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... surface on one side and a concave on the other , exactly corresponding to curves which had been previously deter- mined , and regulated by a process beautifully simple and certain , is , perhaps , at once the most important and the most ...
... surface on one side and a concave on the other , exactly corresponding to curves which had been previously deter- mined , and regulated by a process beautifully simple and certain , is , perhaps , at once the most important and the most ...
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... surface of rupture , but , tried with a microscope , the fibres ap- peared without adhesion , like a bundle of needles . A third axle was subjected , during twelve hours , to 338,000 tor- sions , and broken in two ; a change in its ...
... surface of rupture , but , tried with a microscope , the fibres ap- peared without adhesion , like a bundle of needles . A third axle was subjected , during twelve hours , to 338,000 tor- sions , and broken in two ; a change in its ...
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... surface of rupture was scaly , like pewter . In the seventh and final case , an axle submitted to 128,304,000 torsions presented a surface of rupture like that in the preceding experiment ; the crystals were found to be perfectly well ...
... surface of rupture was scaly , like pewter . In the seventh and final case , an axle submitted to 128,304,000 torsions presented a surface of rupture like that in the preceding experiment ; the crystals were found to be perfectly well ...
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... surface , at any of the regularly - established coppersmiths . These can be had of the size of several feet down to a few inches . The surface of the plate being bright and free from tarnish , remove all grease with great care by ...
... surface , at any of the regularly - established coppersmiths . These can be had of the size of several feet down to a few inches . The surface of the plate being bright and free from tarnish , remove all grease with great care by ...
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... surface of the plate may be cleared of the etching - ground . There are other operations , such as re - biting , re ... surfaces for the relief of foliage , figures , letters , etc. , may , by this means , be executed with rapidity ...
... surface of the plate may be cleared of the etching - ground . There are other operations , such as re - biting , re ... surfaces for the relief of foliage , figures , letters , etc. , may , by this means , be executed with rapidity ...
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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.