Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... action , and from this and other data conclu- sions may be drawn of great importance to physical science . The great work which has been progressing for four years past , under the direction and at the expense of the Royal Society ...
... action , and from this and other data conclu- sions may be drawn of great importance to physical science . The great work which has been progressing for four years past , under the direction and at the expense of the Royal Society ...
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... action of reducing gases , whereby the metal is obtained in a metallic and more or less spongy state , and then melting this metallic sponge , previously impregnated with car- bonaceous matters . Cast steel is thus produced , and the ...
... action of reducing gases , whereby the metal is obtained in a metallic and more or less spongy state , and then melting this metallic sponge , previously impregnated with car- bonaceous matters . Cast steel is thus produced , and the ...
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... action of a common reverberatory furnace such as may be seen in operation in many parts of the coun- try . Instead of the usual fire - place , there is what is called the " gas generator . " This consists of a circular chamber of fire ...
... action of a common reverberatory furnace such as may be seen in operation in many parts of the coun- try . Instead of the usual fire - place , there is what is called the " gas generator . " This consists of a circular chamber of fire ...
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... action of a solution of bichromate of potash , and the tint is changed to a deep blue , which has been called azurine . - Engraving and Printing . In this department the novelties which seemed most worthy of specification were , first ...
... action of a solution of bichromate of potash , and the tint is changed to a deep blue , which has been called azurine . - Engraving and Printing . In this department the novelties which seemed most worthy of specification were , first ...
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... action than an air - pump . A small steam - engine puts this disc in movement to the time of from two hundred to three hundred revolu- tions a minute . It requires but a short time to exhaust the air of a tube several miles long to a ...
... action than an air - pump . A small steam - engine puts this disc in movement to the time of from two hundred to three hundred revolu- tions a minute . It requires but a short time to exhaust the air of a tube several miles long to a ...
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Seite 140 - In this ascension, six pigeons were taken up. One was thrown out at the height of three miles ; it extended its wings and dropped...
Seite 171 - In order to explain,' he says, ' the occurrence of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, we must assume that the solar atmosphere encloses a luminous nucleus, producing a continuous spectrum, the brightness of which exceeds a certain limit. The most probable supposition which can be made respecting the sun's constitution is, that it consists of a solid or liquid nucleus, heated to a temperature of the brightest whiteness, surrounded by an atmosphere of somewhat lower temperature. This supposition...