The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1858 - Science |
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... contain about 6000 tons of masonry . Those to support the centre tube will con- tain about 8000 tons each . The total amount of masonry in the bridge will be about 3,000,000 cubic feet , which , at thirteen and a half feet to the ton ...
... contain about 6000 tons of masonry . Those to support the centre tube will con- tain about 8000 tons each . The total amount of masonry in the bridge will be about 3,000,000 cubic feet , which , at thirteen and a half feet to the ton ...
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... contain several thousand tons of masonry . The weight of powder used in the explo- sions was nearly 1000 lbs . , and was divided into the same number of charges as in the previous experiments . The Sappers and Miners had been long ...
... contain several thousand tons of masonry . The weight of powder used in the explo- sions was nearly 1000 lbs . , and was divided into the same number of charges as in the previous experiments . The Sappers and Miners had been long ...
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... containing the collective area of the top - gallant sail and royal together , by being carried up square at the head and entire in its area , gives a powerful propelling sail , and is as effective as the two sails on the old plan . This ...
... containing the collective area of the top - gallant sail and royal together , by being carried up square at the head and entire in its area , gives a powerful propelling sail , and is as effective as the two sails on the old plan . This ...
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... containing ten or twelve people was propelled at the rate of three miles an hour . Page's engine , and that of Hjorth , which in 1851-2 excited much attention , was described as being in principle an electro - magnetic piston drawn ...
... containing ten or twelve people was propelled at the rate of three miles an hour . Page's engine , and that of Hjorth , which in 1851-2 excited much attention , was described as being in principle an electro - magnetic piston drawn ...
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... containing a coloured fluid ( or other similar contrivance ) , may , if found necessary , be introduced into the end of the supplementary semaphore . This would be broken when the engine struck it , and the fluid be spattered over the ...
... containing a coloured fluid ( or other similar contrivance ) , may , if found necessary , be introduced into the end of the supplementary semaphore . This would be broken when the engine struck it , and the fluid be spattered over the ...
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Page 122 - ... be familiar to practical men, yet appeared to have escaped the attention of those who were more engaged in scientific research. The great fact which he desired to call attention to is comprised in the following general proposition, namely, that all substances in a molten condition are specifically heavier than the same substance in an unmolteu state.
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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...