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Pagina xi
... vessel a small quantity of graphite , and a brown mould resembling vegetable mould . Ordinary carbonate of soda ( washing soda ) can have carbon extracted from it , and if the latter is acted upon by dilute nitric acid , and the ...
... vessel a small quantity of graphite , and a brown mould resembling vegetable mould . Ordinary carbonate of soda ( washing soda ) can have carbon extracted from it , and if the latter is acted upon by dilute nitric acid , and the ...
Pagina 19
... vessel , and gear , so as to simply reduce her to the state of a water - logged craft , to save crew , vessel , and such portions of cargo as might be secured in air - tight vessels . Latterly , the pneumatic trough had suggested itself ...
... vessel , and gear , so as to simply reduce her to the state of a water - logged craft , to save crew , vessel , and such portions of cargo as might be secured in air - tight vessels . Latterly , the pneumatic trough had suggested itself ...
Pagina 20
... vessel upon the plan of a ship within a ship — the outer , sectional compartments each independ- ent per se for coals or stores ; the inner to contain compartments and accommodation , if necessity demanded , for the crew . The oval form ...
... vessel upon the plan of a ship within a ship — the outer , sectional compartments each independ- ent per se for coals or stores ; the inner to contain compartments and accommodation , if necessity demanded , for the crew . The oval form ...
Pagina 23
... vessels , machinery , & c . , Mr. John Braithwaite stated that pure red lead- was the best . His experience dated as far back as 1806 , with the use of red lead , and for fifty years he had used it with success . White lead was more ...
... vessels , machinery , & c . , Mr. John Braithwaite stated that pure red lead- was the best . His experience dated as far back as 1806 , with the use of red lead , and for fifty years he had used it with success . White lead was more ...
Pagina 37
... vessel and its contents were then subjected to the same degree of heat . The con- ducting power , or the facility of heating throughout , was measured by the number of degrees swept over by the ascending column of mercury in successive ...
... vessel and its contents were then subjected to the same degree of heat . The con- ducting power , or the facility of heating throughout , was measured by the number of degrees swept over by the ascending column of mercury in successive ...
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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.