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Pagina 27
... containing 750,000 feet of lumber , board measure , and 150 tons of iron bolts , and weighs about 1,800 tons . It was towed to its position , two miles from the shore , on the same day , and the process of sinking began by opening ...
... containing 750,000 feet of lumber , board measure , and 150 tons of iron bolts , and weighs about 1,800 tons . It was towed to its position , two miles from the shore , on the same day , and the process of sinking began by opening ...
Pagina 34
... contain much soil in suspension , to spread over the fields . When the gap is closed , and the water drawn off , a rich alluvial mud remains , on which splendid crops are raised . The system of opening the banks of the river is ...
... contain much soil in suspension , to spread over the fields . When the gap is closed , and the water drawn off , a rich alluvial mud remains , on which splendid crops are raised . The system of opening the banks of the river is ...
Pagina 38
... containing from 80 to 90 per cent . of lime- - may be useful in the iron furnace , owing to their disposition to absorb sulphur and phosphorus , and thus free the metal from these noxious impuri- ties . He also finds that no substance ...
... containing from 80 to 90 per cent . of lime- - may be useful in the iron furnace , owing to their disposition to absorb sulphur and phosphorus , and thus free the metal from these noxious impuri- ties . He also finds that no substance ...
Pagina 41
... containing a sufficient number of equivalents of carbonate of potash to avoid the pre- cipitation of the silica , in the following proportions : 0.880 kilog . ( 1.94 lbs . ) of silicate of potash containing 0.255 kilog . ( .56 lb. ) of ...
... containing a sufficient number of equivalents of carbonate of potash to avoid the pre- cipitation of the silica , in the following proportions : 0.880 kilog . ( 1.94 lbs . ) of silicate of potash containing 0.255 kilog . ( .56 lb. ) of ...
Pagina 46
... contain a rich supply of the carboniferous oil of which our common illuminating gas is made , and is pronounced equal in that respect , pound for pound , to gas coal . It also pro- duces rosin and some paraffin . Its analysis shows but ...
... contain a rich supply of the carboniferous oil of which our common illuminating gas is made , and is pronounced equal in that respect , pound for pound , to gas coal . It also pro- duces rosin and some paraffin . Its analysis shows but ...
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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...