Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1850 |
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... entirely successful in our earnest en- deavours to render the Annual perfectly accurate , and we must plead , in excuse for any errors which may be detected , the peculiar difficulties necessarily attending the preparation of the first ...
... entirely successful in our earnest en- deavours to render the Annual perfectly accurate , and we must plead , in excuse for any errors which may be detected , the peculiar difficulties necessarily attending the preparation of the first ...
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... entirely successful , and shows that the counter - braced arch , which is the lightest and cheapest system possi- ble , is also perfectly reliable for spans of any magnitude . In the Franklin Institute Journal for September , from which ...
... entirely successful , and shows that the counter - braced arch , which is the lightest and cheapest system possi- ble , is also perfectly reliable for spans of any magnitude . In the Franklin Institute Journal for September , from which ...
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... entirely . By some additional machinery the action of the pump is wholly shut off , and the inventor claims as his , various modifications of this apparatus . - Scientific American . NEW STEAM - BOILER FEEDER . THE Scientific American ...
... entirely . By some additional machinery the action of the pump is wholly shut off , and the inventor claims as his , various modifications of this apparatus . - Scientific American . NEW STEAM - BOILER FEEDER . THE Scientific American ...
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... entirely successful . The principle of the invention consists in applying to the boilers of steam - engines an arrangement of what are called " cellular vessels , " formed of malleable cast - iron , one ves- sel being placed underneath ...
... entirely successful . The principle of the invention consists in applying to the boilers of steam - engines an arrangement of what are called " cellular vessels , " formed of malleable cast - iron , one ves- sel being placed underneath ...
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... entirely new ; the top of the boiler , which is four feet in diameter , being only seven feet nine inches above the rails . The cylinders are 16 inches in diameter ; the stroke of the piston is 20 inches ; the driving - wheels are 6 ...
... entirely new ; the top of the boiler , which is four feet in diameter , being only seven feet nine inches above the rails . The cylinders are 16 inches in diameter ; the stroke of the piston is 20 inches ; the driving - wheels are 6 ...
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Página 355 - Mayne, like a shewer from the South to the North, and from the North to the West, and then downe to the South againe.
Página 237 - We found the pillar to be of solid salt, capped with carbonate of lime, cylindrical in front and pyramidal behind. The upper or rounded part is about forty feet high, resting on a kind of oval pedestal, from forty to sixty feet above the level of the sea. It slightly decreases in size upwards, crumbles at the top, and is one entire mass of crystallization.
Página 5 - WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ; or, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Página 147 - Sometimes it will be more convenient to arrange the two charts in symmetrical positions, one to the left and the other to the right of the subject's median plane, and with a slight inclination toward this plane.