The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1858 - Science |
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... inch thick , In the Builder of this year a comparison made between the big ship and the houses in Tavistock - square first gave the general public any notion of its enormous size and capacity . It consists of more than 10,000 plates put ...
... inch thick , In the Builder of this year a comparison made between the big ship and the houses in Tavistock - square first gave the general public any notion of its enormous size and capacity . It consists of more than 10,000 plates put ...
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... inch thick , and 2 feet 10 inches space intervenes between the outer and the inner skin of the ship , which is carried throughout her to the height of her deepest water - line , and is made of plates of similar thickness to those used ...
... inch thick , and 2 feet 10 inches space intervenes between the outer and the inner skin of the ship , which is carried throughout her to the height of her deepest water - line , and is made of plates of similar thickness to those used ...
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... inches apart from end to end of the launch ways , each having about 80 lines of parallel rail . To adapt the ship to this novel railway , under the vessel were built two enormous timber cradles , corresponding in position with the two ...
... inches apart from end to end of the launch ways , each having about 80 lines of parallel rail . To adapt the ship to this novel railway , under the vessel were built two enormous timber cradles , corresponding in position with the two ...
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... inches in diameter , or about 60 lb. the link . To start the cradles in motion , powerful hydraulic rams were used , which were capable of acting so as to push them about 3 feet forwards . If more force than this were necessary , it was ...
... inches in diameter , or about 60 lb. the link . To start the cradles in motion , powerful hydraulic rams were used , which were capable of acting so as to push them about 3 feet forwards . If more force than this were necessary , it was ...
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... inches with very little noise , at the rate of six inches in a second . On the 4th of December the ship completely quitted every part of the old foundations on which she was built , and the entire of her vast bulk rested on the new ...
... inches with very little noise , at the rate of six inches in a second . On the 4th of December the ship completely quitted every part of the old foundations on which she was built , and the entire of her vast bulk rested on the new ...
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Page 8 - Illustrated with Engravings, fcp. 8vo. 5s. cloth. *»* This work is published annually, and contains a complete and condensed view of the progress of discovery during the year, systematically arranged, with engravings illustrative of novelties in the arts and sciences, &c. The volumes, from its commencement in 1839, may still be had, 5s.
Page 35 - Christmas with the Poets : a Collection of English Poetry relating to the Festival of Christmas. Illustrated by Birket Foster, and with numerous initial letters and borders beautifully printed in gold and colours by Edmund Evans.
Page 8 - WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ; or, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Page 14 - THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE ; or, Young Humphry Davy (the Cornish Apothecary's Boy who taught himself Natural Philosophy, and eventually became President of the Royal Society). The Life of a Wonderful Boy.
Page 20 - New Edition, wth Frontispiece, fcp. 8vo. 4s, cloth. Williams's Symbolical Euclid, chiefly from the Text of Dr. Simson. Adapted to the Use of Students by. the Rev. JM WILLIAMS, of Queen's College, Cambridge. New Edition, 6s. 6d. cloth ; 7s. roan.— An 8vo. Edition may also be had, 7s. cloth.
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Page 3 - The Open Timber Roofs of the Middle Ages. Illustrated by Perspective and Working Drawings of some of the best varieties of Church Roofs ; with descriptive Letterpress. By R. and JA BRANDON.
Page 124 - ... 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 254 - 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...