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Side 29
... equal to that of a single cylinder of 76 inches diameter , in which the steam is cut off at two - fifths of the stroke and expanded through the remainder . There are two vertical air - pumps , one on each side , worked by eccentrics on ...
... equal to that of a single cylinder of 76 inches diameter , in which the steam is cut off at two - fifths of the stroke and expanded through the remainder . There are two vertical air - pumps , one on each side , worked by eccentrics on ...
Side 32
... equal in strength to solid metal . Having alluded to the building of the Great Western , and subsequently of the Great Britain , and the prophetic doubts expressed at first regarding the fate of each , the speaker proceeded to describe ...
... equal in strength to solid metal . Having alluded to the building of the Great Western , and subsequently of the Great Britain , and the prophetic doubts expressed at first regarding the fate of each , the speaker proceeded to describe ...
Side 39
... equal strength with a lesser weight of timber . The largest sticks that have yet been bent are but ten inches in diameter ; but there appears no reason why sticks of much larger size should not be handled with almost equal facility ...
... equal strength with a lesser weight of timber . The largest sticks that have yet been bent are but ten inches in diameter ; but there appears no reason why sticks of much larger size should not be handled with almost equal facility ...
Side 42
... equal to the whole power of the engine , the fire to generate the necessary steam must be stimulated to the most intense activity ; thus making , apparently , a far more unfavorable state of things for 42 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ...
... equal to the whole power of the engine , the fire to generate the necessary steam must be stimulated to the most intense activity ; thus making , apparently , a far more unfavorable state of things for 42 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ...
Side 58
... ( equal to 0.446 per cent . ; ) at the end of seventeen days , this elongation was seven - sixteenths of an inch , ( 1.042 per cent , ) and at the end of thirty days had reached thirteen- sixteenths of an inch , ( nearly two per cent ...
... ( equal to 0.446 per cent . ; ) at the end of seventeen days , this elongation was seven - sixteenths of an inch , ( 1.042 per cent , ) and at the end of thirty days had reached thirteen- sixteenths of an inch , ( nearly two per cent ...
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Side 274 - ... consumed by a given weight of animal, within a given time, and the amount of increase obtained from a given weight of food. The results, which formed the subject of the present communication, afforded further illustration of some of the points brought forward in the former one ; but...
Side 377 - These astronomers are of opinion that this fluid ring is not of very recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change , and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has, since the time of Huygens, been gradually approaching the body of Saturn, and that we may expect, sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see the rings united with the body of the planet.
Side 162 - A wire laid across from cither of the above-named places on this side will pass to the north of the Grand Banks, and rest on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, and where the waters of the sea appear to be as quiet and as completely at rest as it is at the bottom of a mill-pond.
Side 269 - It fully equalled the expectations of all ; so that solidified milk will hereafter rank among the necessary appendages to the sick room. In fine, this article makes paps, custards, puddings, and cakes, equal to the best milk ; and one may be sure it is an unadulterated article, obtained from well-pastured cattle, and not the produce of distillery slops ; neither can it be watered. For our steamships, our packets, for those travelling by land or by sea, for hotel purposes, or use in private families,...