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Pagina iii
... appears to have exceeded all others before held , in the numbers present , in the amount of general and local subscriptions ( upon which the efficiency of the Association in promoting investiga- tions mainly depends ) , in the value and ...
... appears to have exceeded all others before held , in the numbers present , in the amount of general and local subscriptions ( upon which the efficiency of the Association in promoting investiga- tions mainly depends ) , in the value and ...
Pagina x
... appear to influence seriously the durability of cables . Electrically , India - rubber possesses high advantages , and , next to it , Wray's com- pound and pure gutta - percha far surpass the commercial gutta - percha hitherto employed ...
... appear to influence seriously the durability of cables . Electrically , India - rubber possesses high advantages , and , next to it , Wray's com- pound and pure gutta - percha far surpass the commercial gutta - percha hitherto employed ...
Pagina xvi
... appears , faint , it is true , but sharp and quite unmistak- able . If oxygen be now slowly turned into the jet , the brilliancy of the blue line increases until the temperature of the flame rises high enough to fuse the plati- num ...
... appears , faint , it is true , but sharp and quite unmistak- able . If oxygen be now slowly turned into the jet , the brilliancy of the blue line increases until the temperature of the flame rises high enough to fuse the plati- num ...
Pagina 20
... appears to be octangular , terminating in a pinnacle , and with a reverted curve , like an ogee moulding , for general outline . The exterior aspect of the great façade presents four sections , divided by porches of differing dimensions ...
... appears to be octangular , terminating in a pinnacle , and with a reverted curve , like an ogee moulding , for general outline . The exterior aspect of the great façade presents four sections , divided by porches of differing dimensions ...
Pagina 21
... appears to be practically solved by the experi- ment which the emperor has had made . The trireme now at St. Cloud is 40 metres ( 131ft . 3in . ) long at the water - mark , 5 metres ( 18ft . 3in . ) wide , and drawing 1m . 10c . ( 3ft ...
... appears to be practically solved by the experi- ment which the emperor has had made . The trireme now at St. Cloud is 40 metres ( 131ft . 3in . ) long at the water - mark , 5 metres ( 18ft . 3in . ) wide , and drawing 1m . 10c . ( 3ft ...
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Pagina ix - I first entered this city, the whole of the machinery was executed by hand. There were neither planing, slotting, nor shaping machines, and, with the exception of very imperfect lathes and a few drills, the preparatory operations of construction were effected entirely by the hands of the workmen.
Pagina 150 - The result of this would be a state of universal rest and death, if the universe were finite and left to obey existing laws. But as no limit is known to the extent of matter, science points rather to an endless progress through an endless space of action, involving the transformation of potential energy through palpable motion into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping forever.
Pagina xii - THE BOYDEN PREMIUM URIAH A. BOYDEN, ESQ., of Boston, Mass., has deposited with THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE the sum of one thousand dollars, to be awarded as a premium to "Any resident of North America who shall determine by experiment whether all rays of light,* and other physical rays, are or are not transmitted with the same velocity.
Pagina 201 - The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter; the crystalloidal being the statical condition. The colloid possesses Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality.