The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... 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.
... 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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... motion is communicated to the propeller through the medium of two pairs of cog - wheels . The Screw - Propeller , by Mather , Dixon , and Grantham , of Liverpool , has been very successful with an iron vessel , fitted with their patent ...
... motion is communicated to the propeller through the medium of two pairs of cog - wheels . The Screw - Propeller , by Mather , Dixon , and Grantham , of Liverpool , has been very successful with an iron vessel , fitted with their patent ...
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... motion , which is centrifugal : the handles for working it projecting on each side , and the ejection pipe placed in front ; the pump barrel , which , in this case , is one inch and a quarter in diameter , proceeds from below to the ...
... motion , which is centrifugal : the handles for working it projecting on each side , and the ejection pipe placed in front ; the pump barrel , which , in this case , is one inch and a quarter in diameter , proceeds from below to the ...
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... motion every minute of the year . But in no one instance will such be the case . Twelve hours in the day will be the utmost length of working , and one - sixth of the year will suffice for ordinary farm work , and this gives twelve ...
... motion every minute of the year . But in no one instance will such be the case . Twelve hours in the day will be the utmost length of working , and one - sixth of the year will suffice for ordinary farm work , and this gives twelve ...
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... motion , we regard the action as a very simple one ; there is more in it , however , than appears at first sight . For the sake of clearness , let us call the driving - pulley the drum , and the other the pulley . The belt passed over ...
... motion , we regard the action as a very simple one ; there is more in it , however , than appears at first sight . For the sake of clearness , let us call the driving - pulley the drum , and the other the pulley . The belt passed over ...
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