Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1850 |
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... produced by the bridge itself , and three times the additional strain produced by the teams . The anchorage of the bridge is formed on the Wheeling side by very heavy anchoring - irons , which are imbedded in the earth , and surrounded ...
... produced by the bridge itself , and three times the additional strain produced by the teams . The anchorage of the bridge is formed on the Wheeling side by very heavy anchoring - irons , which are imbedded in the earth , and surrounded ...
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... produced are , with few exceptions , decided failures . During the present year , the new steamboat New World has commenced running . She is said to be the longest boat ever put on the stocks in this country , and the longest afloat in ...
... produced are , with few exceptions , decided failures . During the present year , the new steamboat New World has commenced running . She is said to be the longest boat ever put on the stocks in this country , and the longest afloat in ...
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... produced by the motion of the vessel from the motion of the water , commonly called the suc- tion of the stern ; we do not claim the use of these apertures except- ing in connection with paddle - wheels , screws , or other propelling ...
... produced by the motion of the vessel from the motion of the water , commonly called the suc- tion of the stern ; we do not claim the use of these apertures except- ing in connection with paddle - wheels , screws , or other propelling ...
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... produce two images , of which the upper one will be in the field of the instrument , and by sliding the lower target up ... produced , are accurately marked , and the corrections from the true geographical meridian at all times shown by ...
... produce two images , of which the upper one will be in the field of the instrument , and by sliding the lower target up ... produced , are accurately marked , and the corrections from the true geographical meridian at all times shown by ...
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... produces a constant current of air that meets the lead in its descent , and while it tends to decrease the rapidity of its fall in some degree , it also imparts to it a sufficient degree of cold to solidify the shot effectually , before ...
... produces a constant current of air that meets the lead in its descent , and while it tends to decrease the rapidity of its fall in some degree , it also imparts to it a sufficient degree of cold to solidify the shot effectually , before ...
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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.