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... Cable , are tempting subjects to dwell upon . It is not fitting to indulge in national boasting , at the comple- tion of our line to the Pacific , before we learn the exact condition of the road , and the thoroughness of the work ...
... Cable , are tempting subjects to dwell upon . It is not fitting to indulge in national boasting , at the comple- tion of our line to the Pacific , before we learn the exact condition of the road , and the thoroughness of the work ...
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... 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 North of Europe messages by this route . It ...
... 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 North of Europe messages by this route . It ...
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... cable to India by the Red Sea is going on satisfactorily , and an auxiliary line , one between Marseilles and Malta ... cables will be reduced by and by , and this will do more to cheapen messages than anything else . In Northern Russia ...
... cable to India by the Red Sea is going on satisfactorily , and an auxiliary line , one between Marseilles and Malta ... cables will be reduced by and by , and this will do more to cheapen messages than anything else . In Northern Russia ...
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... Cable have given to the desire implanted in the human breast to overcome natural obstacles . M. Lesseps advocates flooding the desert of Sahara by means of a canal , and thus afford com- munication with the interior of Africa . Among ...
... Cable have given to the desire implanted in the human breast to overcome natural obstacles . M. Lesseps advocates flooding the desert of Sahara by means of a canal , and thus afford com- munication with the interior of Africa . Among ...
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... cable , at the same time , to maintain a lower temperature in the condenser than exists in that of the steam engine . It must be observed , however , that owing to the very low boiling - point of the solution it is not generally ...
... cable , at the same time , to maintain a lower temperature in the condenser than exists in that of the steam engine . It must be observed , however , that owing to the very low boiling - point of the solution it is not generally ...
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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.