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... cable suspension bridge , 1,600 feet between the towers , 135 feet above the water , will be , in the opinion of the board , a durable structure , of a strength sufficient to withstand six times the strain to which it can under any cir ...
... cable suspension bridge , 1,600 feet between the towers , 135 feet above the water , will be , in the opinion of the board , a durable structure , of a strength sufficient to withstand six times the strain to which it can under any cir ...
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... Cable . - Length between Brest and St. Pierre , 2,595 nautical miles , a length that makes this the longest cable ever laid . Heavy Blast . - A great blast was lately made at Clitheroe , Eng . A tunnel , 28 yards in length , was bored ...
... Cable . - Length between Brest and St. Pierre , 2,595 nautical miles , a length that makes this the longest cable ever laid . Heavy Blast . - A great blast was lately made at Clitheroe , Eng . A tunnel , 28 yards in length , was bored ...
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... cable , fully half a mile in length , was laid between the east breakwater of Granton Harbor and the chair pier at Trinity . The operator occupied a station near the centre of the breakwater , and the light was shown at the point of the ...
... cable , fully half a mile in length , was laid between the east breakwater of Granton Harbor and the chair pier at Trinity . The operator occupied a station near the centre of the breakwater , and the light was shown at the point of the ...
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... CABLE FLEET . The London " Gazette " gives the following interesting descrip- tion of the manner of signalling through the cable on board the Great Eastern : - " The method of signalling used between the ship and 9 * MECHANICS AND ...
... CABLE FLEET . The London " Gazette " gives the following interesting descrip- tion of the manner of signalling through the cable on board the Great Eastern : - " The method of signalling used between the ship and 9 * MECHANICS AND ...
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... cable is , with its coils of in- sulated wire and iron hull , a mere electro - magnet , so to speak . The course of the Great Eastern is east and west , and therefore at right angles with the course of the magnetic current , which is ...
... cable is , with its coils of in- sulated wire and iron hull , a mere electro - magnet , so to speak . The course of the Great Eastern is east and west , and therefore at right angles with the course of the magnetic current , which is ...
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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.