The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1858 - Science |
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... acting cylin ders , of 84 inches diameter of bore , with a stroke of 4 feet , each cylinder weighing 30 tons , with a total nominal power of 1600 horses ; 6 boilers , fed by 12 furnaces each , supply the steam ; the weight of these ...
... acting cylin ders , of 84 inches diameter of bore , with a stroke of 4 feet , each cylinder weighing 30 tons , with a total nominal power of 1600 horses ; 6 boilers , fed by 12 furnaces each , supply the steam ; the weight of these ...
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... acting so as to push them about 3 feet forwards . If more force than this were necessary , it was provided for by three means : —A strong cable was passed round the extremity of the shaft of the Archimedean screw at the after part of ...
... acting so as to push them about 3 feet forwards . If more force than this were necessary , it was provided for by three means : —A strong cable was passed round the extremity of the shaft of the Archimedean screw at the after part of ...
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... acting as engineer for Messrs . Young and Co. , and who likewise superintended its erection . The façade was designed by Mr. Edward Salomons , architect to the Executive Committee . On the 18th of August , the first base of a column was ...
... acting as engineer for Messrs . Young and Co. , and who likewise superintended its erection . The façade was designed by Mr. Edward Salomons , architect to the Executive Committee . On the 18th of August , the first base of a column was ...
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... acting upon a face of 210 feet in length , 115 feet in height , with a line of least resistance of about 25 feet , was 16,000 lbs . of gunpowder . The voltaic battery was placed a short distance from the quarries , and the spectators ...
... acting upon a face of 210 feet in length , 115 feet in height , with a line of least resistance of about 25 feet , was 16,000 lbs . of gunpowder . The voltaic battery was placed a short distance from the quarries , and the spectators ...
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... acting , 3 feet stroke , with connecting rods between the cylinders and cranks . The cylinders are placed horizontally across the vessel , so that the motion of the piston is from side to side . The shaft upon which the whole force is ...
... acting , 3 feet stroke , with connecting rods between the cylinders and cranks . The cylinders are placed horizontally across the vessel , so that the motion of the piston is from side to side . The shaft upon which the whole force is ...
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Page 252 - Fourthly, though the phenomenon is in the strictest sense terrestrial, it is by converse with the heavens that it has been made known to us. A variation of probably a second, or less, in the right ascension of three or four stars, observed at different seasons, no doubt revealed the fact to the sagacious astronomer of Armagh, and even enabled him to divine its cause ; which has been confirmed as the true cause, and placed in a clearer light by the experiments of Mr Hopkins. One useful lesson may...