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... America . It has been suggested that if a cable were laid from a point on her seaboard round by the north of Scotland , and by the western shore of Ireland , to join the Anglo - American cables at Valentia , Prussia would send all the ...
... America . It has been suggested that if a cable were laid from a point on her seaboard round by the north of Scotland , and by the western shore of Ireland , to join the Anglo - American cables at Valentia , Prussia would send all the ...
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... America , and to India , the general pub- lic will send messages as freely as they do by the land wires . We may ... Americans are apt to think ourselves the most progressive nation , and point with especial pride to our Pacific Railway ...
... America , and to India , the general pub- lic will send messages as freely as they do by the land wires . We may ... Americans are apt to think ourselves the most progressive nation , and point with especial pride to our Pacific Railway ...
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... American system of constructing railroads . They have found , to their sur- prise , that in India they must adopt American ideas . Notwith- standing its defects , it has been found that our system is likely to prove the best for their ...
... American system of constructing railroads . They have found , to their sur- prise , that in India they must adopt American ideas . Notwith- standing its defects , it has been found that our system is likely to prove the best for their ...
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... American Iron and Steel Association " states that 65 new blast furnaces have been erected in this country during the last 18 months . It adds that it has a record of 58 more in contemplation , the greater number at the West , nearly all ...
... American Iron and Steel Association " states that 65 new blast furnaces have been erected in this country during the last 18 months . It adds that it has a record of 58 more in contemplation , the greater number at the West , nearly all ...
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... American rails has become a synonym for the cheapest and least durable rails manufactured . Our late war taught us much in regard to ordnance and iron ships . The great advances in the manufacture of steel , and the discovery of new ...
... American rails has become a synonym for the cheapest and least durable rails manufactured . Our late war taught us much in regard to ordnance and iron ships . The great advances in the manufacture of steel , and the discovery of new ...
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science ..., Том 5 Повний перегляд - 1854 |
The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science ..., Том 5 Повний перегляд - 1854 |
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Сторінка 269 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Сторінка i - 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.
Сторінка 136 - It consists in subjecting the vapours of volatile liquids to the action of concentrated sunlight, or to the concentrated beam of the electric light.