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Pagina iv
... communication ; and the success of the third or centre - rail system over Mt. Cenis will probably ere long do away with the tedious and expensive plans of boring through mountain chains both in Europe and this country . In marine and ...
... communication ; and the success of the third or centre - rail system over Mt. Cenis will probably ere long do away with the tedious and expensive plans of boring through mountain chains both in Europe and this country . In marine and ...
Pagina 25
... communication between England and America is that to be immediately carried into effect via Scotland , the Faroe Islands , Iceland , Greenland , and the coast of Labrador ; and known as the North Atlantic Telegraph . A glance at the map ...
... communication between England and America is that to be immediately carried into effect via Scotland , the Faroe Islands , Iceland , Greenland , and the coast of Labrador ; and known as the North Atlantic Telegraph . A glance at the map ...
Pagina 31
... communicating on the Eng- lish side with the Chatham and Dover Railway , and on the French side with the Northern Railway of France . He proposes to carry on the excavations for the tunnel from both ends , and also from shafts in the ...
... communicating on the Eng- lish side with the Chatham and Dover Railway , and on the French side with the Northern Railway of France . He proposes to carry on the excavations for the tunnel from both ends , and also from shafts in the ...
Pagina 35
... communication between the States . Railroad tracks are to be laid over its span . The following are its dimensions , & c . : Length of main span from centre to centre of towers MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 35 WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. ...
... communication between the States . Railroad tracks are to be laid over its span . The following are its dimensions , & c . : Length of main span from centre to centre of towers MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 35 WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. ...
Pagina 43
... communicate the motion of the shaft to two parallel and equal wheels , one of which bears a dial - plate , and the other an index - hand which moves over the dial - plate . When there is no strain upon the main belt going over the ...
... communicate the motion of the shaft to two parallel and equal wheels , one of which bears a dial - plate , and the other an index - hand which moves over the dial - plate . When there is no strain upon the main belt going over the ...
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Pagina 261 - a special mineralization producing a bituminous matter instead of coal or lignite. This operation is not attributable to heat, nor of the nature of a distillation, but is due to chemical reactions at the ordinary temperature, and under the normal conditions of climate.
Pagina 303 - When the ether spray thus produced is directed upon the outer skin, the skin is rendered insensible within a minute; but the effects do not end here. So soon as the skin is divided, the ether begins to exert on the nervous filaments the double action of cold and of etherization : so that the narcotism can be extended deeply to any desired extent. Pure rectified ether used in this manner is entirely negative ; it causes no irritation, and may be applied to a deep wound, as I shall show, without any...