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Pagina 20
... experiments have recently been made by the British Admiralty on a new arrangement of that screw propeller which has for its object steering , as well as the propulsion of a vessel . The peculiarity of the screw is that a universal joint ...
... experiments have recently been made by the British Admiralty on a new arrangement of that screw propeller which has for its object steering , as well as the propulsion of a vessel . The peculiarity of the screw is that a universal joint ...
Pagina 22
... experiments has induced the com- pany to proceed to the laying of an additional line of pipe for further post - office accommodation , which will be 2 miles in length and 54 inches in diameter , at an estimated total cost of £ 65,000 ...
... experiments has induced the com- pany to proceed to the laying of an additional line of pipe for further post - office accommodation , which will be 2 miles in length and 54 inches in diameter , at an estimated total cost of £ 65,000 ...
Pagina 37
... experiments were made , among other materials , with Infusorial Earth ; a mixture of Sal Soda and Gypsum ; a mixture of Glaubers Salt and Gypsum ; set Cement ; Alum and dry Cement ; Gypsum with Gelatine . A wrought - iron cup ...
... experiments were made , among other materials , with Infusorial Earth ; a mixture of Sal Soda and Gypsum ; a mixture of Glaubers Salt and Gypsum ; set Cement ; Alum and dry Cement ; Gypsum with Gelatine . A wrought - iron cup ...
Pagina 38
... Experiments were also made with a mixture of ammonia - alum and common salt , dilu- ted , like the above , with coke . This yielded water in addition to sal ammoniac . Clay and powdered brick were substituted for coke . They gave ...
... Experiments were also made with a mixture of ammonia - alum and common salt , dilu- ted , like the above , with coke . This yielded water in addition to sal ammoniac . Clay and powdered brick were substituted for coke . They gave ...
Pagina 40
... Experiment in a Furnace at a White Heat . Another experiment was undertaken with four safes of the capacity of one ... experiments : The first was conducted with a constantly falling temperature . This with a temperature carried from ...
... Experiment in a Furnace at a White Heat . Another experiment was undertaken with four safes of the capacity of one ... experiments : The first was conducted with a constantly falling temperature . This with a temperature carried from ...
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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.