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... wood and iron construction to those navigating smooth waters . The battle of the guns versus armor - plates is still waged with great vigor , and the victory just now appears to be on the side of the steel projectiles and chilled shot ...
... wood and iron construction to those navigating smooth waters . The battle of the guns versus armor - plates is still waged with great vigor , and the victory just now appears to be on the side of the steel projectiles and chilled shot ...
Pagina 27
... wooden crib or coffer - dam , built , like a ship , on the shore , launched , and towed to its destined location . This immense crib was launched July 26 , 1865 ; it is 40 feet 6 inches high , pentagonal , in a circumscribing circle of ...
... wooden crib or coffer - dam , built , like a ship , on the shore , launched , and towed to its destined location . This immense crib was launched July 26 , 1865 ; it is 40 feet 6 inches high , pentagonal , in a circumscribing circle of ...
Pagina 35
... wood . The diurnal rise and fall of the bridge is about two inches ; this constant motion produced slight leakage from droppings ; the wooden lining was then taken out , as it was shown there was no danger of freezing , and now there is ...
... wood . The diurnal rise and fall of the bridge is about two inches ; this constant motion produced slight leakage from droppings ; the wooden lining was then taken out , as it was shown there was no danger of freezing , and now there is ...
Pagina 37
... wooden structure on stone piers , and was built on the old piers with the addition of several new ones in the same ... wood . In its construction , 175,000 , rivets were used . The cost was $ 264,784.63 , and it is capable of bearing a ...
... wooden structure on stone piers , and was built on the old piers with the addition of several new ones in the same ... wood . In its construction , 175,000 , rivets were used . The cost was $ 264,784.63 , and it is capable of bearing a ...
Pagina 38
... made to penetrate through the interior of the substance , as for the preservation of wood and other vegetable matters . The process is very simple : 38 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY . By the insertion of suitable cores, holes for the ...
... made to penetrate through the interior of the substance , as for the preservation of wood and other vegetable matters . The process is very simple : 38 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY . By the insertion of suitable cores, holes for the ...
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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...