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
... light which chemistry has recently thrown upon the composition of iron and steel . Although Despretz demonstrated many years ago that iron would com- bine with nitrogen , yet it was not until 1857 that Mr. C. Binks proved that nitrogen ...
... light which chemistry has recently thrown upon the composition of iron and steel . Although Despretz demonstrated many years ago that iron would com- bine with nitrogen , yet it was not until 1857 that Mr. C. Binks proved that nitrogen ...
Pagina xii
... light , and other physical rays , are or are not transmitted with the same velocity . " The award is to be made by a committee of three citizens of the United States , of competent scientific ability , to be appointed by the managers of ...
... light , and other physical rays , are or are not transmitted with the same velocity . " The award is to be made by a committee of three citizens of the United States , of competent scientific ability , to be appointed by the managers of ...
Pagina xiii
... light upon the means of preventing such ravages , is of great commercial importance . But before we can make use of the experience of other countries on this subject , it will be necessary to identify the insects , since , in regard to ...
... light upon the means of preventing such ravages , is of great commercial importance . But before we can make use of the experience of other countries on this subject , it will be necessary to identify the insects , since , in regard to ...
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... light on the dis- puted question of the old row - galleys , known by the name of triremes . No precise description of these vessels has come down to our times , and we can only form an opinion of them from some bassi relievi and ...
... light on the dis- puted question of the old row - galleys , known by the name of triremes . No precise description of these vessels has come down to our times , and we can only form an opinion of them from some bassi relievi and ...
Pagina 32
... light of a 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 ...
... light of a 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 ...
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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.