The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1858 - Science |
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... surface about 120 feet by 80 , inclined to the horizon at the same angle as the upper surface of the launchways — that is , 1 in 12 ; and the rest consisted of a solid mass of timber , closely packed around and under the hull . The ...
... surface about 120 feet by 80 , inclined to the horizon at the same angle as the upper surface of the launchways — that is , 1 in 12 ; and the rest consisted of a solid mass of timber , closely packed around and under the hull . The ...
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... surface a cover on the top is raised , and on entering a chamber and closing the top again water is admitted through a pipe into two chambers on either side of the machine . The assumption of weight by the entrance of water destroys the ...
... surface a cover on the top is raised , and on entering a chamber and closing the top again water is admitted through a pipe into two chambers on either side of the machine . The assumption of weight by the entrance of water destroys the ...
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... surfaces . They are so shaped in order that the least possible resistance may be offered to the avalanches of ice that come along at the departure of winter , and that would hurl away every impediment , less solid than massive rock ...
... surfaces . They are so shaped in order that the least possible resistance may be offered to the avalanches of ice that come along at the departure of winter , and that would hurl away every impediment , less solid than massive rock ...
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... surface of ground . Above the clay lie beds of gravel and sand , about 10 feet thick in all , on which the columns of the bridge stand . The span is 140 feet between abutments , or 157 feet 6 inches between the highest points of the ...
... surface of ground . Above the clay lie beds of gravel and sand , about 10 feet thick in all , on which the columns of the bridge stand . The span is 140 feet between abutments , or 157 feet 6 inches between the highest points of the ...
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... surface of the Thames above London - bridge , doubtless consequent on the removal of the old bridge in 1832 , which , with its large " starlings , " per- formed in a great measure the part of a dam to the river , obstructing the free ...
... surface of the Thames above London - bridge , doubtless consequent on the removal of the old bridge in 1832 , which , with its large " starlings , " per- formed in a great measure the part of a dam to the river , obstructing the free ...
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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...