied in the construction of ships of every class . Other considerations , however , affect the question of vessels of war ; and al- though numerous experiments were made , yet none ...
Pagina x
... materials can be successfully overcome . The external protecting covering is still a subject of anxious consideration . The objections to iron wire are its weight and liability to corrosion . Hemp has been substituted , but at present ...
... materials can be successfully overcome . The external protecting covering is still a subject of anxious consideration . The objections to iron wire are its weight and liability to corrosion . Hemp has been substituted , but at present ...
Pagina xii
... material ; every new style of tool or pattern used or produced in any trade ; and ornaments and decora- tions formed from any material . In short , any new form of any arti- cle of manufacture may be patented . Makers of such articles ...
... material ; every new style of tool or pattern used or produced in any trade ; and ornaments and decora- tions formed from any material . In short , any new form of any arti- cle of manufacture may be patented . Makers of such articles ...
Pagina xv
... material ; the results of which bid fair to almost revolutionize the heretofore accepted science of warfare . In the United States , owing the paralyzation of many forms of industry by the civil war , the inventive skill of the country ...
... material ; the results of which bid fair to almost revolutionize the heretofore accepted science of warfare . In the United States , owing the paralyzation of many forms of industry by the civil war , the inventive skill of the country ...
Pagina xvi
... material , and infantry arms , especially rifled weapons . It includes a valuable work by Capt . Schon , of Saxony , on rifled infantry arms , translated by Capt . J. Gorgas , U. S. A. ; a descrip- tion of the new French system of field ...
... material , and infantry arms , especially rifled weapons . It includes a valuable work by Capt . Schon , of Saxony , on rifled infantry arms , translated by Capt . J. Gorgas , U. S. A. ; a descrip- tion of the new French system of field ...
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Pagina ix - 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 150 - 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 for ever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of...
Pagina 201 - The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter; the crystalloidal being the statical condition. The colloid possesses Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality.