The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 17Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1867 |
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... feet of water ; this passed over , the ocean begins gradually to shallow to 100 fathoms on the Newfoundland coast . The present cable was landed on the American coast in 50 fathoms in Heart's Content Bay , one of the most easterly spurs ...
... feet of water ; this passed over , the ocean begins gradually to shallow to 100 fathoms on the Newfoundland coast . The present cable was landed on the American coast in 50 fathoms in Heart's Content Bay , one of the most easterly spurs ...
Pagina 27
... feet , and carried down over 40 feet lower , with brick walls a foot thick . This shaft was sunk four feet lower than the lake shaft , causing a descent of two feet per mile in the tunnel to facilitate emptying when required . From the ...
... feet , and carried down over 40 feet lower , with brick walls a foot thick . This shaft was sunk four feet lower than the lake shaft , causing a descent of two feet per mile in the tunnel to facilitate emptying when required . From the ...
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... feet deep , leaving five feet of the structure above the surface . This was in June , 1865. The crib had cost $ 100,000 . The crib stands 12 feet above the water line , giving a maximum area of 1,200 feet which can be exposed at one ...
... feet deep , leaving five feet of the structure above the surface . This was in June , 1865. The crib had cost $ 100,000 . The crib stands 12 feet above the water line , giving a maximum area of 1,200 feet which can be exposed at one ...
Pagina 29
... feet a day , or about 3,200 feet , was com- pleted before the commencement of the boring from the lake end . About four - fifths of the tunnel was made from the shore side ; the three intermediate cribs and shafts , at first proposed ...
... feet a day , or about 3,200 feet , was com- pleted before the commencement of the boring from the lake end . About four - fifths of the tunnel was made from the shore side ; the three intermediate cribs and shafts , at first proposed ...
Pagina 30
... feet from the bottom of the lake ; the next ten feet , and the highest fifteen feet . Flumes through the surrounding masonry , also closed by gates and gratings at their outward ends , will conduct the water to the shaft gates . All the ...
... feet from the bottom of the lake ; the next ten feet , and the highest fifteen feet . Flumes through the surrounding masonry , also closed by gates and gratings at their outward ends , will conduct the water to the shaft gates . All the ...
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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.