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 vi
... means , the rays of the sun now wasted for human purposes in the desert and the tropics . The researches of Prof. Tyndall on radiant heat , and the dis- coveries of Graham on the increased potential energy of atmos- pheric air when ...
... means , the rays of the sun now wasted for human purposes in the desert and the tropics . The researches of Prof. Tyndall on radiant heat , and the dis- coveries of Graham on the increased potential energy of atmos- pheric air when ...
Pagina viii
... means of forces that exist in them , act upon the forces within the human body , and give rise to the phenomena of health and disease , From the researches of Traube , Playfair , E. Smith , Fick and Wislicenus , Frankland , and others ...
... means of forces that exist in them , act upon the forces within the human body , and give rise to the phenomena of health and disease , From the researches of Traube , Playfair , E. Smith , Fick and Wislicenus , Frankland , and others ...
Pagina 27
... means of an auger inclosed in a tube , revealed the favorable circumstance of a continuous underlying stratum of hard blue clay . The contract was awarded to Messrs . Dall and Gowan in October 1863 , for $ 315,139 . They have expended ...
... means of an auger inclosed in a tube , revealed the favorable circumstance of a continuous underlying stratum of hard blue clay . The contract was awarded to Messrs . Dall and Gowan in October 1863 , for $ 315,139 . They have expended ...
Pagina 28
... means the crib was sunk to the bottom , where it was firmly moored by cables reaching in every direction to huge screws forced ten feet into the bed of the lake . The water in which it was sunk was thirty - five feet deep , leaving five ...
... means the crib was sunk to the bottom , where it was firmly moored by cables reaching in every direction to huge screws forced ten feet into the bed of the lake . The water in which it was sunk was thirty - five feet deep , leaving five ...
Pagina 31
... means of coffer - dams , which are to be placed , with their protections , up and down the river , within a space , north and south , of not over 150 feet , and , east and west , of not over 100 feet , so as to have a space of nearly 50 ...
... means of coffer - dams , which are to be placed , with their protections , up and down the river , within a space , north and south , of not over 150 feet , and , east and west , of not over 100 feet , so as to have a space of nearly 50 ...
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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.