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Pagina 26
... obtained , and induced by the just arguments of that officer , the principal maritime powers sent duly qualified persons to assist at a conference held at Brussels , last year , on the subject of me- teorology at sea . The report of ...
... obtained , and induced by the just arguments of that officer , the principal maritime powers sent duly qualified persons to assist at a conference held at Brussels , last year , on the subject of me- teorology at sea . The report of ...
Pagina 27
... obtained by using better instruments on a systematic plan . Captain Fitzroy ventures to think that the documents hitherto published by Lieutenant Maury present too much detail to the seaman's eye ; that they have not been adequately ...
... obtained by using better instruments on a systematic plan . Captain Fitzroy ventures to think that the documents hitherto published by Lieutenant Maury present too much detail to the seaman's eye ; that they have not been adequately ...
Pagina 33
... obtaining some reliable information upon this important subject , and now subjoin the results of my investigations ; but I think it necessary to remark that more extensive personal examination and observation , both in France and Eng ...
... obtaining some reliable information upon this important subject , and now subjoin the results of my investigations ; but I think it necessary to remark that more extensive personal examination and observation , both in France and Eng ...
Pagina 35
... obtaining correct sound- ings in places where the currents are strong and flow in different direc- tions at the different points of depth , causing the line to assume different curves in its descent ; and when it comes to be measured ...
... obtaining correct sound- ings in places where the currents are strong and flow in different direc- tions at the different points of depth , causing the line to assume different curves in its descent ; and when it comes to be measured ...
Pagina 44
... obtained : The whole number of railroad accidents was 190 ; killed , 268 ; wounded , 624. The whole number of steamboat accidents during the same period was 48 ; killed , 691 ; wounded , 225. It would thus appear that in the above ...
... obtained : The whole number of railroad accidents was 190 ; killed , 268 ; wounded , 624. The whole number of steamboat accidents during the same period was 48 ; killed , 691 ; wounded , 225. It would thus appear that in the above ...
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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,...