The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... tion by steam . The variety of boiler to which we allude is of the locomotive kind , that is , the flues consist of locomotive tubes , the furnaces being ar- ranged much in the way usual for marine boilers . The boilers , how- ever ...
... tion by steam . The variety of boiler to which we allude is of the locomotive kind , that is , the flues consist of locomotive tubes , the furnaces being ar- ranged much in the way usual for marine boilers . The boilers , how- ever ...
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... tion Company , is 250 feet in length from the head to the taffrail , 40 feet in breadth , and 31 feet in depth , and admeasures , including the spar deck , 2,020 tons . Her engines are of 520 - horse power , and her cost about £ 84,000 ...
... tion Company , is 250 feet in length from the head to the taffrail , 40 feet in breadth , and 31 feet in depth , and admeasures , including the spar deck , 2,020 tons . Her engines are of 520 - horse power , and her cost about £ 84,000 ...
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... 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 ser- vants of the company under ...
... 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 ser- vants of the company under ...
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... tion of Mr. William Prosser , who has proved the system . The line laid down , though short , has yet a variety of gradients as well as curves and straight lines , as the following statement will show : -For 33 feet fall , 1 in 25 ; 85 ...
... tion of Mr. William Prosser , who has proved the system . The line laid down , though short , has yet a variety of gradients as well as curves and straight lines , as the following statement will show : -For 33 feet fall , 1 in 25 ; 85 ...
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... tion of the hull , proved that no more woodwork remained ; he then directed that guns only should be sought for , in consequence of which no less than thirteen have been recovered this season . Hence , forty - two guns in all have been ...
... tion of the hull , proved that no more woodwork remained ; he then directed that guns only should be sought for , in consequence of which no less than thirteen have been recovered this season . Hence , forty - two guns in all have been ...
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