The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... placed , but likewise a steam engine , and the quantity of fuel necessary for such voyage ; to this is attached a rectangular frame , formed either of wood or bamboo cane , covered over with oiled silk or with canvas ; this frame is to ...
... placed , but likewise a steam engine , and the quantity of fuel necessary for such voyage ; to this is attached a rectangular frame , formed either of wood or bamboo cane , covered over with oiled silk or with canvas ; this frame is to ...
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... placed across each other diagonally at an angle of 45 degrees ; the outside plank being of larch 3 inches thick , lying longitudinally or with the sheer of the ship ; and the whole being bound up with vertical and diagonal iron bands ...
... placed across each other diagonally at an angle of 45 degrees ; the outside plank being of larch 3 inches thick , lying longitudinally or with the sheer of the ship ; and the whole being bound up with vertical and diagonal iron bands ...
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... placed in the vessel upon its end , so that it only occupies a super- ficies of the vessel's floor equal to that of a circle 7 feet in diameter . The bottom of the vessel is made double , and the space between the two bottoms is made ...
... placed in the vessel upon its end , so that it only occupies a super- ficies of the vessel's floor equal to that of a circle 7 feet in diameter . The bottom of the vessel is made double , and the space between the two bottoms is made ...
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... placed over the valve , to protect it from the rain or dust . It is contemplated to have each pipe about three miles long , with a stationary engine for each length of piping to exhaust the air ; and an arrangement is made , by means of ...
... placed over the valve , to protect it from the rain or dust . It is contemplated to have each pipe about three miles long , with a stationary engine for each length of piping to exhaust the air ; and an arrangement is made , by means of ...
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... placed in compartments formed by such a suitable arrangement of the architectural design of the interior as will best promote their effective union with the arts of sculpture and architec- ture . With this view , I should consider it to ...
... placed in compartments formed by such a suitable arrangement of the architectural design of the interior as will best promote their effective union with the arts of sculpture and architec- ture . With this view , I should consider it to ...
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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,...