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... remarkable de- gree . The extensive use of steel in ship - building , especially since the Bessemer process has come into vogue , has contributed much to the strength and safety of sea - going vessels , with dimin- ished weight , and ...
... remarkable de- gree . The extensive use of steel in ship - building , especially since the Bessemer process has come into vogue , has contributed much to the strength and safety of sea - going vessels , with dimin- ished weight , and ...
Pagina vi
... remarkable results of spectrum analysis , from the labors of Kirchhoff , Bunsen , Huggins , and Miller , have thrown a flood of light upon the structure of the heavenly bodies . These conclu- sions will be found under the head of ...
... remarkable results of spectrum analysis , from the labors of Kirchhoff , Bunsen , Huggins , and Miller , have thrown a flood of light upon the structure of the heavenly bodies . These conclu- sions will be found under the head of ...
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... remarkable circumstances connected with the laying of the cable of 1866 is the directness of the route taken by the Great Eastern , and the small percentage of slack of the cable paid out , compared with the distance run . The log of ...
... remarkable circumstances connected with the laying of the cable of 1866 is the directness of the route taken by the Great Eastern , and the small percentage of slack of the cable paid out , compared with the distance run . The log of ...
Pagina 26
... remarkable and suc- cessful feats of American engineering is compiled from various sources , principally the Reports of the Board of Public Works , Chicago , the " Scientific American , " and the Boston " Common- wealth . " This work is ...
... remarkable and suc- cessful feats of American engineering is compiled from various sources , principally the Reports of the Board of Public Works , Chicago , the " Scientific American , " and the Boston " Common- wealth . " This work is ...
Pagina 29
... current of fresh air was constantly forced through the tunnel by machinery . It is remarkable that no serious accident from earth , gas , or water 3 * MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 29 weight of over 100 tons, forced the huge shaft ...
... current of fresh air was constantly forced through the tunnel by machinery . It is remarkable that no serious accident from earth , gas , or water 3 * MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 29 weight of over 100 tons, forced the huge shaft ...
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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...