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 19
... portions devoted to the reception of works of art . Without some such provision for the safety of pictures there was ... portion of the new construction is to be of brick , the roofs supported on cast - iron pillars , the roof itself of ...
... portions devoted to the reception of works of art . Without some such provision for the safety of pictures there was ... portion of the new construction is to be of brick , the roofs supported on cast - iron pillars , the roof itself of ...
Pagina 20
... portion only of this will be devoted to art ; the lower gal- leries , on a level with the road , being appropriated to other objects , amongst which carriages and still machinery will find place . picture galleries will therefore be ...
... portion only of this will be devoted to art ; the lower gal- leries , on a level with the road , being appropriated to other objects , amongst which carriages and still machinery will find place . picture galleries will therefore be ...
Pagina 22
... portions of a dissecting map may be combined . The wonderful simplicity of the whole system , and the marvellous perfec- tion of the separate pieces of machinery which carry out the objects , are described as astonishing . For instance ...
... portions of a dissecting map may be combined . The wonderful simplicity of the whole system , and the marvellous perfec- tion of the separate pieces of machinery which carry out the objects , are described as astonishing . For instance ...
Pagina 29
... portion of the castle presents a variety to the usual mode of building prevalent , which must be ascribed to the genius of Richard . It con- sisted of massive masonry arranged in a succession of segments of a circle , connected by a ...
... portion of the castle presents a variety to the usual mode of building prevalent , which must be ascribed to the genius of Richard . It con- sisted of massive masonry arranged in a succession of segments of a circle , connected by a ...
Pagina 32
... portion of the bridge was deferred until the fol- lowing day . Early next morning , the interesting experiment was resumed , and concluded during the day . In giving the result of the fearful ordeal to which the tubes were subjected ...
... portion of the bridge was deferred until the fol- lowing day . Early next morning , the interesting experiment was resumed , and concluded during the day . In giving the result of the fearful ordeal to which the tubes were subjected ...
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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.