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... consists of a battery placed in a box , and an electric alarum , and on the engine is another alarum . By moving a handle in any of the carriages the alarums are set going . The action of moving the handle sets free a spring , and the ...
... consists of a battery placed in a box , and an electric alarum , and on the engine is another alarum . By moving a handle in any of the carriages the alarums are set going . The action of moving the handle sets free a spring , and the ...
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... consist of cast - iron plates , in segments 4 inches in thickness , connected by flanges , bolted together inside the tube , leaving a clear diameter of 13 feet . Surrounding this tube , and forming part of it , will be constructed ...
... consist of cast - iron plates , in segments 4 inches in thickness , connected by flanges , bolted together inside the tube , leaving a clear diameter of 13 feet . Surrounding this tube , and forming part of it , will be constructed ...
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... consist of coarse sand , gravel , and clay . The average depth of water is about 110 feet , the maximum about 200 feet . On the line sug- gested the water increases in depth on both sides more rapidly than elsewhere , although in no ...
... consist of coarse sand , gravel , and clay . The average depth of water is about 110 feet , the maximum about 200 feet . On the line sug- gested the water increases in depth on both sides more rapidly than elsewhere , although in no ...
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... consists of a tube of an inch to an inch and a quarter in diameter , one inch diameter is very convenient , — which com- municates between the boiler and the exhaust - pipe , and a dis- tributing cock by which the driver regulates the ...
... consists of a tube of an inch to an inch and a quarter in diameter , one inch diameter is very convenient , — which com- municates between the boiler and the exhaust - pipe , and a dis- tributing cock by which the driver regulates the ...
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... consists of an ordinary bell , weighing about 100 pounds , placed on the platform of the loco- motive , immediately over the cow - catcher . A rod attached to the eccentric shaft causes a clapper to strike the bell each turn of the ...
... consists of an ordinary bell , weighing about 100 pounds , placed on the platform of the loco- motive , immediately over the cow - catcher . A rod attached to the eccentric shaft causes a clapper to strike the bell each turn of the ...
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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.