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... 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 colonies . A ...
... 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 colonies . A ...
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... constructed in a country many thousands of miles distant from England , where , with a trifling exception , the whole of the capital was provided . For the construction of these works there was re- quired to be shipped from this country ...
... constructed in a country many thousands of miles distant from England , where , with a trifling exception , the whole of the capital was provided . For the construction of these works there was re- quired to be shipped from this country ...
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... constructed will be about 80 feet in length , 18 feet internal diameter , and composed of cast- iron rings 8 inches thick , securely bolted together . The interior of the bell will be bored out to a true cylindrical surface , like the ...
... constructed will be about 80 feet in length , 18 feet internal diameter , and composed of cast- iron rings 8 inches thick , securely bolted together . The interior of the bell will be bored out to a true cylindrical surface , like the ...
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... constructed for the purpose of pointing out its position , and of preventing vessels striking against the tube . The tube at each end would gradually emerge from the water , and on arriving above the level of the sea would be connected ...
... constructed for the purpose of pointing out its position , and of preventing vessels striking against the tube . The tube at each end would gradually emerge from the water , and on arriving above the level of the sea would be connected ...
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... construct a huge breakwater , and build vessels that should be adapted to cross , except on special occasions , with cer- tainty and dispatch . Mr. C. Vignoles believed that if ever there was to be a tunnel to Calais it must be on this ...
... construct a huge breakwater , and build vessels that should be adapted to cross , except on special occasions , with cer- tainty and dispatch . Mr. C. Vignoles believed that if ever there was to be a tunnel to Calais it must be on this ...
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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.