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Side 28
... light draught , and a high rate of speed , are among the advantages of the invention . The vessel is being schooner - rigged , and when fitted with boats and fishing gear , it will proceed to the fishing - ground in the Firth of Forth ...
... light draught , and a high rate of speed , are among the advantages of the invention . The vessel is being schooner - rigged , and when fitted with boats and fishing gear , it will proceed to the fishing - ground in the Firth of Forth ...
Side 32
... light , and thirty feet loaded . Mr. Fairbairn had no hesitation , judging from the drawings he had seen , and from the principle of the vessel , in saying , that she would be perfectly suitable , strong , and calculated to carry out ...
... light , and thirty feet loaded . Mr. Fairbairn had no hesitation , judging from the drawings he had seen , and from the principle of the vessel , in saying , that she would be perfectly suitable , strong , and calculated to carry out ...
Side 34
... light rig and her want of stability , the consequence of losing so great a weight of coal , she would prove any thing but a formidable antagonist ; and it is much to be feared that she would be compelled to strike to any vessel of her ...
... light rig and her want of stability , the consequence of losing so great a weight of coal , she would prove any thing but a formidable antagonist ; and it is much to be feared that she would be compelled to strike to any vessel of her ...
Side 37
... light " scroll " sawing . The machine of Prof. Farey was so constructed that the movement of the saw - frame , or gate , could be inclined in any required degree , but both devices were abundantly cum- brous and impracticable . The only ...
... light " scroll " sawing . The machine of Prof. Farey was so constructed that the movement of the saw - frame , or gate , could be inclined in any required degree , but both devices were abundantly cum- brous and impracticable . The only ...
Side 41
... light , self - acting valves , opening outward . The current induced by the rapid motion through the air , closes the valve on the forward , and opens that on the hinder one , and each valve is so balanced , by a short loaded lever or ...
... light , self - acting valves , opening outward . The current induced by the rapid motion through the air , closes the valve on the forward , and opens that on the hinder one , and each valve is so balanced , by a short loaded lever or ...
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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,...