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 19
... glass , at least in those portions devoted to the reception of works of art . Without some such provision for the safety of pictures there was no chance of getting loans to any extent , more than one mishap having , reasonably enough ...
... glass , at least in those portions devoted to the reception of works of art . Without some such provision for the safety of pictures there was no chance of getting loans to any extent , more than one mishap having , reasonably enough ...
Pagina 32
... glass lamp two feet distant . To thus stand closely pressed up against the side of the tube , with eyes and lamp brought within a few inches of the datum - line , intently watching its movements , and leaving but sufficient room for the ...
... glass lamp two feet distant . To thus stand closely pressed up against the side of the tube , with eyes and lamp brought within a few inches of the datum - line , intently watching its movements , and leaving but sufficient room for the ...
Pagina 37
... glass , exhibits fibre . The color is a sil- very lustre , free from dark specks . The finer and more close - grained the texture , the nearer the iron approaches to steel . Those who are familiar with good Swedish or Norway irons will ...
... glass , exhibits fibre . The color is a sil- very lustre , free from dark specks . The finer and more close - grained the texture , the nearer the iron approaches to steel . Those who are familiar with good Swedish or Norway irons will ...
Pagina 48
... glass , and , lately , we are told , to porcelain . For steel , nitric acid very largely diluted with pyroligneous acid until it does not taste much stronger than vinegar , is best . On brass , we have seen diaper , and other ornaments ...
... glass , and , lately , we are told , to porcelain . For steel , nitric acid very largely diluted with pyroligneous acid until it does not taste much stronger than vinegar , is best . On brass , we have seen diaper , and other ornaments ...
Pagina 49
... glass , the metal plate to be engraved or impressed is first passed through the machine upon the usual plane , and after the plate has been passed through the machine several times the plane is removed , and the slab on which the ...
... glass , the metal plate to be engraved or impressed is first passed through the machine upon the usual plane , and after the plate has been passed through the machine several times the plane is removed , and the slab on which the ...
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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.