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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
Pagina ix
... various times complete and unchange- able , but have been gradually and indefinitely varied , from exter- nal circumstances , from natural efforts to accommodate them- selves to surrounding changes , and from the necessity of yielding ...
... various times complete and unchange- able , but have been gradually and indefinitely varied , from exter- nal circumstances , from natural efforts to accommodate them- selves to surrounding changes , and from the necessity of yielding ...
Pagina 13
... various occasions , and from scientific journals of England and this country , the following account of the Atlantic Telegraph is condensed by the Editor . Mr. Field , at a banquet given in his honor at New York , Nov. 15 , 1866 , gave ...
... various occasions , and from scientific journals of England and this country , the following account of the Atlantic Telegraph is condensed by the Editor . Mr. Field , at a banquet given in his honor at New York , Nov. 15 , 1866 , gave ...
Pagina 26
... various sources , principally the Reports of the Board of Public Works , Chicago , the " Scientific American , " and the Boston " Common- wealth . " This work is now virtually completed , and for boldness of conception and engineering ...
... various sources , principally the Reports of the Board of Public Works , Chicago , the " Scientific American , " and the Boston " Common- wealth . " This work is now virtually completed , and for boldness of conception and engineering ...
Pagina 32
... various bridges during the season of navigation , as well as the many accidents which are sure to result from our present bridge system . The longest tunnel in England is the Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway , which is 9,680 feet ...
... various bridges during the season of navigation , as well as the many accidents which are sure to result from our present bridge system . The longest tunnel in England is the Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway , which is 9,680 feet ...
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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...