The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 17Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1867 |
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... developed and progressive forms being generated by reproduction . Meteorites are now acknowledged to be cosmical bodies mov- ing in the interplanetary spaces by gravitation around the sun , and some perhaps around the planets , showing ...
... developed and progressive forms being generated by reproduction . Meteorites are now acknowledged to be cosmical bodies mov- ing in the interplanetary spaces by gravitation around the sun , and some perhaps around the planets , showing ...
Pagina 31
... develop a project for a railway tunnel under the chan- nel between Dover and Calais , and communicating on the Eng- lish side with the Chatham and Dover Railway , and on the French side with the Northern Railway of France . He proposes ...
... develop a project for a railway tunnel under the chan- nel between Dover and Calais , and communicating on the Eng- lish side with the Chatham and Dover Railway , and on the French side with the Northern Railway of France . He proposes ...
Pagina 87
... developed and appreciated . The patentees , we understand , are prepared to grant licenses for the manufacture of some of its applications , such as varnishes , cements , and the hard compounds above mentioned . Important results may ...
... developed and appreciated . The patentees , we understand , are prepared to grant licenses for the manufacture of some of its applications , such as varnishes , cements , and the hard compounds above mentioned . Important results may ...
Pagina 100
... developed by the explosion . Formidable masses of rock are slightly displaced and rent in every direction , and ready to be removed mechanically . The chief advantage is that the stone is only slightly crushed , and there is very little ...
... developed by the explosion . Formidable masses of rock are slightly displaced and rent in every direction , and ready to be removed mechanically . The chief advantage is that the stone is only slightly crushed , and there is very little ...
Pagina 103
... developed less rapidly , while the same effect is produced upon the projectile as regards its ultimate velocity . NEW GUNPOWDER . A new and very powerful gunpowder has been patented by Captain Schultze , of the Prussian Artillery ...
... developed less rapidly , while the same effect is produced upon the projectile as regards its ultimate velocity . NEW GUNPOWDER . A new and very powerful gunpowder has been patented by Captain Schultze , of the Prussian Artillery ...
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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.