Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... shells , rockets , etc. , is of such a character as to render the whole operations , however minute , per- fectly automaton , or self - acting , with an accuracy of repetition that leaves the article when finished identical with every ...
... shells , rockets , etc. , is of such a character as to render the whole operations , however minute , per- fectly automaton , or self - acting , with an accuracy of repetition that leaves the article when finished identical with every ...
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... shell - like , such as is presented by the broken surface of a lump of glass . The processes now in operation for producing steel are founded on two opposite principles , namely , putting carbon into wrought iron , and taking carbon out ...
... shell - like , such as is presented by the broken surface of a lump of glass . The processes now in operation for producing steel are founded on two opposite principles , namely , putting carbon into wrought iron , and taking carbon out ...
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... shell , and this stone forms the cup proper . All the rest of the work , the stand , stem , etc. , was of gold enamelled . The dragon , a most Raffaelesque monster , is made to subserve the purpose of a han- dle , and waits , open ...
... shell , and this stone forms the cup proper . All the rest of the work , the stand , stem , etc. , was of gold enamelled . The dragon , a most Raffaelesque monster , is made to subserve the purpose of a han- dle , and waits , open ...
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... shell found in the West Indies , which much re- sembles rose - colored mother - of - pearl . With the aid of this shell and the ivory some remarkably beautiful combinations are produced , es- pecially when the jewels are carefully ...
... shell found in the West Indies , which much re- sembles rose - colored mother - of - pearl . With the aid of this shell and the ivory some remarkably beautiful combinations are produced , es- pecially when the jewels are carefully ...
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... shell of the boxes and the inside of the iron pipe , and it is found that even with this margin they travel at the rate of forty miles an hour . The tube is exhausted by an apparatus called a " centrifugal disc , " consisting of a ...
... shell of the boxes and the inside of the iron pipe , and it is found that even with this margin they travel at the rate of forty miles an hour . The tube is exhausted by an apparatus called a " centrifugal disc , " consisting of 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...