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... amount of general and local subscriptions ( upon which the efficiency of the Association in promoting investiga- tions mainly depends ) , in the value and number of the papers read , in the interest of the personal discussion , and in ...
... amount of general and local subscriptions ( upon which the efficiency of the Association in promoting investiga- tions mainly depends ) , in the value and number of the papers read , in the interest of the personal discussion , and in ...
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... amount of the water is instantly flashed , gunpowder - like , into steam . —Scientific American . NOVEL ARRANGEMENT OF STEAM BOILERS . At the meeting of the Society of Civil Engineers of Vienna , Aus- tria , M. Strecker communicated a ...
... amount of the water is instantly flashed , gunpowder - like , into steam . —Scientific American . NOVEL ARRANGEMENT OF STEAM BOILERS . At the meeting of the Society of Civil Engineers of Vienna , Aus- tria , M. Strecker communicated a ...
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... amount of useful and interesting information . — Ed . The fact is well known , that wrought iron , under certain condi- tions , will undergo certain radical changes . And so will all kinds of matter , -material existence being but a ...
... amount of useful and interesting information . — Ed . The fact is well known , that wrought iron , under certain condi- tions , will undergo certain radical changes . And so will all kinds of matter , -material existence being but a ...
Pagina 36
... amount of tension are kept within safe limits . Witness , as examples , the durability of watch springs , piano wire , sofa and wagon springs , etc. etc. Wrought iron that has become brittle , as , for instance , chain , car- axles ...
... amount of tension are kept within safe limits . Witness , as examples , the durability of watch springs , piano wire , sofa and wagon springs , etc. etc. Wrought iron that has become brittle , as , for instance , chain , car- axles ...
Pagina 39
... amount of impurities in the shape of good cinder appears to be necessary to impart strength and cohesion to this metal , and also to make it malleable , and to give it welding properties . The purer the iron is , the higher the heat at ...
... amount of impurities in the shape of good cinder appears to be necessary to impart strength and cohesion to this metal , and also to make it malleable , and to give it welding properties . The purer the iron is , the higher the heat at ...
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Pagina 390 - CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. A Selection of the choicest productions of English Authors, from the earliest to the present time. Connected by a Critical and Biographical History. Forming two large imperial octavo volumes of 700 pages each, double-column letter press ; with upwards of three hundred elegant Illustrations.
Pagina ix - I first entered this city, the whole of the machinery was executed by hand. There were neither planing, slotting, nor shaping machines, and, with the exception of very imperfect lathes and a few drills, the preparatory operations of construction were effected entirely by the hands of the workmen.
Pagina 401 - ANALYTICAL CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ; or, the Bible presented under Distinct and Classified Heads or Topics. By JOHN EADIE, DD, LL D., Author of " Biblical Cyclopaedia," " Ecclesiastical Cyclopaedia," " Dictionary of the Bible,
Pagina 387 - Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Pagina 140 - It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life without a creating and overruling power. The author's object was to lay before the Section an application of these general views to the discovery of probable limits to the periods of time, past and future, during which the sun can bo reckoned on as a source of heat and light.
Pagina ix - THE BOYDEN PREMIUM URIAH A. BOYDEN, ESQ., of Boston, Mass., has deposited with THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE the sum of one thousand dollars, to be awarded as a premium to "Any resident of North America who shall determine by experiment whether all rays of light,* and other physical rays, are or are not transmitted with the same velocity.
Pagina 399 - GOTTHOLD'S EMBLEMS ; or, Invisible things understood by things that are made. BY CHRISTIAN SCRIVER, Minister of Magdeburg in 1671. Translated from the twenty-eighth German edition, by the Rev. ROBERT MHNZIES.
Pagina 179 - The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter; the crystalloidal being the statical condition. The colloid possesses Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality.
Pagina 397 - Perhaps no work has contributed so much as this to excite a fondness for the study of Natural Philosophy in youthful minds. The familiar comparisons, with which it abounds, awaken interest, and rivet the attention of the pupil.
Pagina 389 - THE LANDING AT CAPE ANNE; or, THE CHARTER OF THE FIRST PERMANENT COLONY ON THE TERRITORY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY. Now discovered, and first published from the ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, with an inquiry into its authority, and a HISTORY OF THE COLONY, 1624-1628, Roger Conant, Governor. By J. WINGATE THORNTON. 8vo, cloth 2.50. Of " A rare contribution to the early history of New England.