 ... this kind. Some doubt, however, was expressed as to the action of interposed lead, which induced a series of experiments to settle this question, when the remarkable fact was discovered that the yielding and approximately equable pressure of the lead...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 331856Full view - About this book
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1856 - 414 pages
...yielding and approximately equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give way at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....interposed. This remarkable fact was verified in a seriei of experiments, embracing samples of nearly all the marbles under trial, and in no case did... | |
 | Mineral industries - 1856 - 540 pages
...the yielding and approximate equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give away at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....60,000 pounds when placed in immediate contact with the eteel plates, gave way at about 30,000 with lead interposed. This remarkable fact was verified in a... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - Science - 1874 - 640 pages
...yielding and approximately equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give way at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....contact with the steel plates, gave way at about 30,000 pounds with lead interposed. This interesting fact was verified in a series of experiments embracing... | |
 | William Bower Taylor - Physicists - 1879 - 162 pages
...yielding and approximately equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give way at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....contact with the steel plates, gave way at about 30,000 pounds with lead interposed. This interesting fact was verified in a series of experiments embracing... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - Electromagnetism - 1880 - 560 pages
...yielding and approximately equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give way at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....contact with the steel plates, gave way at about 30,000 pounds with lead interposed. This interesting fact was verified in a series of experiments embracing... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - Chemistry - 1881 - 834 pages
...yielding and approximately equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give way at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....contact with the steel plates, gave way at about 30,000 pounds with lead interposed. This interesting fact was verified in a series of experiments embracing... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - Chemistry - 1881 - 850 pages
...the stone to give way at about half \. pressure it would sustain without such an interposition. F>.: example, one of the cubes precisely similar to another...contact with the steel plates, gave way at about 30,000 pounds with lead interposed. This interesting fact was verified in a series of experiments embracing... | |
 | 1881 - 856 pages
...yielding and approximately equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give way at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....withstood a pressure of upwards of 60,000 pounds when place! in immediate contact with the steel plates, gave way at about 30,000 pounds with lead interposed.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 690 pages
...yielding and approximately , equable pressure of the lead caused the stone to give way at about halt the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition....one of the cubes precisely similar to another, which with stood a pressure of upwards of 60,000 pounds when placed in imme diate contact with the steel... | |
 | Joseph Henry - Meteorology - 1886 - 552 pages
...give way at about half the pressure it would sustain without such an interposition. For example, on« of the cubes, precisely similar to another which withstood...gave way at about 30,000 with lead interposed. This interesting fact was verified in a series of experiments embracing samples of nearly all the marbles... | |
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