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... taking advantage of a motive power which already exists , but of which , heretofore , no use has been made . -- A machine capable of heating to incandescence one foot of platinum wire one - tenth of an inch diameter , will heat 100 feet ...
... taking advantage of a motive power which already exists , but of which , heretofore , no use has been made . -- A machine capable of heating to incandescence one foot of platinum wire one - tenth of an inch diameter , will heat 100 feet ...
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... taking the place of a north abutment . The railroad is then carried over the bottom land on 2,360 feet of trestle - work , descending one foot in 100 to an embankment . The carriage- way is carried down on a heavier grade by a side ...
... taking the place of a north abutment . The railroad is then carried over the bottom land on 2,360 feet of trestle - work , descending one foot in 100 to an embankment . The carriage- way is carried down on a heavier grade by a side ...
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... taking bones , burning them , and then treating the well - burnt bone - earth ( which consists of phosphate of lime and magnesia ) with a certain quantity of sulphuric acid , so as to remove two - thirds of the lime , and leave a ...
... taking bones , burning them , and then treating the well - burnt bone - earth ( which consists of phosphate of lime and magnesia ) with a certain quantity of sulphuric acid , so as to remove two - thirds of the lime , and leave a ...
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... taking away the resulting compost will be so valued as to make it a subject of solicitation ; perhaps even a commercial value will become fixed to the compost , and we 72 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY . oxygen, and only 45 litres of ...
... taking away the resulting compost will be so valued as to make it a subject of solicitation ; perhaps even a commercial value will become fixed to the compost , and we 72 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY . oxygen, and only 45 litres of ...
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... taking off metal shavings of two and a half inches in width and a quarter thick . - W . J. McAlpine . NEWEST COLORING MATTERS . A lecture has been given by Mr. W. H. Perkin , at the Royal Institution , " On the Newest Coloring Matters ...
... taking off metal shavings of two and a half inches in width and a quarter thick . - W . J. McAlpine . NEWEST COLORING MATTERS . A lecture has been given by Mr. W. H. Perkin , at the Royal Institution , " On the Newest Coloring Matters ...
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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.