The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1870 |
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... means of the East Indian a railway connects Calcutta with Delhi , more than 1,000 miles distant from each other ; in the south , Madras and Baypore are connected by a line crossing Southern India ; Nagpore , in Central India , is ...
... means of the East Indian a railway connects Calcutta with Delhi , more than 1,000 miles distant from each other ; in the south , Madras and Baypore are connected by a line crossing Southern India ; Nagpore , in Central India , is ...
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... means of flexible conductors , and these are also laterally connected with the insulated wire underneath the vehicles . The apparatus in the guard's van consists of a battery placed in a box , and an electric alarum , and on the engine ...
... means of flexible conductors , and these are also laterally connected with the insulated wire underneath the vehicles . The apparatus in the guard's van consists of a battery placed in a box , and an electric alarum , and on the engine ...
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... means of conveyance . Such boats cannot , however , be em- ployed , except by the construction of special harbors on each coast . With reference to a tunnel , it has been proposed to drive one of ordinary size for a double line of ...
... means of conveyance . Such boats cannot , however , be em- ployed , except by the construction of special harbors on each coast . With reference to a tunnel , it has been proposed to drive one of ordinary size for a double line of ...
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... means of atmospheric brakes either the car or engine could be sent down alone at any given rate , fast or slow , and there are also hand brakes operating with equal direct- ness upon the central wheels , together with other means of gov ...
... means of atmospheric brakes either the car or engine could be sent down alone at any given rate , fast or slow , and there are also hand brakes operating with equal direct- ness upon the central wheels , together with other means of gov ...
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... thought of organizing a system of experiments for removing the difficulties of reversing the steam , I began by trying whether it would be possible to work the engine for any considerable time by means of 24 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
... thought of organizing a system of experiments for removing the difficulties of reversing the steam , I began by trying whether it would be possible to work the engine for any considerable time by means of 24 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
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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.