The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1859 - Industrial arts |
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... rocks have furnished twenty - one species of Cystideæ , while in New York only one has been found in the rocks of that age . During the past year , the remarkable work of De la Rive , on Elec- tricity , has been completed by the ...
... rocks have furnished twenty - one species of Cystideæ , while in New York only one has been found in the rocks of that age . During the past year , the remarkable work of De la Rive , on Elec- tricity , has been completed by the ...
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... rocks were deposited , which bear the impressed record of creative power , as it was then manifested , we know ... rock , is at the same time proof that it died . It has further been given us to know , that not only the individual but ...
... rocks were deposited , which bear the impressed record of creative power , as it was then manifested , we know ... rock , is at the same time proof that it died . It has further been given us to know , that not only the individual but ...
Page 52
... rock - shafts , crank- pins , and connecting - rods , for imparting motion from the pistons to the shaft , whereby the inventor is enabled , firstly , to bring the cylinders nearer to the propeller shaft , and hence to economize space ...
... rock - shafts , crank- pins , and connecting - rods , for imparting motion from the pistons to the shaft , whereby the inventor is enabled , firstly , to bring the cylinders nearer to the propeller shaft , and hence to economize space ...
Page 138
... rock - crystal , or of yellow glass stained with the oxide of uranium . We discover , further , that these substances arrest equally the impression of the phosphorescent rays when placed directly in front of the sensitive paper . An ...
... rock - crystal , or of yellow glass stained with the oxide of uranium . We discover , further , that these substances arrest equally the impression of the phosphorescent rays when placed directly in front of the sensitive paper . An ...
Page 165
... rock - salt only 15 per cent . The second group of experiments was designed to compare together the quantities of heat radiated at the same temperature from pol- ished plates of the same substance , but of different thicknesses . The ...
... rock - salt only 15 per cent . The second group of experiments was designed to compare together the quantities of heat radiated at the same temperature from pol- ished plates of the same substance , but of different thicknesses . The ...
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