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 viii
... masses of iron ; and we may trust that , with new tools and machinery , and the skill , en- ergy , and perseverence of our manufacturers , every difficulty will be overcome , and armor - plates produced which will resist the heaviest ...
... masses of iron ; and we may trust that , with new tools and machinery , and the skill , en- ergy , and perseverence of our manufacturers , every difficulty will be overcome , and armor - plates produced which will resist the heaviest ...
Pagina ix
... mass of evidence and experimental research accumulated , the public will derive very important information . It is well known that three con- ditions are essential to success in the construction of ocean telegraphs , - perfect ...
... mass of evidence and experimental research accumulated , the public will derive very important information . It is well known that three con- ditions are essential to success in the construction of ocean telegraphs , - perfect ...
Pagina xii
... Mass . , has deposited with the Franklin Institute , of Philadelphia , 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 ...
... Mass . , has deposited with the Franklin Institute , of Philadelphia , 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 ...
Pagina 31
... masses against the masonry of the piers and testing their efficiency and strength by over one mil- lion tons a minute . Any force or weight man could bring into com- parison with this would be puny in the extreme . Yet , notwithstand ...
... masses against the masonry of the piers and testing their efficiency and strength by over one mil- lion tons a minute . Any force or weight man could bring into com- parison with this would be puny in the extreme . Yet , notwithstand ...
Pagina 35
... masses of wrought iron , when being forged , and thus subjected for a considerable length of time to an annealing process , will , in the centre , become greatly reduced in cohesion and elasticity . The previously existing fibre in the ...
... masses of wrought iron , when being forged , and thus subjected for a considerable length of time to an annealing process , will , in the centre , become greatly reduced in cohesion and elasticity . The previously existing fibre in 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.