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... ground already in some degree taken up . Probably there is hardly anything indicated in this work which is not - in the strict sense of the rules laid down for examiners in those countries which make search as to originality --- common ...
... ground already in some degree taken up . Probably there is hardly anything indicated in this work which is not - in the strict sense of the rules laid down for examiners in those countries which make search as to originality --- common ...
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... ground , forming lines at right angles to each other , but both engaging , by suitable gearing , with the electric current generator situated at the angle . This will be found cheaper than to go to the expense of constructing the mill ...
... ground , forming lines at right angles to each other , but both engaging , by suitable gearing , with the electric current generator situated at the angle . This will be found cheaper than to go to the expense of constructing the mill ...
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... ground . The dynamo is then placed at the lower bear- ing and protected from the weather by a metal shield through which the shaft of the axis passes . For pumping , and for other simple purposes apart from the use of the dynamo , a ...
... ground . The dynamo is then placed at the lower bear- ing and protected from the weather by a metal shield through which the shaft of the axis passes . For pumping , and for other simple purposes apart from the use of the dynamo , a ...
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... ground , while a solar engine cannot command more of the sun's heat than that which falls upon the reflector or condenser of the engine itself . The latter machine may possibly have a place assigned to it in the industrial economy of ...
... ground , while a solar engine cannot command more of the sun's heat than that which falls upon the reflector or condenser of the engine itself . The latter machine may possibly have a place assigned to it in the industrial economy of ...
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... ground in the future . This is a type and indication of what will happen all along the industrial line , the electric current taking the place of the majority of other means adopted for the transmission of power . Even in workshops ...
... ground in the future . This is a type and indication of what will happen all along the industrial line , the electric current taking the place of the majority of other means adopted for the transmission of power . Even in workshops ...
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