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 iii
... present , in the amount of general and local subscriptions ( upon which the efficiency of the Association in promoting investiga- tions mainly depends ) , in the value and number of the papers read , in the interest of the personal ...
... present , in the amount of general and local subscriptions ( upon which the efficiency of the Association in promoting investiga- tions mainly depends ) , in the value and number of the papers read , in the interest of the personal ...
Pagina iv
... central body of our system seems likely , at the present time , to be much increased . The spots on the sun's disk were noticed by Galileo and his contem- poraries , and enabled them to ascertain the time of IV NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
... central body of our system seems likely , at the present time , to be much increased . The spots on the sun's disk were noticed by Galileo and his contem- poraries , and enabled them to ascertain the time of IV NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
Pagina vi
... present uncertain , cumbrous , and expensive process by a method at once sim- ple and inexpensive , and so completely under control as to admit of any required degree of conversion being obtained with absolute cer- tainty . Mr. Crace ...
... present uncertain , cumbrous , and expensive process by a method at once sim- ple and inexpensive , and so completely under control as to admit of any required degree of conversion being obtained with absolute cer- tainty . Mr. Crace ...
Pagina vii
... present time , there could be only one opinion amongst those best acquainted with the subject , namely , that iron must eventually super- sede timber in every form of naval construction . The large ocean steamers , the ' Himalaya ...
... present time , there could be only one opinion amongst those best acquainted with the subject , namely , that iron must eventually super- sede timber in every form of naval construction . The large ocean steamers , the ' Himalaya ...
Pagina viii
... present means are inadequate for the production of large 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 ...
... present means are inadequate for the production of large 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 ...
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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.