The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... nearly fifty hollow truncated cones , averaging about three feet in length , and of four inches and a half in their greatest width : their blunted points , of about one inch in diameter , are downwards , and the whole are arranged above ...
... nearly fifty hollow truncated cones , averaging about three feet in length , and of four inches and a half in their greatest width : their blunted points , of about one inch in diameter , are downwards , and the whole are arranged above ...
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... nearly forty men were killed in building the new London Bridge . As an exhibition , the Tunnel has been very attractive ; the sum of £ 1,705 having been received from visitors , at 1s . each , in one year . Within five days from the ...
... nearly forty men were killed in building the new London Bridge . As an exhibition , the Tunnel has been very attractive ; the sum of £ 1,705 having been received from visitors , at 1s . each , in one year . Within five days from the ...
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... nearly 7 feet . Every part of the engines and boilers is made ade- quate in capacity and strength for 700 horse power . The engines are made upon the direct - action principle , and upon the same plan as the engines of the Cyclops ...
... nearly 7 feet . Every part of the engines and boilers is made ade- quate in capacity and strength for 700 horse power . The engines are made upon the direct - action principle , and upon the same plan as the engines of the Cyclops ...
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... nearly four miles , or less than the sixteenth of a penny per mile ! Mr. Thomas Motley.— Mining Journal . DECORATION OF THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . MR . BARRY has transmitted his Report to the Commissioners on the Fine Arts , in ...
... nearly four miles , or less than the sixteenth of a penny per mile ! Mr. Thomas Motley.— Mining Journal . DECORATION OF THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . MR . BARRY has transmitted his Report to the Commissioners on the Fine Arts , in ...
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... nearly 214 barrels . Mr. Purdo , the principal master - attendant of Portsmouth dock- yard , having examined the spot , by dragging a frigate's anchor repeat- edly over it , and meeting no obstruction , reported to Rear - Admiral Hyde ...
... nearly 214 barrels . Mr. Purdo , the principal master - attendant of Portsmouth dock- yard , having examined the spot , by dragging a frigate's anchor repeat- edly over it , and meeting no obstruction , reported to Rear - Admiral Hyde ...
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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,...