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 vii
... soil are undoubtedly des- tined to be effected by the steam - engine . It is but a short time since it was thought inapplicable to agricultural purposes , from its great weight and expense . But more recent experience has proved this to ...
... soil are undoubtedly des- tined to be effected by the steam - engine . It is but a short time since it was thought inapplicable to agricultural purposes , from its great weight and expense . But more recent experience has proved this to ...
Pagina 56
... soil , and which may possibly be found useful in many cases where it is desirable to preserve an impression that would otherwise be soon obliterated . The process is the invention of M. Hugoulin ; and the manner in which it has been ...
... soil , and which may possibly be found useful in many cases where it is desirable to preserve an impression that would otherwise be soon obliterated . The process is the invention of M. Hugoulin ; and the manner in which it has been ...
Pagina 66
... soils as a par- tial substitute for horses . The engines cost from $ 2,500 to $ 4,000 apiece , and the cost of the ploughing ranged from $ 1.38 to $ 2.10 per acre . The fastest work was at the rate of about three - fourths of an acre ...
... soils as a par- tial substitute for horses . The engines cost from $ 2,500 to $ 4,000 apiece , and the cost of the ploughing ranged from $ 1.38 to $ 2.10 per acre . The fastest work was at the rate of about three - fourths of an acre ...
Pagina 137
... soil , and in the human blood . In the mother- liquors of tartaric acid manufactories , the lithia is found to be so con- centrated as to be worth commercial extraction ; and the same may be said of certain mother - liquors of saline ...
... soil , and in the human blood . In the mother- liquors of tartaric acid manufactories , the lithia is found to be so con- centrated as to be worth commercial extraction ; and the same may be said of certain mother - liquors of saline ...
Pagina 155
... soil where the grotto exists is several degrees above the freezing point , a change must take place between the interior and the exterior , in which , for a time , the heat taken off must exceed that received . M. Shuny gives the theo ...
... soil where the grotto exists is several degrees above the freezing point , a change must take place between the interior and the exterior , in which , for a time , the heat taken off must exceed that received . M. Shuny gives the theo ...
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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.