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Pagina 28
... principles of construction , has been built in Scotland , to be used in deep - sea fishing . The vessel is 100 feet long , with engines of thirty - horse power . Externally there is nothing to distinguish it from a sailing vessel ...
... principles of construction , has been built in Scotland , to be used in deep - sea fishing . The vessel is 100 feet long , with engines of thirty - horse power . Externally there is nothing to distinguish it from a sailing vessel ...
Pagina 29
... principle of construction , as designed by Mr. Brunel , will be similar to that of the tube of the Britannia Bridge . Her bottom , decks , and sides are to be double , and of a cellular form , with two feet six inches between . She will ...
... principle of construction , as designed by Mr. Brunel , will be similar to that of the tube of the Britannia Bridge . Her bottom , decks , and sides are to be double , and of a cellular form , with two feet six inches between . She will ...
Pagina 30
... principle that American clipper ships and English ships which happened to be very fast were built , and upon which he would say , without fear of contradiction , every vessel , to gain any thing like sixteen miles an hour , must be ...
... principle that American clipper ships and English ships which happened to be very fast were built , and upon which he would say , without fear of contradiction , every vessel , to gain any thing like sixteen miles an hour , must be ...
Pagina 31
... principle , the result of which was , that it was now certain that 24 feet of length in the entrance lines of a vessel would give eight miles an hour easily ; to go at sixteen miles an hour , the entrance lines should be nearly 96 feet ...
... principle , the result of which was , that it was now certain that 24 feet of length in the entrance lines of a vessel would give eight miles an hour easily ; to go at sixteen miles an hour , the entrance lines should be nearly 96 feet ...
Pagina 32
... principle of the vessel , in saying , that she would be perfectly suitable , strong , and calculated to carry out the object for which she was designed . When they were able to construct the Britannia Bridge , 460 feet long , without ...
... principle of the vessel , in saying , that she would be perfectly suitable , strong , and calculated to carry out the object for which she was designed . When they were able to construct the Britannia Bridge , 460 feet long , without ...
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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,...