Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... that blessing increased in the case of the man who is dependent , not only for enjoyment and happiness , but for the main- tenance and lodging and clothing of himself and his family 1 * ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . - ...
... that blessing increased in the case of the man who is dependent , not only for enjoyment and happiness , but for the main- tenance and lodging and clothing of himself and his family 1 * ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . - ...
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... clothing of himself and his family , upon the active and constant exercise of his bodily powers . " Among the grants of money made at the last meeting of the Brit- ish Association was one of $ 500 to Mr. Robert Mallet , in aid of what ...
... clothing of himself and his family , upon the active and constant exercise of his bodily powers . " Among the grants of money made at the last meeting of the Brit- ish Association was one of $ 500 to Mr. Robert Mallet , in aid of what ...
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... cloth have been distributed throughout the United States by the Patent Office , with an explanatory pamphlet , showing what can be produced from the above material . The cloth , or woven fibre thus made , is simply a curiosity , and of ...
... cloth have been distributed throughout the United States by the Patent Office , with an explanatory pamphlet , showing what can be produced from the above material . The cloth , or woven fibre thus made , is simply a curiosity , and of ...
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... cloth , of about thirty yards in length , made of No. 440 yarn . This cloth was also woven in France , but the yarn was spun in England of Sea Island cotton . The fine muslins of Hindostan have been called , in oriental style , " woven ...
... cloth , of about thirty yards in length , made of No. 440 yarn . This cloth was also woven in France , but the yarn was spun in England of Sea Island cotton . The fine muslins of Hindostan have been called , in oriental style , " woven ...
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... clothing , feeling certain that we should experience a temperature below zero before we reached an altitude of five miles ; but , to my surprise , at the height of 14,500 feet , the temperature as shown by all the sensitive instruments ...
... clothing , feeling certain that we should experience a temperature below zero before we reached an altitude of five miles ; but , to my surprise , at the height of 14,500 feet , the temperature as shown by all the sensitive instruments ...
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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...