Twentieth century inventions, a forecastLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 286 páginas |
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... year of the nine- teenth century , Robert Fulton , an American , and friend of the United States representative in France , was making trials on the Seine with his first steam - boat - a little vessel INVENTIVE PROGRESS . 3.
... year of the nine- teenth century , Robert Fulton , an American , and friend of the United States representative in France , was making trials on the Seine with his first steam - boat - a little vessel INVENTIVE PROGRESS . 3.
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George Sutherland. with his first steam - boat - a little vessel imi- tated by him later on in the first successful steamers which plied on the river Hudson , carrying passengers from New York . At the same time , William Symongton ...
George Sutherland. with his first steam - boat - a little vessel imi- tated by him later on in the first successful steamers which plied on the river Hudson , carrying passengers from New York . At the same time , William Symongton ...
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... vessel referred to is equal to ten horse - power multiplied by the number of pounds in a ton , or , in other words , 22,400 horse - power , as stated . Wind - power , again , has been to a large ex- tent neglected since the advent of ...
... vessel referred to is equal to ten horse - power multiplied by the number of pounds in a ton , or , in other words , 22,400 horse - power , as stated . Wind - power , again , has been to a large ex- tent neglected since the advent of ...
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... lying alongside of a steamer , or when any other vessel is ranging along a pier or jetty . A buoy of large size , moored in position at a convenient distance from a rock - bound ocean coast 38 TWENTIETH CENTURY INVENTIONS .
... lying alongside of a steamer , or when any other vessel is ranging along a pier or jetty . A buoy of large size , moored in position at a convenient distance from a rock - bound ocean coast 38 TWENTIETH CENTURY INVENTIONS .
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... vessel on the beam the greatest degree of pendulous swing is brought about in a series of waves so timed , and of such a length , that the duration of the swing coincides with the period required for one wave to succeed another . The ...
... vessel on the beam the greatest degree of pendulous swing is brought about in a series of waves so timed , and of such a length , that the duration of the swing coincides with the period required for one wave to succeed another . The ...
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