Readings for Railways: Or, Anecdotes and Other Short Stories, Reflectons, Maxims, Characteristics, Passages of Wit, Humour, and Poetry; Etc. Together with Points of Information on Matters of General Interest. Collected in the Course of His Own ReadingC. Gilpin, 1849 - 136 Seiten |
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... heard at fifty and sixty miles an hour . These effects are not heard by a person who is sta- tionary . He found that the sound of a whistle on an engine , stationary on the line , was heard by a passenger in a rapid train to give a ...
... heard at fifty and sixty miles an hour . These effects are not heard by a person who is sta- tionary . He found that the sound of a whistle on an engine , stationary on the line , was heard by a passenger in a rapid train to give a ...
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... heard . Another analogy between vibra- tions producing sounds and electricity is the sensation resembling that of an electric shock , communicated on touching a vibrating bar of metal , or a vibrating string . The school trick , of ...
... heard . Another analogy between vibra- tions producing sounds and electricity is the sensation resembling that of an electric shock , communicated on touching a vibrating bar of metal , or a vibrating string . The school trick , of ...
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... heard him , heeded him , set him right , and took up his tale , where he had left it , without any diminu- tion of his humour ; adding only a few more twists to his snuff - box , a few more taps upon the lid of it , with a preparatory ...
... heard him , heeded him , set him right , and took up his tale , where he had left it , without any diminu- tion of his humour ; adding only a few more twists to his snuff - box , a few more taps upon the lid of it , with a preparatory ...
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Transmission of Money | 5 |
Spontaneous Gases | 12 |
The Cutting Property | 19 |
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