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Pagina 27
... atmosphere , over the ocean as well as on the land , are so intimately connected with electrical agency , ) of course in- cluding magnetism , ) that all seamen are interested by such matters , and the facts which they register become ...
... atmosphere , over the ocean as well as on the land , are so intimately connected with electrical agency , ) of course in- cluding magnetism , ) that all seamen are interested by such matters , and the facts which they register become ...
Pagina 28
... atmosphere , and expanding by the lap of the valve merely diminishes its pressure to about 15 when the stroke is completed , at which time the valve opens , admitting the steam to the same end of the corresponding low - pressure engine ...
... atmosphere , and expanding by the lap of the valve merely diminishes its pressure to about 15 when the stroke is completed , at which time the valve opens , admitting the steam to the same end of the corresponding low - pressure engine ...
Pagina 44
... atmosphere of the boilers , and thus raising it to a higher temperature . To arrive at this result , the steam , as it escapes from the boiler , is con- centrated in the conducting pipe , whence it is taken by two other pipes which ...
... atmosphere of the boilers , and thus raising it to a higher temperature . To arrive at this result , the steam , as it escapes from the boiler , is con- centrated in the conducting pipe , whence it is taken by two other pipes which ...
Pagina 48
... atmosphere above the ordinary atmospheric pressure , and puts in movement a machine of sixteen - horse power , of Maudslay's . The water employed is that of the Meuse , which according to the analysis of M. Muller , contains much ...
... atmosphere above the ordinary atmospheric pressure , and puts in movement a machine of sixteen - horse power , of Maudslay's . The water employed is that of the Meuse , which according to the analysis of M. Muller , contains much ...
Pagina 67
... atmosphere , and melted in a temperature of about 1,500 ° Fahrenheit , which temperature is maintained for three hours . The metal is then poured into moulds . Other carbonaceous matter may be substi- tuted for charcoal . The iron thus ...
... atmosphere , and melted in a temperature of about 1,500 ° Fahrenheit , which temperature is maintained for three hours . The metal is then poured into moulds . Other carbonaceous matter may be substi- tuted for charcoal . The iron thus ...
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Pagina 273 - ... both consumed by a given weight of animal within a given time, and required to yield a given weight of increase. The...
Pagina 274 - ... consumed by a given weight of animal, within a given time, and the amount of increase obtained from a given weight of food. The results, which formed the subject of the present communication, afforded further illustration of some of the points brought forward...
Pagina 161 - From Newfoundland to Ireland, the distance between the nearest points is about 1,600 miles ;* and the bottom of the sea between the two places is a plateau, which seems to have been placed there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a Submarine Telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too shallow ; yet it is so deep that the wires but once landed, will remain for ever beyond the reach of vessels...