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 vi
... remains imbedded and preserved . The geologist has increasingly tended to believe that the changes which have taken place on the face of the globe , from the earliest times to the present , are the result of agencies still at work . But ...
... remains imbedded and preserved . The geologist has increasingly tended to believe that the changes which have taken place on the face of the globe , from the earliest times to the present , are the result of agencies still at work . But ...
Pagina ix
... remains to be accomplished . Fail- ures have been repeated so often as to call for a commission on the part of the British Government to inquire into the causes , and the best means of overcoming the difficulties which present ...
... remains to be accomplished . Fail- ures have been repeated so often as to call for a commission on the part of the British Government to inquire into the causes , and the best means of overcoming the difficulties which present ...
Pagina x
... remains to be seen whether the mechanical and commercial difficulties in the employment of these new materials can be successfully overcome . The external protecting covering is still a subject of anxious consideration . The objections ...
... remains to be seen whether the mechanical and commercial difficulties in the employment of these new materials can be successfully overcome . The external protecting covering is still a subject of anxious consideration . The objections ...
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... remains of castellated build- ings . When attack was anticipated , the defenders strengthened their position by erecting galleries whence they could command the bases of the curtain walls and exterior towers , which they would otherwise ...
... remains of castellated build- ings . When attack was anticipated , the defenders strengthened their position by erecting galleries whence they could command the bases of the curtain walls and exterior towers , which they would otherwise ...
Pagina 36
... remains that iron and steel will lose thei strength by vibration and tension , it is proper to state , also , in this connection , that this loss of strength bears a due proportion to the extent and duration of the vibration and tension ...
... remains that iron and steel will lose thei strength by vibration and tension , it is proper to state , also , in this connection , that this loss of strength bears a due proportion to the extent and duration of the vibration and tension ...
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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.