The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... matters . " PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION , 1843 . STOR LIBRARY AEW - YORK Mr. Babbage's Calculating Engine . - See p . 167 . LONDON : NEW YOR DAVID BOGUE , FLEET STREET . ( LATE TILT AND BOGUE . MDCCCXLIV . Wilson and ...
... matters . " PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION , 1843 . STOR LIBRARY AEW - YORK Mr. Babbage's Calculating Engine . - See p . 167 . LONDON : NEW YOR DAVID BOGUE , FLEET STREET . ( LATE TILT AND BOGUE . MDCCCXLIV . Wilson and ...
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... matter of surprise to parties who understand the practical con- struction of such works . The immediate cause of the failure was dredging in front of the piles after the contractors had left the works , and the arrangement of the piles ...
... matter of surprise to parties who understand the practical con- struction of such works . The immediate cause of the failure was dredging in front of the piles after the contractors had left the works , and the arrangement of the piles ...
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... matter effected ; but there are no satisfactory data for cal- culating the amount . * Then for the water which will be obtained by general drainage over and above the quantity which escapes from the lands , there are abso- lutely no ...
... matter effected ; but there are no satisfactory data for cal- culating the amount . * Then for the water which will be obtained by general drainage over and above the quantity which escapes from the lands , there are abso- lutely no ...
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... confidence arising from the certainty that the cap has not slipped off ; a certainty on which he cannot now rely , because a very little experiencee will show that it is not a very easy matter for MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 55.
... confidence arising from the certainty that the cap has not slipped off ; a certainty on which he cannot now rely , because a very little experiencee will show that it is not a very easy matter for MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 55.
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... matter for a horseman in action to fit a cap to the nipple of a percussion lock . To sportsmen the same ad- vantages will arise . - Mechanics ' Magazine , No. 1057 . A FIRE - PROOF POWDER MAGAZINE . MR . J. A. HOLDSWORTH has patented a ...
... matter for a horseman in action to fit a cap to the nipple of a percussion lock . To sportsmen the same ad- vantages will arise . - Mechanics ' Magazine , No. 1057 . A FIRE - PROOF POWDER MAGAZINE . MR . J. A. HOLDSWORTH has patented a ...
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