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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 v
... tion of material , and better processes of manufacture on the part of the armor - plate makers . The new gunpowder of Capt . Schultze , made from wood , by a process similar to that of making gun - cotton , bids fair to rival the old ...
... tion of material , and better processes of manufacture on the part of the armor - plate makers . The new gunpowder of Capt . Schultze , made from wood , by a process similar to that of making gun - cotton , bids fair to rival the old ...
Pagina vii
... tion , whether , in a geological formation unmistakably continu- ous , the different characters of the fossils represent absolutely permanent varieties , or may be explained by gradual modifying changes . It is quite possible that many ...
... tion , whether , in a geological formation unmistakably continu- ous , the different characters of the fossils represent absolutely permanent varieties , or may be explained by gradual modifying changes . It is quite possible that many ...
Pagina ix
... tion ; indeed , the acknowledged degrees of hybridity are best explained on Darwin's theory . Darwin insists upon time for the changes by natural selection ; and no one will pretend , at the pres- ent day , to date back the earth's ...
... tion ; indeed , the acknowledged degrees of hybridity are best explained on Darwin's theory . Darwin insists upon time for the changes by natural selection ; and no one will pretend , at the pres- ent day , to date back the earth's ...
Pagina 17
... tion ; and with that assurance I came home last autumn . 66 In December I went back again , when lo , all our hopes had sunk to nothing . The Attorney - General of England had given his written opinion that we had no legal right ...
... tion ; and with that assurance I came home last autumn . 66 In December I went back again , when lo , all our hopes had sunk to nothing . The Attorney - General of England had given his written opinion that we had no legal right ...
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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...