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Pagina iv
... increases in the estima- tion of the best engineers , greatly increasing the economy of ma- rine engines . The use of superheated steam is yet in its infancy , IV but it is to be hoped that theoretical fears on NOTES BY THE EDITOR, ...
... increases in the estima- tion of the best engineers , greatly increasing the economy of ma- rine engines . The use of superheated steam is yet in its infancy , IV but it is to be hoped that theoretical fears on NOTES BY THE EDITOR, ...
Pagina vi
... increased potential energy of atmos- pheric air when passed through films of caoutchouc , it becoming richer in oxygen by losing half its nitrogen , are interesting as indications of means for storing up force . The magneto - electric ...
... increased potential energy of atmos- pheric air when passed through films of caoutchouc , it becoming richer in oxygen by losing half its nitrogen , are interesting as indications of means for storing up force . The magneto - electric ...
Pagina ix
... increase the number of the supposed crea- tions ; and yet we have no well authenticated instance of a new creation , and in no other operations of nature such a want of con- tinuity , such a perpetually recurring creative miracle . The ...
... increase the number of the supposed crea- tions ; and yet we have no well authenticated instance of a new creation , and in no other operations of nature such a want of con- tinuity , such a perpetually recurring creative miracle . The ...
Pagina xi
... increases as we penetrate into the crust of the earth , and that some of our deep - seated minerals , as olivine , serpentine , etc. , are almost identical with meteoric constituents . When we consider that the exterior of the earth is ...
... increases as we penetrate into the crust of the earth , and that some of our deep - seated minerals , as olivine , serpentine , etc. , are almost identical with meteoric constituents . When we consider that the exterior of the earth is ...
Pagina 25
... increased and more carefully guarded insulation . In consideration of these qualities , of the delicate instruments for detecting faults and for working through them when detected , and of the high degree of perfection to which ...
... increased and more carefully guarded insulation . In consideration of these qualities , of the delicate instruments for detecting faults and for working through them when detected , and of the high degree of perfection to which ...
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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...