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... cent . , tage which , at the present day , we cannot afford to overlook . The researches of Graham ( vide p . 194 ) on the metallic character of hydrogen as deduced from the deportment of the alloys of pal- ladium and hydrogen show how ...
... cent . , tage which , at the present day , we cannot afford to overlook . The researches of Graham ( vide p . 194 ) on the metallic character of hydrogen as deduced from the deportment of the alloys of pal- ladium and hydrogen show how ...
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... cent . dividend . Mr. Bidder remarked that this subject had not been without interest to him , as it would be recollected that he made a few remarks on it when presiding over the section at Norwich last year . The atmospheric system ...
... cent . dividend . Mr. Bidder remarked that this subject had not been without interest to him , as it would be recollected that he made a few remarks on it when presiding over the section at Norwich last year . The atmospheric system ...
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... cent . The reason is simple enough . It is because the proportion between the dead weight and paying weight is so much less than upon other railways . The engine and tender upon this line weigh about 10 tons , against 40 tons upon the ...
... cent . The reason is simple enough . It is because the proportion between the dead weight and paying weight is so much less than upon other railways . The engine and tender upon this line weigh about 10 tons , against 40 tons upon the ...
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... cent . of ashes . The experience of the Austrian railways is , that they evaporate 7.2 pounds of water per pound of coal . NAPHTHA AS FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES . M. Portski , a Russian engineer , has run a railway train success- fully ...
... cent . of ashes . The experience of the Austrian railways is , that they evaporate 7.2 pounds of water per pound of coal . NAPHTHA AS FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES . M. Portski , a Russian engineer , has run a railway train success- fully ...
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... cent .; and those who saw it state that , at times , it did actually make a gain of even more than this . Its operation was , however , fitful and unreliable , and it finally was withdrawn from public attention , and nothing more has ...
... cent .; and those who saw it state that , at times , it did actually make a gain of even more than this . Its operation was , however , fitful and unreliable , and it finally was withdrawn from public attention , and nothing more has ...
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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.