The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... 60 miles per hour , or 5,808 feet per minute - so that , for safety , it would at least be necessary to start from Mont Blanc , to give time for the rotatory fan - wheels to be set in motion . 目 Description . - A , A , the main.
... 60 miles per hour , or 5,808 feet per minute - so that , for safety , it would at least be necessary to start from Mont Blanc , to give time for the rotatory fan - wheels to be set in motion . 目 Description . - A , A , the main.
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... gives it the pro- perties of resisting pressure and wear to a great 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 ...
... gives it the pro- perties of resisting pressure and wear to a great 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 ...
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... give the best effect to the adjoining paintings , being relieved in parts by positive colour and gilding ; and the backs of them might be painted in dark colours , such as chocolate , crimson , or blue , or they might be of gold , for ...
... give the best effect to the adjoining paintings , being relieved in parts by positive colour and gilding ; and the backs of them might be painted in dark colours , such as chocolate , crimson , or blue , or they might be of gold , for ...
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... give the words one - two- three - with an interval of about one second between each , and then the word fire , which was to be the signal for completing the circuit ; and by this mode I expected that the explosions would all take place ...
... give the words one - two- three - with an interval of about one second between each , and then the word fire , which was to be the signal for completing the circuit ; and by this mode I expected that the explosions would all take place ...
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... give a better direction to the propelling power by forcing jets of water through nozzles placed below the water line . One novel feature of the invention is , that it contemplates employing the head - wave , which is now one great ...
... give a better direction to the propelling power by forcing jets of water through nozzles placed below the water line . One novel feature of the invention is , that it contemplates employing the head - wave , which is now one great ...
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