The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... - twentieth of the apparent diameter of the sun , and this when it had not been visible for three years . Our readers can infer from this - statement how exact a knowledge of the movements of cometary ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . XV.
... - twentieth of the apparent diameter of the sun , and this when it had not been visible for three years . Our readers can infer from this - statement how exact a knowledge of the movements of cometary ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . XV.
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... diameter and twelve - foot stroke , while the Achilles , a new gigantic British war screw - steamer , has cylinders one hundred and twelve inches in diameter , and only four - foot stroke . " Disc - Propeller . - A model , bearing this ...
... diameter and twelve - foot stroke , while the Achilles , a new gigantic British war screw - steamer , has cylinders one hundred and twelve inches in diameter , and only four - foot stroke . " Disc - Propeller . - A model , bearing this ...
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... diameter at the breech , 18 inches at the muzzle , 104 - inch bore , and weighs 10 tons . The rifling consists of twelve shallow grooves , making one turn in 30 feet . Before being rifled it was fired with a 140 - pound This ball , and ...
... diameter at the breech , 18 inches at the muzzle , 104 - inch bore , and weighs 10 tons . The rifling consists of twelve shallow grooves , making one turn in 30 feet . Before being rifled it was fired with a 140 - pound This ball , and ...
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... diameter , and on the . hydraulic power being applied , one of the links was lengthened § of an inch , and the other of an inch , when it reached a strain of 110 tons ; and the 24 inch testing chain broke off in two places when the ...
... diameter , and on the . hydraulic power being applied , one of the links was lengthened § of an inch , and the other of an inch , when it reached a strain of 110 tons ; and the 24 inch testing chain broke off in two places when the ...
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... diameter , and was broken across to show fracture . We inspected the fractured surface over and over again , even under a good lens , and failed to detect a single flaw . The largest casting Krupp ever made weighed twenty - five tons ...
... diameter , and was broken across to show fracture . We inspected the fractured surface over and over again , even under a good lens , and failed to detect a single flaw . The largest casting Krupp ever made weighed twenty - five tons ...
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