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... experiments have been confined to our service rifle , and are yet incomplete , they con- firm the great superiority claimed for this invention abroad . They show that the new weapon , while it can be loaded as readily as the ordinary ...
... experiments have been confined to our service rifle , and are yet incomplete , they con- firm the great superiority claimed for this invention abroad . They show that the new weapon , while it can be loaded as readily as the ordinary ...
Side 31
... experiments he had made , and had seen made , these facts were undoubted . The clipper ships and fast steamers had ... experiment of the kind in steamboats . They lengthened their steamers at a very early period , and they now generally ...
... experiments he had made , and had seen made , these facts were undoubted . The clipper ships and fast steamers had ... experiment of the kind in steamboats . They lengthened their steamers at a very early period , and they now generally ...
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... experiments in both countries . The French have afloat eight ships - of - the - line , five of which have already been fitted with propellers , and the remaining three are now receiving their machinery . Of these , the Charlemagne , the ...
... experiments in both countries . The French have afloat eight ships - of - the - line , five of which have already been fitted with propellers , and the remaining three are now receiving their machinery . Of these , the Charlemagne , the ...
Side 45
... experiments , made under the direction of Mr. Collins , is said to have established the economy of this process , in respect to fuel - the savings in which is said to be about 70 per cent . By burning six hundred and sixty - six pounds ...
... experiments , made under the direction of Mr. Collins , is said to have established the economy of this process , in respect to fuel - the savings in which is said to be about 70 per cent . By burning six hundred and sixty - six pounds ...
Side 46
... experiments , were briefly as follows : - Using the steam simply surcharged , produced , with the same fuel , an increased effect of sixty - five per cent . over what was obtained with the saturated , or ordinary steam alone ; while an ...
... experiments , were briefly as follows : - Using the steam simply surcharged , produced , with the same fuel , an increased effect of sixty - five per cent . over what was obtained with the saturated , or ordinary steam alone ; while an ...
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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,...