The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... equal to one square foot for each half pound weight - the whole machine being about 3,000 lbs . , and the area , or surface spread out to support it , 4,500 square feet in the two wings , and 1500 feet in the tail ; making , altogether ...
... equal to one square foot for each half pound weight - the whole machine being about 3,000 lbs . , and the area , or surface spread out to support it , 4,500 square feet in the two wings , and 1500 feet in the tail ; making , altogether ...
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... equal to that of a circle 7 feet in diameter . The bottom of the vessel is made double , and the space between the two bottoms is made available for accomplishing the condensation of the steam by external cold . The boiler is ...
... equal to that of a circle 7 feet in diameter . The bottom of the vessel is made double , and the space between the two bottoms is made available for accomplishing the condensation of the steam by external cold . The boiler is ...
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... equal in some instances to a column of mercury 23 inches high , has been obtained , and loads of 13 tons have been propelled . On the Dalkey branch of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway , the pipe is 15 inches in diameter , and its length ...
... equal in some instances to a column of mercury 23 inches high , has been obtained , and loads of 13 tons have been propelled . On the Dalkey branch of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway , the pipe is 15 inches in diameter , and its length ...
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... equal to one good horse ( allowing 20 or 25 per cent . for friction of machinery , & c . , we shall then still have a power equal to the horse ) , and , as that number exceeds the usual average number of each train on the Greenwich ...
... equal to one good horse ( allowing 20 or 25 per cent . for friction of machinery , & c . , we shall then still have a power equal to the horse ) , and , as that number exceeds the usual average number of each train on the Greenwich ...
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... equal to that at Plymouth , which is about 1700 yards , or nearly a mile , will require 1700 + 50 = 85,000 ; the cost of these will , of course , depend upon the depth of the sea , as the trumpets must be long enough to reach from the ...
... equal to that at Plymouth , which is about 1700 yards , or nearly a mile , will require 1700 + 50 = 85,000 ; the cost of these will , of course , depend upon the depth of the sea , as the trumpets must be long enough to reach from the ...
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