The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... extent , while it in- creases the " bite " of the wheel , enabling locomotives to ascend inclines otherwise impracticable . This being the case , railways can be made at comparatively less cost , as the great outlay is caused by the ...
... extent , while it in- creases the " bite " of the wheel , enabling locomotives to ascend inclines otherwise impracticable . This being the case , railways can be made at comparatively less cost , as the great outlay is caused by the ...
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... extent . This trough is filled with a composition of bees - wax and tallow , which , when melted and cooled , adheres to the side of the valve , and keeps it air - tight . As the travelling piston is forced along the pipe , one side of ...
... extent . This trough is filled with a composition of bees - wax and tallow , which , when melted and cooled , adheres to the side of the valve , and keeps it air - tight . As the travelling piston is forced along the pipe , one side of ...
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... extent of , it was contended should be pro- vided for by axles which would bear a series of heavy blows without fracture . The force of vibration , and its tendency to produce fracture in rigid bodies , was then treated of , with its ...
... extent of , it was contended should be pro- vided for by axles which would bear a series of heavy blows without fracture . The force of vibration , and its tendency to produce fracture in rigid bodies , was then treated of , with its ...
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... extent by the wash of the river . The conse- quence of this has been a settlement of the various piers , attended with an extensive alteration of the original level of the arches and road - way ; whilst , from the soft nature of the ...
... extent by the wash of the river . The conse- quence of this has been a settlement of the various piers , attended with an extensive alteration of the original level of the arches and road - way ; whilst , from the soft nature of the ...
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... extent 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 ...
... extent 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 ...
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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,...