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... iron in various parts of locomotives , and for rails , has added greatly to the permanence of the ma- chinery , and diminished the wear and tear in a remarkable de- gree . The extensive use of steel in ship - building , especially since ...
... iron in various parts of locomotives , and for rails , has added greatly to the permanence of the ma- chinery , and diminished the wear and tear in a remarkable de- gree . The extensive use of steel in ship - building , especially since ...
Pagina xi
... weapons , then bronze was used , and , the last , before the historic period , iron . Civilization , even to the extent of that of the ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . ΧΙ oxides similar to those which belong to our own planet...
... weapons , then bronze was used , and , the last , before the historic period , iron . Civilization , even to the extent of that of the ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . ΧΙ oxides similar to those which belong to our own planet...
Pagina 22
... iron - wire , each strand made of seven wires , twisted six around one , laid equally around the core , which had previously been padded with a serving of tarred hemp . Breaking strain , three tons five cwt .; capable of bearing its own ...
... iron - wire , each strand made of seven wires , twisted six around one , laid equally around the core , which had previously been padded with a serving of tarred hemp . Breaking strain , three tons five cwt .; capable of bearing its own ...
Pagina 23
... iron , each wire surrounded with tarred Manila rope , and the whole laid spirally around the core , which had previously been padded with a serving of tarred jute yarn . Breaking strain , seven tons , 15 cwt .; capable of bearing its ...
... iron , each wire surrounded with tarred Manila rope , and the whole laid spirally around the core , which had previously been padded with a serving of tarred jute yarn . Breaking strain , seven tons , 15 cwt .; capable of bearing its ...
Pagina 27
... iron cylinder , 9 feet in diameter , to run from the water line to the tunnel , 64 feet below the surface and 31 feet below the bed of the lake . The crib is very strongly built , containing 750,000 feet of lumber , board measure , and ...
... iron cylinder , 9 feet in diameter , to run from the water line to the tunnel , 64 feet below the surface and 31 feet below the bed of the lake . The crib is very strongly built , containing 750,000 feet of lumber , board measure , and ...
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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...