The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1855 |
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Pagina 12
... interesting collection of articles - comprising , among other things , specimens of pottery , made at the Madras School of Arts and Industry , cordage made of plantain and agave fibre , with various models , & c . America , especially ...
... interesting collection of articles - comprising , among other things , specimens of pottery , made at the Madras School of Arts and Industry , cordage made of plantain and agave fibre , with various models , & c . America , especially ...
Pagina 13
... interesting periods of remotest antiquity ; and that in the Holy Land , the land of the Bible , such a treasure of archæological knowledge would possess a high degree of importance , as corrobora- tive of the Sacred Writings , and would ...
... interesting periods of remotest antiquity ; and that in the Holy Land , the land of the Bible , such a treasure of archæological knowledge would possess a high degree of importance , as corrobora- tive of the Sacred Writings , and would ...
Pagina 15
... interesting for the sum- mary they present of what the United States contain and are capable of in those important subjects . The facts adduced in matters geological , owing to the vast extent of country , are truly amazing , and the ...
... interesting for the sum- mary they present of what the United States contain and are capable of in those important subjects . The facts adduced in matters geological , owing to the vast extent of country , are truly amazing , and the ...
Pagina 22
... interesting paper 66 on the State of the Natural Sciences amongst the Japanese . " Their knowledge of these sciences is much more extensive and profound than is supposed in Western Europe . They possess a great many learned treatises ...
... interesting paper 66 on the State of the Natural Sciences amongst the Japanese . " Their knowledge of these sciences is much more extensive and profound than is supposed in Western Europe . They possess a great many learned treatises ...
Pagina 33
... interesting : - One of the most interesting and important subjects to which I directed my attention while abroad , was the results of the trials that have been made in France to test the applicablity of the screw - propeller to ships of ...
... interesting : - One of the most interesting and important subjects to which I directed my attention while abroad , was the results of the trials that have been made in France to test the applicablity of the screw - propeller to ships of ...
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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,...