The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1858 - Science |
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... distance before touching water ; for the launching had to be effected while the tide was flow- ing out , instead of the hour of high - water , as is the usual manner . Hence the muddy strand or beach had to be prepared for the support ...
... distance before touching water ; for the launching had to be effected while the tide was flow- ing out , instead of the hour of high - water , as is the usual manner . Hence the muddy strand or beach had to be prepared for the support ...
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... distance down the ways . Scarcely had this motion ceased when the ship quivered from stem to stern , and its after part followed the lead of the head with a grinding crash , and a sullen roar , and in two seconds it had slipped suddenly ...
... distance down the ways . Scarcely had this motion ceased when the ship quivered from stem to stern , and its after part followed the lead of the head with a grinding crash , and a sullen roar , and in two seconds it had slipped suddenly ...
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... distances longitudinally of 16 feet apart ) into three spans , the middle span formed by arched principals of wrought iron , without any cross tie - rods , springing from the tops of the coupled columns , and rising in a semicircle to ...
... distances longitudinally of 16 feet apart ) into three spans , the middle span formed by arched principals of wrought iron , without any cross tie - rods , springing from the tops of the coupled columns , and rising in a semicircle to ...
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... distance . No bomb - proof arch ( so called ) now exists in Europe capable of resisting the fall of one of those huge shells upon it , whose energy of descent may be repre- sented as equal to about eight hundred tons , against the ...
... distance . No bomb - proof arch ( so called ) now exists in Europe capable of resisting the fall of one of those huge shells upon it , whose energy of descent may be repre- sented as equal to about eight hundred tons , against the ...
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... distance below the " Lachine " Rapids , and about nine miles from St. Anne's . There will be 24 piers , which , with the two abutments , will leave 25 spaces or spans for the tubes . The centre span will be 330 feet wide , and each of ...
... distance below the " Lachine " Rapids , and about nine miles from St. Anne's . There will be 24 piers , which , with the two abutments , will leave 25 spaces or spans for the tubes . The centre span will be 330 feet wide , and each of ...
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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...