Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... specimens of mechanical art , and , viewed superficially , caused the English locomotives , which stood in juxtaposition , to appear dwarfed and inferior . A closer inspection , however , showed that the English engines far surpassed ...
... specimens of mechanical art , and , viewed superficially , caused the English locomotives , which stood in juxtaposition , to appear dwarfed and inferior . A closer inspection , however , showed that the English engines far surpassed ...
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... specimens , stated that they could not as yet be pro- duced in England . Russia , however , still continues without a com- petitor in the production of a peculiar description of sheet - iron , which has long been highly esteemed in ...
... specimens , stated that they could not as yet be pro- duced in England . Russia , however , still continues without a com- petitor in the production of a peculiar description of sheet - iron , which has long been highly esteemed in ...
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... specimens of rails , some with the head of granular and the foot of fibrous iron , and others of puddled steel . This is a great manufacturing company , established in 1855 , with the view of producing everything required for the use of ...
... specimens of rails , some with the head of granular and the foot of fibrous iron , and others of puddled steel . This is a great manufacturing company , established in 1855 , with the view of producing everything required for the use of ...
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... specimens exhibited seemed perfect , and even where the combination was hammered out into thin plate there was no sign of any separa- tion . This process is the invention of a Frenchman , and promises to be very valuable . The French ...
... specimens exhibited seemed perfect , and even where the combination was hammered out into thin plate there was no sign of any separa- tion . This process is the invention of a Frenchman , and promises to be very valuable . The French ...
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... specimens illustrating the manufac- ture of steel been witnessed as was shown in the Exhibition building . In order to make clear to the general reader the nature of the various steels here brought together , we propose to state first ...
... specimens illustrating the manufac- ture of steel been witnessed as was shown in the Exhibition building . In order to make clear to the general reader the nature of the various steels here brought together , we propose to state first ...
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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...