The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... 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 supply the place of the balloon , and is ...
... 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 supply the place of the balloon , and is ...
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... quantity for full speed without this resource . The engines are compact , and occupy but a very small space in the vessel , compared with their great power to move paddle- wheels 10 feet 6 inches broad , and 31 feet diameter , including ...
... quantity for full speed without this resource . The engines are compact , and occupy but a very small space in the vessel , compared with their great power to move paddle- wheels 10 feet 6 inches broad , and 31 feet diameter , including ...
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... quantity of fuel consumed by this engine is considerably less than any engine upon the common construction . The Star is constructed on Messrs . Hawthorn's patent principle , having return tubes in the boiler , in consequence of which ...
... quantity of fuel consumed by this engine is considerably less than any engine upon the common construction . The Star is constructed on Messrs . Hawthorn's patent principle , having return tubes in the boiler , in consequence of which ...
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... quantity of iron ballast in the hold of the Royal George when she sunk was 126 tons 12 cwt . , generally in pigs of seven to the ton , of which more than 119 tons have been sent up by the military divers , and delivered into Portsmouth ...
... quantity of iron ballast in the hold of the Royal George when she sunk was 126 tons 12 cwt . , generally in pigs of seven to the ton , of which more than 119 tons have been sent up by the military divers , and delivered into Portsmouth ...
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... quantity of 18,500lbs . of gunpowder , the de- struction of Round - down cliff was effected on the 26th of January last . The mass of chalk operated on now formed the base of the same cliff , the crown of which , to the depth of 90 feet ...
... quantity of 18,500lbs . of gunpowder , the de- struction of Round - down cliff was effected on the 26th of January last . The mass of chalk operated on now formed the base of the same cliff , the crown of which , to the depth of 90 feet ...
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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,...