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... length of the road , the greater durability of these rails overcoming the objection to their in- creased cost . " The use of steel rails will guarantee greater safety of life and limb , and their introduction , therefore , should be ...
... length of the road , the greater durability of these rails overcoming the objection to their in- creased cost . " The use of steel rails will guarantee greater safety of life and limb , and their introduction , therefore , should be ...
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... length , both in rapid progress ; one of wrought - iron tubes at London , and another at Chicago ; tunnels proposed under the East and North Rivers at New York ; under the Ganges at Calcutta , and under the Straits of Dover . In view of ...
... length , both in rapid progress ; one of wrought - iron tubes at London , and another at Chicago ; tunnels proposed under the East and North Rivers at New York ; under the Ganges at Calcutta , and under the Straits of Dover . In view of ...
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... lengths of the different metals . Roscoe's work on Spectrum Analysis , published this year , presents the subject in a very lucid manner . We incorporate herewith the notes of Mr. Nichols on the progress in the field of chemistry . In ...
... lengths of the different metals . Roscoe's work on Spectrum Analysis , published this year , presents the subject in a very lucid manner . We incorporate herewith the notes of Mr. Nichols on the progress in the field of chemistry . In ...
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... length . Two of our leading Indian lines , namely , The East Indian and the Great Indian Peninsula , at pres- ent in work , have a joint mileage of 2,230 miles , and when completed it will be 2,768 miles , greater by more than one ...
... length . Two of our leading Indian lines , namely , The East Indian and the Great Indian Peninsula , at pres- ent in work , have a joint mileage of 2,230 miles , and when completed it will be 2,768 miles , greater by more than one ...
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... length to the advantages which would accrue from a contin- uous railway communication between England and France , and to the various proposals for effecting that object by a tunnel to be driven beneath the bed of the sea ; by submerged ...
... length to the advantages which would accrue from a contin- uous railway communication between England and France , and to the various proposals for effecting that object by a tunnel to be driven beneath the bed of the sea ; by submerged ...
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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.