Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... ship or fleet which came to Britain , and that this and other circumstances pointed to the earlier period of the history of Tyre . At the conlusion of the reading of the paper , another member , Mr. Wright , arose , and in a few words ...
... ship or fleet which came to Britain , and that this and other circumstances pointed to the earlier period of the history of Tyre . At the conlusion of the reading of the paper , another member , Mr. Wright , arose , and in a few words ...
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... ships . We give the dimensions of two manufactured by the Atlas Works of Shef- field :-( No . 1. ) Length 21 feet 8 inches , width 4 feet 2 inches , thickness 6 inches , weight 10 tons 12 cwt . ( No. 2. ) Length 24 feet , width 3 feet 8 ...
... ships . We give the dimensions of two manufactured by the Atlas Works of Shef- field :-( No . 1. ) Length 21 feet 8 inches , width 4 feet 2 inches , thickness 6 inches , weight 10 tons 12 cwt . ( No. 2. ) Length 24 feet , width 3 feet 8 ...
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... ship is held , and unless a chain is severely tested , a flaw or imperfect weld may send a vessel and crew to destruction . Sisco and Sinibaldi overcome this defect in weld- ing , which makes the iron brittle , by making rolled hoops ...
... ship is held , and unless a chain is severely tested , a flaw or imperfect weld may send a vessel and crew to destruction . Sisco and Sinibaldi overcome this defect in weld- ing , which makes the iron brittle , by making rolled hoops ...
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... ship's sternpost . At the outer part of the rudder's afterpiece are attached two chains which pass through the main piece of the rudder , one on each side . The result of this arrangement is that on the rudder's being moved over either ...
... ship's sternpost . At the outer part of the rudder's afterpiece are attached two chains which pass through the main piece of the rudder , one on each side . The result of this arrangement is that on the rudder's being moved over either ...
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... ship a means of rapidly revolving under steam , and changing her position to any required point . In the trial trip , the following experiments were made with a view of testing the capability of the ship for rapid turning within a small ...
... ship a means of rapidly revolving under steam , and changing her position to any required point . In the trial trip , the following experiments were made with a view of testing the capability of the ship for rapid turning within a small ...
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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...