The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... animal heat retained , his confidence rapidly returning . The temperature of the sea is rarely under 40 deg . Fahr .; at that temperature , twenty hours ' exposure could be easily borne ; the supply of animal heat from respiration , its ...
... animal heat retained , his confidence rapidly returning . The temperature of the sea is rarely under 40 deg . Fahr .; at that temperature , twenty hours ' exposure could be easily borne ; the supply of animal heat from respiration , its ...
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... animals , in future iron vessels may be rendered as much safer and more enduring than those of timber , as the steam ships of the present time are superior to the vessels two centuries past . The full details are given of all the ...
... animals , in future iron vessels may be rendered as much safer and more enduring than those of timber , as the steam ships of the present time are superior to the vessels two centuries past . The full details are given of all the ...
Page 78
... animal power in draught on Wood Pavement . " Mr. Hope gives in his communication the result of his experiments on wood and granite paving laid down in the same thoroughfare ; and the comparative durability , not only of wood and granite ...
... animal power in draught on Wood Pavement . " Mr. Hope gives in his communication the result of his experiments on wood and granite paving laid down in the same thoroughfare ; and the comparative durability , not only of wood and granite ...
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... animals are then killed and boiled altogether , for the purpose of extracting all the lard , which is then converted into stearine and elain . The oil thus procured is of a re- markably fine quality , and well adapted for lubricating ...
... animals are then killed and boiled altogether , for the purpose of extracting all the lard , which is then converted into stearine and elain . The oil thus procured is of a re- markably fine quality , and well adapted for lubricating ...
Page 108
... animal in two minutes — a fact which explains many of the circumstances which appeared some years ago in the evidence of some London chemists , respecting the influence of Joyce's stoves . It is quite obvious that their structure was ...
... animal in two minutes — a fact which explains many of the circumstances which appeared some years ago in the evidence of some London chemists , respecting the influence of Joyce's stoves . It is quite obvious that their structure was ...
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Page 193 - ... which form the lights of the print, to a sufficient depth ; but in glyphography the depth of these parts is formed by the remaining portions of the white composition on the plate, analogous to the thickness or height of which must be the depth on the block, seeing that the latter is, in fact (to simplify the matter), a cast or reverse, of the former. But if this composition were spread on the plate as thickly as required for this purpose, it would be impossible for the artist to put either close,...