The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... observing the proper degree of cau- tion , and the number of cases of injury were only fourteen . These did not include accidents which had happened to individuals owing solely to their own inadvertence and misconduct , nor accidents to ...
... observing the proper degree of cau- tion , and the number of cases of injury were only fourteen . These did not include accidents which had happened to individuals owing solely to their own inadvertence and misconduct , nor accidents to ...
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... observation and experience have gone , there is some agree- ment between them and the theories . According to the calculations , the average quantity of water sus- pended in the atmosphere , if it were all precipitated to the surface of ...
... observation and experience have gone , there is some agree- ment between them and the theories . According to the calculations , the average quantity of water sus- pended in the atmosphere , if it were all precipitated to the surface of ...
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... of which the basis is asphaltum ; and then a poisonous paint to pre- vent the adherence of marine plants and molluscous animals . In the discussion which ensued the author's plans and observations were fully 09 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS . 60.
... of which the basis is asphaltum ; and then a poisonous paint to pre- vent the adherence of marine plants and molluscous animals . In the discussion which ensued the author's plans and observations were fully 09 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS . 60.
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Charles W. Vincent, James Mason. discussion which ensued the author's plans and observations were fully approved ; and in support of the durability of iron vessels , it was stated that iron canal - boats , which had been made forty years ...
Charles W. Vincent, James Mason. discussion which ensued the author's plans and observations were fully approved ; and in support of the durability of iron vessels , it was stated that iron canal - boats , which had been made forty years ...
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... observations , upon the same subject , in the Report lately presented by Mr. Barry to the Commissioner on the Fine Arts . " It is true , " Mr. Hosking went on to say , " that my suggestions stand alone in the particulars in which it was ...
... observations , upon the same subject , in the Report lately presented by Mr. Barry to the Commissioner on the Fine Arts . " It is true , " Mr. Hosking went on to say , " that my suggestions stand alone in the particulars in which it was ...
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