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Pagina 44
... cent . in advance of those upon steamboats . The number of wounded upon railroads has been 270.07 per cent . in advance of those from steamboat accidents , while the number of deaths resulting from steamboat accidents is 260.50 per cent ...
... cent . in advance of those upon steamboats . The number of wounded upon railroads has been 270.07 per cent . in advance of those from steamboat accidents , while the number of deaths resulting from steamboat accidents is 260.50 per cent ...
Pagina 45
... cent . By burning six hundred and sixty - six pounds of coal an hour , the simple steam gives nineteen and three - tenths double strokes of the piston per minute ; whereas the combined steam gives twenty and one - tenth , with four ...
... cent . By burning six hundred and sixty - six pounds of coal an hour , the simple steam gives nineteen and three - tenths double strokes of the piston per minute ; whereas the combined steam gives twenty and one - tenth , with four ...
Pagina 46
... cent . over what was obtained with the saturated , or ordinary steam alone ; while an increased effect of one hun- dred and six per cent . was produced by the use of the mixture . Also , the increased effect of the mixture was twenty ...
... cent . over what was obtained with the saturated , or ordinary steam alone ; while an increased effect of one hun- dred and six per cent . was produced by the use of the mixture . Also , the increased effect of the mixture was twenty ...
Pagina 55
... cent . between a head of water of one foot and one of 300 feet . In this meter a wire gauge or sieve was introduced between the supply pipe and two inlet passages situated in the bottom of a cylindrical vessel . These passages opened ...
... cent . between a head of water of one foot and one of 300 feet . In this meter a wire gauge or sieve was introduced between the supply pipe and two inlet passages situated in the bottom of a cylindrical vessel . These passages opened ...
Pagina 58
... cent . , or a lineal dilatation of nearly 3.73 per 100. Since this , there has been occasion to observe more ... cent . ; ) at the end of seventeen days , this elongation was seven - sixteenths of an inch , ( 1.042 per cent , ) and at ...
... cent . , or a lineal dilatation of nearly 3.73 per 100. Since this , there has been occasion to observe more ... cent . ; ) at the end of seventeen days , this elongation was seven - sixteenths of an inch , ( 1.042 per cent , ) and at ...
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Pagina 274 - ... consumed by a given weight of animal, within a given time, and the amount of increase obtained from a given weight of food. The results, which formed the subject of the present communication, afforded further illustration of some of the points brought forward in the former one ; but...
Pagina 377 - These astronomers are of opinion that this fluid ring is not of very recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change , and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has, since the time of Huygens, been gradually approaching the body of Saturn, and that we may expect, sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see the rings united with the body of the planet.
Pagina 162 - A wire laid across from cither of the above-named places on this side will pass to the north of the Grand Banks, and rest on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, and where the waters of the sea appear to be as quiet and as completely at rest as it is at the bottom of a mill-pond.
Pagina 269 - It fully equalled the expectations of all ; so that solidified milk will hereafter rank among the necessary appendages to the sick room. In fine, this article makes paps, custards, puddings, and cakes, equal to the best milk ; and one may be sure it is an unadulterated article, obtained from well-pastured cattle, and not the produce of distillery slops ; neither can it be watered. For our steamships, our packets, for those travelling by land or by sea, for hotel purposes, or use in private families,...