Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1871 |
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Pagina v
... close assaulting column , but not for general field work . It is stated that the projectiles of the chassepot and the mitrail- leuse reached an enormous distance in the recent contests . Ac- cording to the " Lancet , " the number of ...
... close assaulting column , but not for general field work . It is stated that the projectiles of the chassepot and the mitrail- leuse reached an enormous distance in the recent contests . Ac- cording to the " Lancet , " the number of ...
Pagina xvi
... close to the central line are Odemira , Silves , Almodorar , Tavira , Ayamonte , Huelva , Palos , Jeres , Cadiz , San Fernando , Arcos , Estepona , and Marbella in the Spanish penin- sula ; Oran and Ratna in Africa ; and Syracuse in ...
... close to the central line are Odemira , Silves , Almodorar , Tavira , Ayamonte , Huelva , Palos , Jeres , Cadiz , San Fernando , Arcos , Estepona , and Marbella in the Spanish penin- sula ; Oran and Ratna in Africa ; and Syracuse in ...
Pagina xviii
... close , and the definition per- fect . Of course I cannot positively assert that all the bright lines held exactly the same position that had been occupied by dark ones previously , but I feel very sure of it , as I particularly noticed ...
... close , and the definition per- fect . Of course I cannot positively assert that all the bright lines held exactly the same position that had been occupied by dark ones previously , but I feel very sure of it , as I particularly noticed ...
Pagina 44
... close together , bolted sideways and vertically , and having a set of heavy bolts running through the 5 courses . The outer edge of the caisson has a batter inward of 1 in 10 to facilitate its descent into the ground . To make the ...
... close together , bolted sideways and vertically , and having a set of heavy bolts running through the 5 courses . The outer edge of the caisson has a batter inward of 1 in 10 to facilitate its descent into the ground . To make the ...
Pagina 61
... clamps . Other clamps , worked by suitable gearing , close on the blank as the central spindles clear them ; these serve to hold the twist given to the blank 6 MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 61 tion of those now in use being of the worst ...
... clamps . Other clamps , worked by suitable gearing , close on the blank as the central spindles clear them ; these serve to hold the twist given to the blank 6 MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 61 tion of those now in use being of the worst ...
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Pagina 184 - Report of the Commissioners appointed in 1868 to inquire into the best means of preventing the pollution of Rivers (Mersey and Ribble basins).
Pagina 177 - USA, read a paper on this subject, of which the following is an abstract : — " Cast iron — the raw material from which the malleable metal is made — may be formulated approximately as follows : — Silicon (Si), 5 to 3 per cent. Phosphorus (P), 05 to 2 per cent. Manganese (Mn) , 0 to 20 per cent. Sulphur (S), 25 to 2 per cent. Carbon (C), 2 to 5 per cent. Iron (Fe), 90 to 9G.5 per cent.
Pagina 263 - There can be no reason, then, for doubting that, among insects, contagious and infectious diseases, of great malignity, are caused by minute organisms which are produced from preexisting germs, or by Homogenesis ; and there is no reason, that I know of, for believing that what happens in insects may not take place in the highest animals. Indeed there is already strong evidence that some diseases of an extremely malignant and fatal character to which man is subject are as much the work of minute organisms...
Pagina 129 - on partially liquefying carbonic acid by pressure alone, and gradually raising at the same time the temperature to 88° Fahrenheit, the surface of demarcation between the liquid and the gas became fainter, lost its curvature, and at last disappeared. The space was then occupied by a homogeneous fluid, which exhibited, when the pressure was suddenly diminished or the temperature slightly lowered, a peculiar appearance of moving or flickering strisa throughout its entire mass.