The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 13Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1862 |
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Pagina vi
" Chemistry . The most remarkable advance in this science is that made by Bunsen and Kirchhoff , in the application of the colored rays of the prism to analytical research . We may consider their discoveries as the commencement of a new ...
" Chemistry . The most remarkable advance in this science is that made by Bunsen and Kirchhoff , in the application of the colored rays of the prism to analytical research . We may consider their discoveries as the commencement of a new ...
Pagina x
... chemical decomposition or decay , and from the absorption of water . But the last circumstance does not appear to influence seriously the durability of cables . Electrically , India - rubber possesses high advantages , and , next to it ...
... chemical decomposition or decay , and from the absorption of water . But the last circumstance does not appear to influence seriously the durability of cables . Electrically , India - rubber possesses high advantages , and , next to it ...
Pagina 33
... chemical process of oxidation , and can be guarded against effectually , and is so guard- ed in the Niagara Bridge . All iron and wire within reach are kept well painted , and thus preserved against rust . The anchor - chains and their ...
... chemical process of oxidation , and can be guarded against effectually , and is so guard- ed in the Niagara Bridge . All iron and wire within reach are kept well painted , and thus preserved against rust . The anchor - chains and their ...
Pagina 52
... chemical agents introduced for the purpose of rendering the mass incombustible ; a cementing size is added , and the whole well kneaded together with the aid of steam . The kneaded mass is passed repeatedly through iron rollers , which ...
... chemical agents introduced for the purpose of rendering the mass incombustible ; a cementing size is added , and the whole well kneaded together with the aid of steam . The kneaded mass is passed repeatedly through iron rollers , which ...
Pagina 54
... Chemical News refers approvingly to a patent re- cently obtained in England by S. Branwell and A. Rollason , for obtaining new and peculiar products from mixtures of gun - cotton ( pyroxyline ) with various substances . In order to ...
... Chemical News refers approvingly to a patent re- cently obtained in England by S. Branwell and A. Rollason , for obtaining new and peculiar products from mixtures of gun - cotton ( pyroxyline ) with various substances . In order to ...
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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.