Twentieth century inventions, a forecastLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 286 páginas |
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... chemistry of common things which , taken up by his successor Fara- day , gave to the United Kingdom the first start in some of those industries depending upon a knowledge of organic chemistry and the use of certain essential oils ...
... chemistry of common things which , taken up by his successor Fara- day , gave to the United Kingdom the first start in some of those industries depending upon a knowledge of organic chemistry and the use of certain essential oils ...
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... chemical experiments for holding gas does to the gasometer of a city gasworks , or James Watt's first model steam - engine does to the engines of an Atlantic steamer . " When Faure , having in 1880 improved upon the storage battery of ...
... chemical experiments for holding gas does to the gasometer of a city gasworks , or James Watt's first model steam - engine does to the engines of an Atlantic steamer . " When Faure , having in 1880 improved upon the storage battery of ...
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... chemical and electrical action in the cell is a circular one , -that is to say , the plates and liquids get back to the original condition from which they started when begin- ning work in a given period , there is also a progressive ...
... chemical and electrical action in the cell is a circular one , -that is to say , the plates and liquids get back to the original condition from which they started when begin- ning work in a given period , there is also a progressive ...
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... chemical energy . The gas - engine during the twentieth century will vigorously dispute the field against electrical storage ; and its success in the struggle - so far as regards its own particular province - will be enhanced owing to ...
... chemical energy . The gas - engine during the twentieth century will vigorously dispute the field against electrical storage ; and its success in the struggle - so far as regards its own particular province - will be enhanced owing to ...
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... chemical combina- tions are permitted to escape without perform- ing any services , not even that of giving up the energy which they may be made to store up when held in compression in a closed vessel . The reciprocating forms found ...
... chemical combina- tions are permitted to escape without perform- ing any services , not even that of giving up the energy which they may be made to store up when held in compression in a closed vessel . The reciprocating forms found ...
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