Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... temperature of the active vents , and the quantity of aqueous vapor thrown out . From the quantity of vapor it will be possible to infer the quantity of water which has infiltrated down to the focus of the volcanic action , and from ...
... temperature of the active vents , and the quantity of aqueous vapor thrown out . From the quantity of vapor it will be possible to infer the quantity of water which has infiltrated down to the focus of the volcanic action , and from ...
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... temperature , the silica and other constituents of the straw , which render its fibre brittle and difficult to bleach , entirely give way , and separate to such an extent that they can be almost entirely removed by simple washing ...
... temperature , the silica and other constituents of the straw , which render its fibre brittle and difficult to bleach , entirely give way , and separate to such an extent that they can be almost entirely removed by simple washing ...
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... temperature . The fracture of steel is peculiar , and varies with the proportion of carbon and the treatment which the metal may have previously received . It is more or less finely granular , and when produced in the brittle state of ...
... temperature . The fracture of steel is peculiar , and varies with the proportion of carbon and the treatment which the metal may have previously received . It is more or less finely granular , and when produced in the brittle state of ...
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... temperature in a charcoal hearth . " Natural steel , " as the material thus formed is termed , is largely manufactured in central Europe ; the most renowned estab- lishment being the " Imperial Works " of Styria , Austria . 2. Another ...
... temperature in a charcoal hearth . " Natural steel , " as the material thus formed is termed , is largely manufactured in central Europe ; the most renowned estab- lishment being the " Imperial Works " of Styria , Austria . 2. Another ...
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... temperature gradually increases , and at length a volcanic eruption in miniature suddenly occurs , melted scoriæ being projected on all sides with great violence , and which if allowed to escape would inflict serious mischief on any ...
... temperature gradually increases , and at length a volcanic eruption in miniature suddenly occurs , melted scoriæ being projected on all sides with great violence , and which if allowed to escape would inflict serious mischief on any ...
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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...