The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1855 |
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Pagina 1
... IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANICS , USEFUL ARTS , NATURAL PHILOSOPHY , CHEMISTRY , ASTRONOMY , METEOROLOGY , ZOOLOGY , BOTANY , MINER- ALOGY , GEOLOGY , GEOGRAPHY , ANTIQUITIES , & c . TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF RECENT ...
... IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANICS , USEFUL ARTS , NATURAL PHILOSOPHY , CHEMISTRY , ASTRONOMY , METEOROLOGY , ZOOLOGY , BOTANY , MINER- ALOGY , GEOLOGY , GEOGRAPHY , ANTIQUITIES , & c . TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF RECENT ...
Pagina 4
... important scheme for improving navigation , and accumulating meteorological data to an extent far surpassing any thing which has hitherto been attempted . The Government have also appointed Capt . Robert Fitzroy , R. N. , to be at the ...
... important scheme for improving navigation , and accumulating meteorological data to an extent far surpassing any thing which has hitherto been attempted . The Government have also appointed Capt . Robert Fitzroy , R. N. , to be at the ...
Pagina 7
... importance of science is no longer questioned . It is a truism- a commonplace . We are far from the foundation days of the Royal Society , when , in spite of the example of the monarch , their proceed- ings were the ridicule of the ...
... importance of science is no longer questioned . It is a truism- a commonplace . We are far from the foundation days of the Royal Society , when , in spite of the example of the monarch , their proceed- ings were the ridicule of the ...
Pagina 12
... importance , in Palestine and the adjacent countries , with a view to the discovery of monuments and objects of antiquity , by means of researches on the spot . The prospectus runs as follows ... important 12 NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
... importance , in Palestine and the adjacent countries , with a view to the discovery of monuments and objects of antiquity , by means of researches on the spot . The prospectus runs as follows ... important 12 NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
Pagina 13
... important discoveries . In that of Joseph he did not see why we might not find a papyrus , containing his own auto- biography , together with other great historical documents , such as have been found on opening tombs in Egypt . Who ...
... important discoveries . In that of Joseph he did not see why we might not find a papyrus , containing his own auto- biography , together with other great historical documents , such as have been found on opening tombs in Egypt . Who ...
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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,...