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... 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 the great vessel now being ...
... 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 the great vessel now being ...
Side 35
... metal or brass , or some metal not very easily corrodible by salt water , has a glass tube fitted on to it on the top , by a screw joint , and again MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 35.
... metal or brass , or some metal not very easily corrodible by salt water , has a glass tube fitted on to it on the top , by a screw joint , and again MECHANICS AND USEFUL ARTS . 35.
Side 39
... metal fixtures , has been introduced on the Strasbourg Railroad , France . The inventor places the rails directly upon the cross - ties , and secures them by means of two short wooden braces , each bearing with one end against the rail ...
... metal fixtures , has been introduced on the Strasbourg Railroad , France . The inventor places the rails directly upon the cross - ties , and secures them by means of two short wooden braces , each bearing with one end against the rail ...
Side 46
... metal , however small they may be , which give a set to the fibres and increase the liability to break . Boiler - plates are also frequently injured by the operation of punching for melting . Mr. Roberts attributed boiler explosions in ...
... metal , however small they may be , which give a set to the fibres and increase the liability to break . Boiler - plates are also frequently injured by the operation of punching for melting . Mr. Roberts attributed boiler explosions in ...
Side 53
... metal cases , to contain his charges of powder , and which , of course , had to be placed under the frigate's bottom , and through that fifteen feet of sand . These cases were of cast - iron , six feet long , fourteen inches in diameter ...
... metal cases , to contain his charges of powder , and which , of course , had to be placed under the frigate's bottom , and through that fifteen feet of sand . These cases were of cast - iron , six feet long , fourteen inches in diameter ...
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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,...