Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... Fibres Proposed . — During the past year considerable atten- tion has been given in Great Britain to a proposal to extract a fibre from an abundant marine plant , known as the " Zostera marina , ” or " grass - wrack . " The plant takes ...
... Fibres Proposed . — During the past year considerable atten- tion has been given in Great Britain to a proposal to extract a fibre from an abundant marine plant , known as the " Zostera marina , ” or " grass - wrack . " The plant takes ...
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Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. Fibre from Corn or Maize Leaves and Husks . Considerable at- tention has recently been given in Austria to the extraction of a fibre from the leaves and husks of the maize , or corn plant , and ...
Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. Fibre from Corn or Maize Leaves and Husks . Considerable at- tention has recently been given in Austria to the extraction of a fibre from the leaves and husks of the maize , or corn plant , and ...
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... fibre — is longer than is required for any other crop . The plant cannot be made to yield profitably both seed and fibre . If the seed is allowed to ripen , the fibre becomes impaired . If the fibre is the main object to be attended to ...
... fibre — is longer than is required for any other crop . The plant cannot be made to yield profitably both seed and fibre . If the seed is allowed to ripen , the fibre becomes impaired . If the fibre is the main object to be attended to ...
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... fibre . Machines working economically and rapidly , as compared with the old hand - break and " skutch , " or ... fibre , denominated " tow , " equally serviceable and valuable as the longer and straightened fibres . The project seemed ...
... fibre . Machines working economically and rapidly , as compared with the old hand - break and " skutch , " or ... fibre , denominated " tow , " equally serviceable and valuable as the longer and straightened fibres . The project seemed ...
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... fibre which cannot be profitably worked up by any other method . This is an error . In Europe , where the legitimate flax machinery has been carried to a high degree of perfection , every part of the tow , or refuse fibre , is now made ...
... fibre which cannot be profitably worked up by any other method . This is an error . In Europe , where the legitimate flax machinery has been carried to a high degree of perfection , every part of the tow , or refuse fibre , is now made ...
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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...