Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... CHEMISTRY , ASTRONOMY , GEOLOGY , ZOOLOGY , BOTANY , MINERALOGY , METEOROLOGY , GEOGRAPHY , ANTIQUITIES , ETC. TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE DURING THE YEAR 1862 ; A LIST OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ; OBITUARIES ...
... CHEMISTRY , ASTRONOMY , GEOLOGY , ZOOLOGY , BOTANY , MINERALOGY , METEOROLOGY , GEOGRAPHY , ANTIQUITIES , ETC. TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE DURING THE YEAR 1862 ; A LIST OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ; OBITUARIES ...
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... chemical agents . This is a mistake . We state , on the authority of one of the leading scientific journals of Great Britain , that all the recent Euro- pean experimentation on the subject has resulted in failure , and that there is ...
... chemical agents . This is a mistake . We state , on the authority of one of the leading scientific journals of Great Britain , that all the recent Euro- pean experimentation on the subject has resulted in failure , and that there is ...
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... chemical talent available . The conclu- sion arrived at was substantially the same as that of the British man- ufacturers above referred to , viz . , that the scheme , although practica- ble , was not profitable . The same conclusion ...
... chemical talent available . The conclu- sion arrived at was substantially the same as that of the British man- ufacturers above referred to , viz . , that the scheme , although practica- ble , was not profitable . The same conclusion ...
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... chemical — in " cottonizing ” flax , or in subsequently carding and spinning the product on cotton machinery . It is impossible , however , to impart to flax a definite and uniform staple , in consequence of which it is difficult to ...
... chemical — in " cottonizing ” flax , or in subsequently carding and spinning the product on cotton machinery . It is impossible , however , to impart to flax a definite and uniform staple , in consequence of which it is difficult to ...
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... Chemistry , while there has been continuous and important progress , no achievement has been made during the past ... chemical relations to the world we inhabit . Liquid Diffusion.- Some important practical applications have also been ...
... Chemistry , while there has been continuous and important progress , no achievement has been made during the past ... chemical relations to the world we inhabit . Liquid Diffusion.- Some important practical applications have also been ...
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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...