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... means of communication between our lines of coast , and attention has been redirected to the Darien Ship Canal . An appropriation has been made by Congress to pay the expenses of a new survey for this work , and an expedition has ...
... means of communication between our lines of coast , and attention has been redirected to the Darien Ship Canal . An appropriation has been made by Congress to pay the expenses of a new survey for this work , and an expedition has ...
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... means of a canal , and thus afford com- munication with the interior of Africa . Among the projects that have been re - agitated the past year , are the project of a canal around the Falls of Niagara ; a re - en- largement of the Erie ...
... means of a canal , and thus afford com- munication with the interior of Africa . Among the projects that have been re - agitated the past year , are the project of a canal around the Falls of Niagara ; a re - en- largement of the Erie ...
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... means , of alizarine , the coloring matter of the madder root ( vide p . 205 ) . Such discoveries extend our views of the domain of chemistry and cause us to have less apprehension in regard to the limited supply of many substances ...
... means , of alizarine , the coloring matter of the madder root ( vide p . 205 ) . Such discoveries extend our views of the domain of chemistry and cause us to have less apprehension in regard to the limited supply of many substances ...
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... means of this delicate method have proved that the star Sirius is receding from the earth at the rate of 29.4 miles per second ; the observations of Huggins have been confirmed by Father Secchi , made at Rome . It is thought that the ...
... means of this delicate method have proved that the star Sirius is receding from the earth at the rate of 29.4 miles per second ; the observations of Huggins have been confirmed by Father Secchi , made at Rome . It is thought that the ...
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... means of the C line in the red . Mr. Lockyer had a design for seeing the prominences as a whole by giving the slit a rapid motion of small extent , but this proved to be superfluous , and they are now habitually seen with their actual ...
... means of the C line in the red . Mr. Lockyer had a design for seeing the prominences as a whole by giving the slit a rapid motion of small extent , but this proved to be superfluous , and they are now habitually seen with their actual ...
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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.