Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1850 |
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... principle upon which the bridge is construct- ed . 2. The mode of construction . 3. The floating of the tubes . 4. The manner in which they were subsequently raised . And , first , as to the principle of the construction . In ...
... principle upon which the bridge is construct- ed . 2. The mode of construction . 3. The floating of the tubes . 4. The manner in which they were subsequently raised . And , first , as to the principle of the construction . In ...
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... principle . The chain - rods are made of the best seven - eighths round iron , in lengths of 15 feet each , with secure lock - joints placed alternately . Across these are fitted flat bars above and below , about six feet apart , upon ...
... principle . The chain - rods are made of the best seven - eighths round iron , in lengths of 15 feet each , with secure lock - joints placed alternately . Across these are fitted flat bars above and below , about six feet apart , upon ...
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... force - pump is done away with . It is so con- structed that the water will be kept continually at the water - line , and the principle of it consists in bringing a receiver alternately 22 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
... force - pump is done away with . It is so con- structed that the water will be kept continually at the water - line , and the principle of it consists in bringing a receiver alternately 22 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
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... principle is like that of the slide - valve . It is the invention of Mr. Foskit , of Meriden , Connecticut . STEAM GENERATOR . The London Times contains an account of a new invention called " Wright's Patent Steam Generator , " some ...
... principle is like that of the slide - valve . It is the invention of Mr. Foskit , of Meriden , Connecticut . STEAM GENERATOR . The London Times contains an account of a new invention called " Wright's Patent Steam Generator , " some ...
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... principle could be applied to driving the screw - propeller direct , as it is only necessary that the engine shaft should be extended through the vessel , and have the propeller attached to it . Could this be effected , those vessels ...
... principle could be applied to driving the screw - propeller direct , as it is only necessary that the engine shaft should be extended through the vessel , and have the propeller attached to it . Could this be effected , those vessels ...
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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.
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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.