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 iv
... fact that , whilst in our time all the sciences have yielded this fruit , I shall probably best discharge the duties of the office I have the honor to fill by stating , as briefly as possible , the more recent scientific discoveries ...
... fact that , whilst in our time all the sciences have yielded this fruit , I shall probably best discharge the duties of the office I have the honor to fill by stating , as briefly as possible , the more recent scientific discoveries ...
Pagina ix
... fact , so great are its powers of adaptation that there is no operation of the human hand that it does not imitate . " Telegraphy . A brief allusion must be made to that marvellous discovery which has given to the present generation the ...
... fact , so great are its powers of adaptation that there is no operation of the human hand that it does not imitate . " Telegraphy . A brief allusion must be made to that marvellous discovery which has given to the present generation the ...
Pagina 33
... fact is well known , that wrought iron , under certain condi- tions , will undergo certain radical changes . And so will all kinds of matter , material existence being but a theatre of change , break- ing down , of reduction , and of ...
... fact is well known , that wrought iron , under certain condi- tions , will undergo certain radical changes . And so will all kinds of matter , material existence being but a theatre of change , break- ing down , of reduction , and of ...
Pagina 34
... fact has also a significant magnetic bearing . Tempered or hardened steel possesses more tensile strength than soft steel . Now , when tempered steel loses its hardness by an- nealing , it assimilates nearer to soft iron in its relation ...
... fact has also a significant magnetic bearing . Tempered or hardened steel possesses more tensile strength than soft steel . Now , when tempered steel loses its hardness by an- nealing , it assimilates nearer to soft iron in its relation ...
Pagina 35
... fact is that they generally exhibit a crystalline fracture . But I sus- pect that many new axles , although manufactured out of fibrous rough- bar , will , when finished and broken before they are used , also exhibit a crystalline ...
... fact is that they generally exhibit a crystalline fracture . But I sus- pect that many new axles , although manufactured out of fibrous rough- bar , will , when finished and broken before they are used , also exhibit a crystalline ...
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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.