The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... Metals ; Glass - working ; Lighting , Heating , and Ven- tilating ; Machinery and Manufactures ; and New Processes in the Useful Arts NATURAL PHILOSOPHY : Terrestrial Magnetism ; Waves and the Tides ; the Atmosphere ; New Phenomena of ...
... Metals ; Glass - working ; Lighting , Heating , and Ven- tilating ; Machinery and Manufactures ; and New Processes in the Useful Arts NATURAL PHILOSOPHY : Terrestrial Magnetism ; Waves and the Tides ; the Atmosphere ; New Phenomena of ...
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... metal was better distributed , and the practical experiments fully bore out the theory . Some curious speci- mens of solid axles which had borne a great number of blows before breaking , were exhibited by the Patent Axle Company , from ...
... metal was better distributed , and the practical experiments fully bore out the theory . Some curious speci- mens of solid axles which had borne a great number of blows before breaking , were exhibited by the Patent Axle Company , from ...
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... metal , filled with stained glass , bearing arms , and other heraldic insignia , in their proper colours ; but so arranged as that the ground , which I should recommend to be of a warm yellowish tint , covered with a running foliage or ...
... metal , filled with stained glass , bearing arms , and other heraldic insignia , in their proper colours ; but so arranged as that the ground , which I should recommend to be of a warm yellowish tint , covered with a running foliage or ...
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... metal himself for about twenty years , but that the merit of this arrangement was disputed by Mr. Sturgeon and Mr. J. Martyn Roberts . I advise those who ascribe the merit of applying the voltaic battery to the purposes of blasting in ...
... metal himself for about twenty years , but that the merit of this arrangement was disputed by Mr. Sturgeon and Mr. J. Martyn Roberts . I advise those who ascribe the merit of applying the voltaic battery to the purposes of blasting in ...
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... metal , as are also the outer doors . The lantern is the only thing now necessary to com- plete the lighthouse for service . KEENE'S MARBLE CEMENT Is described as a combination of sulphate of lime and alum . The gypsum undergoes the ...
... metal , as are also the outer doors . The lantern is the only thing now necessary to com- plete the lighthouse for service . KEENE'S MARBLE CEMENT Is described as a combination of sulphate of lime and alum . The gypsum undergoes the ...
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