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... charge of Professors Mayer and Himes , and a comparison of them with my sketches of the corona , have led me to the conviction that the radiance around the moon , in the pictures made during totality , is not the corona at all , but is ...
... charge of Professors Mayer and Himes , and a comparison of them with my sketches of the corona , have led me to the conviction that the radiance around the moon , in the pictures made during totality , is not the corona at all , but is ...
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... charge or ladleful . A piece is cut from one rail in each charge , and tested by placing it on iron supports a foot apart , and dropping a weight of 5 tons upon the middle of it , from a height propor- tioned to the pattern of rail . A ...
... charge or ladleful . A piece is cut from one rail in each charge , and tested by placing it on iron supports a foot apart , and dropping a weight of 5 tons upon the middle of it , from a height propor- tioned to the pattern of rail . A ...
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... charges . Permanent way , station ex- penses , and general expenses might carry the whole to 1s . , or 1s . 3d .; but even at twice the last - named cost , there would be a high proportion of profit on the work . The motion of the ...
... charges . Permanent way , station ex- penses , and general expenses might carry the whole to 1s . , or 1s . 3d .; but even at twice the last - named cost , there would be a high proportion of profit on the work . The motion of the ...
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... charged . There being no strain or wear and tear upon the coil , being protected from injury by the plate covering it , and , besides , there being no possibility of its becoming oxidized by the degree of heat it would be subjected to ...
... charged . There being no strain or wear and tear upon the coil , being protected from injury by the plate covering it , and , besides , there being no possibility of its becoming oxidized by the degree of heat it would be subjected to ...
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... charge of the works . In the spring the enterprise was interrupted by a high flood , and it was not until August that work could be resumed . The south abutment of the bridge was placed 80 feet back from the face of the bluff , and from ...
... charge of the works . In the spring the enterprise was interrupted by a high flood , and it was not until August that work could be resumed . The south abutment of the bridge was placed 80 feet back from the face of the bluff , and from ...
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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.