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... In the first place , it is interesting as being longer by about 1,500 miles , and laid in deeper water by 500 fathoms , than any direct submarine line yet in existence ; then its track 102 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
... In the first place , it is interesting as being longer by about 1,500 miles , and laid in deeper water by 500 fathoms , than any direct submarine line yet in existence ; then its track 102 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
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... interesting feature is the keeping up of a constant test on ship and shore for insula- tion , by a plan devised by Mr. Willoughby Smith in 1865 , at the same time allowing of tests for the continuity of the conductor , and free ...
... interesting feature is the keeping up of a constant test on ship and shore for insula- tion , by a plan devised by Mr. Willoughby Smith in 1865 , at the same time allowing of tests for the continuity of the conductor , and free ...
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... interesting practical exhibition of the newly discovered properties of gun - cotton when fired by concussion , instead of by the direct application of flame or heat , was afforded recently at Woolwich . The huge 36 - inch Mallet mortar ...
... interesting practical exhibition of the newly discovered properties of gun - cotton when fired by concussion , instead of by the direct application of flame or heat , was afforded recently at Woolwich . The huge 36 - inch Mallet mortar ...
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... interesting experiments for protecting nitro - glycerine were recently made at the Manorfield House . Ẩ small quantity of the material was put into a basin , and hot water was poured upon it , the result being that in two minutes the ...
... interesting experiments for protecting nitro - glycerine were recently made at the Manorfield House . Ẩ small quantity of the material was put into a basin , and hot water was poured upon it , the result being that in two minutes the ...
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... interesting explanation of a phenomenon noted in the case of a recent auroral display : " On the evening of the 15th of April a magnetic storm of un- usual force prevailed over the entire northern section of the coun- try , which so ...
... interesting explanation of a phenomenon noted in the case of a recent auroral display : " On the evening of the 15th of April a magnetic storm of un- usual force prevailed over the entire northern section of the coun- try , which so ...
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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.