The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 17Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1867 |
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Pagina iv
... cable , and the picking up and utilizing the old cable , are the greatest engineer- ing achievements of the year 1866 , and continue to excite the in- terest of the scientific world . The completion of the Chicago tunnel under Lake ...
... cable , and the picking up and utilizing the old cable , are the greatest engineer- ing achievements of the year 1866 , and continue to excite the in- terest of the scientific world . The completion of the Chicago tunnel under Lake ...
Pagina vi
... cable , has bound the two hemispheres together by electrical action . The remarkable results of spectrum analysis , from the labors of Kirchhoff , Bunsen , Huggins , and Miller , have thrown a flood of light upon the structure of the ...
... cable , has bound the two hemispheres together by electrical action . The remarkable results of spectrum analysis , from the labors of Kirchhoff , Bunsen , Huggins , and Miller , have thrown a flood of light upon the structure of the ...
Pagina 13
... Cable , from Valentia , on the coast of Ire- land , 2,000 miles across the bed of the Atlantic Ocean , to Heart's Content , Newfoundland , electrically uniting Europe and America . This is not only a marked epoch in the progress of ...
... Cable , from Valentia , on the coast of Ire- land , 2,000 miles across the bed of the Atlantic Ocean , to Heart's Content , Newfoundland , electrically uniting Europe and America . This is not only a marked epoch in the progress of ...
Pagina 14
... cable , pro- cured in England , was laid across the Gulf of St. Lawrence . Yet we never asked for help outside our own little circle . In- deed , I fear we should not have got it if we had — for few had any faith in our scheme . Every ...
... cable , pro- cured in England , was laid across the Gulf of St. Lawrence . Yet we never asked for help outside our own little circle . In- deed , I fear we should not have got it if we had — for few had any faith in our scheme . Every ...
Pagina 15
... cable was laid , and for four weeks it worked , though never very brilliantly , never giving forth such rapid and distinct flashes as the cables of to - day . 66 ― - " It spoke , though only in broken sentences . But while it lasted no ...
... cable was laid , and for four weeks it worked , though never very brilliantly , never giving forth such rapid and distinct flashes as the cables of to - day . 66 ― - " It spoke , though only in broken sentences . But while it lasted no ...
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Pagina 303 - When the ether spray thus produced is directed upon the outer skin, the skin is rendered insensible within a minute; but the effects do not end here. So soon as the skin is divided, the ether begins to exert on the nervous filaments the double action of cold and of etherization : so that the narcotism can be extended deeply to any desired extent. Pure rectified ether used in this manner is entirely negative ; it causes no irritation, and may be applied to a deep wound, as I shall show, without any...
Pagina 261 - a special mineralization producing a bituminous matter instead of coal or lignite. This operation is not attributable to heat, nor of the nature of a distillation, but is due to chemical reactions at the ordinary temperature, and under the normal conditions of climate.
Pagina 199 - For the sick-room, free ventilation, when it can be secured, together with an even temperature, is all that can be required. " 2. For rapid deodorization and disinfection, chlorine is the most effective agent known. "3. For steady and continuous effect ozone is the best agent known. "4, In the absence of ozone, iodine exposed, in the solid form, to the air is the best.
Pagina 344 - They may be gaseous nebulae, which by the loss of heat or the influence of other forces have become crowded with portions of matter in a more condensed and opaque condition. 6. If the observations of Lord...
Pagina 20 - I sat in the electricians' room, a flash of light came up from the deep, which having crossed to Ireland, came back to me in mid-ocean, telling that those so dear to me, whom I had left on the banks of the Hudson, were well, and following us with their wishes and their prayers. (Applause.) This was like a whisper of God from the sea, bidding me keep heart and hope.