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 xii
... nearly all the collections made by the numerous exploring expeditions of the United States Government , from that of Maj . Long , in 1819 , to the present time , and the original specimens from which the descriptions in the official ...
... nearly all the collections made by the numerous exploring expeditions of the United States Government , from that of Maj . Long , in 1819 , to the present time , and the original specimens from which the descriptions in the official ...
Pagina xvii
... nearly all that was known at that time of the birds of the accessible regions of North America , and contained descriptions and figures of nearly five hundred species . Seventeen years have produced great changes , not only in the ...
... nearly all that was known at that time of the birds of the accessible regions of North America , and contained descriptions and figures of nearly five hundred species . Seventeen years have produced great changes , not only in the ...
Pagina 19
... thus : The whole stretch of the front proper is nearly on a level from end to end , of the height of about sixty feet ; behind this , and overlooking it in some degree , will run the loftier roof of the nave , 100 feet in height ; THE ...
... thus : The whole stretch of the front proper is nearly on a level from end to end , of the height of about sixty feet ; behind this , and overlooking it in some degree , will run the loftier roof of the nave , 100 feet in height ; THE ...
Pagina 21
... nearly 200,000 feet more than its predecessor , without counting nearly 300,000 feet more that will be gained by the appro- priation of the wing building to machinery . One hundred and sixty feet was the greatest height of 1851 , the ...
... nearly 200,000 feet more than its predecessor , without counting nearly 300,000 feet more that will be gained by the appro- priation of the wing building to machinery . One hundred and sixty feet was the greatest height of 1851 , the ...
Pagina 35
... nearly molten state , and the mechanical effect of ham- mering being confined to the surface , and not penetrating to the centre , the formation of large crystals will be left undisturbed . Broken car- axles sometimes appear to have ...
... nearly molten state , and the mechanical effect of ham- mering being confined to the surface , and not penetrating to the centre , the formation of large crystals will be left undisturbed . Broken car- axles sometimes appear to have ...
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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.