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Pagina vii
... 1o in 300 feet , and that in fact it follows no definite law at all . Mr. Glaisher appears also to have ascertained the interesting fact that rain is only precipitated when cloud exists in a ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . VII.
... 1o in 300 feet , and that in fact it follows no definite law at all . Mr. Glaisher appears also to have ascertained the interesting fact that rain is only precipitated when cloud exists in a ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . VII.
Pagina xi
... appear , at this , the mo- ment of their birth , to have little influence on the arts and manufac- tures and on ... appears to be gradu- ally gaining ground among the scientific men of the United States and Europe . Among the names of ...
... appear , at this , the mo- ment of their birth , to have little influence on the arts and manufac- tures and on ... appears to be gradu- ally gaining ground among the scientific men of the United States and Europe . Among the names of ...
Pagina 23
... appear to be the most proper material for the suspension strings of clock pendulums . C. Tissier , Director of the Aluminum Works at Rouen , shows that one per cent . of aluminum in copper makes the latter more fusible , giving it the ...
... appear to be the most proper material for the suspension strings of clock pendulums . C. Tissier , Director of the Aluminum Works at Rouen , shows that one per cent . of aluminum in copper makes the latter more fusible , giving it the ...
Pagina 24
... appears to be spe- cially prejudicial . Further , the alloy must be melted two or three times , as that obtained from the first melting is excessively brittle . " Each successive melting , up to a certain point , determined by the ...
... appears to be spe- cially prejudicial . Further , the alloy must be melted two or three times , as that obtained from the first melting is excessively brittle . " Each successive melting , up to a certain point , determined by the ...
Pagina 25
... appear to resist remarkably inclement condi- tions of the atmosphere . By mixing the powder of galvanoplastic cop- per with certain fatty oils , Oudry obtained very beautiful greens of varied hues . REPAIRING THE SILVERING OF LOOKING ...
... appear to resist remarkably inclement condi- tions of the atmosphere . By mixing the powder of galvanoplastic cop- per with certain fatty oils , Oudry obtained very beautiful greens of varied hues . REPAIRING THE SILVERING OF LOOKING ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 170 - It is conceivable that the various kinds of matter, now recognized as different elementary substances, may possess one and the same ultimate or atomic molecule existing in different conditions of movement. The essential unity of matter is an hypothesis in harmony with the equal action of gravity upon all bodies. We know the anxiety with which this point was investigated by Newton, and the care he took to ascertain that every kind of substance, ' metals, stones, woods, grain, salts, animal substances,'...
Pagina 256 - As with an invisible trowel, the mass is divided and subdivided into smaller and smaller portions, until it is reduced to an aggregation of granules not too large to build withal the finest fabrics of the nascent organism. And, then, it is as if a delicate finger traced out the line to be occupied by the spinal column, and moulded the contour of the body...
Pagina 306 - Thus, by means of repeated selection alone, the length of the ears has been doubled, their contents nearly trebled, and the " tillering" power of the seed increased five-fold.
Pagina 288 - The Negro exhibits permanently the imperfect brain, projecting lower jaw, and slender bent limbs of a Caucasian child some considerable time before the period of its birth. The aboriginal American represents the same child nearer birth. The Mongolian is an arrested infant newly born. And so forth.
Pagina 77 - The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that, in the contemplation of them, a certain force of character is requisite to preserve us from bewilderment.