The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... described in the 20,000th part of a second may be easily discerned . It describes a curve somewhat re- sembling the epicycloid , and from this curve the velocities are ascer- tained . The principle of the indicator , by which the ...
... described in the 20,000th part of a second may be easily discerned . It describes a curve somewhat re- sembling the epicycloid , and from this curve the velocities are ascer- tained . The principle of the indicator , by which the ...
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... described the common causes of fracture , attributing it to the concussion and vibration produced by various circumstances , such as a bad state of the line , the sudden opposition of any obstacle on the rail , or the shocks arising ...
... described the common causes of fracture , attributing it to the concussion and vibration produced by various circumstances , such as a bad state of the line , the sudden opposition of any obstacle on the rail , or the shocks arising ...
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... described in Silliman's American Journal of Science , vol . xxvi . p . 352 ; and also briefly noticed in the Transac- tions of the British Association for the Advancement of Science MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 25 15.
... described in Silliman's American Journal of Science , vol . xxvi . p . 352 ; and also briefly noticed in the Transac- tions of the British Association for the Advancement of Science MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 25 15.
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... described as a combination of sulphate of lime and alum . The gypsum undergoes the same preparation as for plaster of Paris , being deprived of its water of crystallization by baking . It is then steeped in a saturated solution of alum ...
... described as a combination of sulphate of lime and alum . The gypsum undergoes the same preparation as for plaster of Paris , being deprived of its water of crystallization by baking . It is then steeped in a saturated solution of alum ...
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... described to the Institution of Civil Engineers this new process . First , he explains the various stages through which the metal passes , between the reduction of the ore and its arriving at the state of malleable iron , by the ...
... described to the Institution of Civil Engineers this new process . First , he explains the various stages through which the metal passes , between the reduction of the ore and its arriving at the state of malleable iron , by the ...
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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,...