The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1858 - Science |
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... sides , ascending from this , are made of plates three - quarters of an inch thick , and 2 feet 10 inches space ... side , affording magnificent promenades for the passengers , the circuit of this part of the ship being upwards of a ...
... sides , ascending from this , are made of plates three - quarters of an inch thick , and 2 feet 10 inches space ... side , affording magnificent promenades for the passengers , the circuit of this part of the ship being upwards of a ...
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... sides of one of them 10 inches in diameter the water was forced through the pores of the solid iron like a thin dew , until the whole cylinder ripped from top to bottom with a noise like a dull under - ground explosion . At the same ...
... sides of one of them 10 inches in diameter the water was forced through the pores of the solid iron like a thin dew , until the whole cylinder ripped from top to bottom with a noise like a dull under - ground explosion . At the same ...
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... sides are each spanned by a hipped roof of 24 feet across . each side of the Great Hall are picture galleries of the width of 48 feet , covered by a semicircular roof , the principals of which are trussed by tie - rods and struts . The ...
... sides are each spanned by a hipped roof of 24 feet across . each side of the Great Hall are picture galleries of the width of 48 feet , covered by a semicircular roof , the principals of which are trussed by tie - rods and struts . The ...
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... side of the machine . The assumption of weight by the entrance of water destroys the buoyancy inci- dent to the displacement of the water by the mass itself . As soon as a sufficient quantity of water or ballast is assumed , the machine ...
... side of the machine . The assumption of weight by the entrance of water destroys the buoyancy inci- dent to the displacement of the water by the mass itself . As soon as a sufficient quantity of water or ballast is assumed , the machine ...
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... side with a gradient at the rate of 1 in 130 , or 40 feet in the mile , so that at the outer or river edge of each abutment the height will be only 36 feet above the summer level . The navigation of the river through the Lachine Rapids ...
... side with a gradient at the rate of 1 in 130 , or 40 feet in the mile , so that at the outer or river edge of each abutment the height will be only 36 feet above the summer level . The navigation of the river through the Lachine Rapids ...
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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...