The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... various points in the frame . C , C , a longitudinal piece , which forms the outer boundary of the space required for the vanes , or propellers . D , D , D , & c . , the vanes , or propellers , mounted on shafts , as shown in the figure ...
... various points in the frame . C , C , a longitudinal piece , which forms the outer boundary of the space required for the vanes , or propellers . D , D , D , & c . , the vanes , or propellers , mounted on shafts , as shown in the figure ...
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... various circumstances , such as a bad state of the line , the sudden opposition of any obstacle on the rail , or the shocks arising from the wheels striking upon the blocks or the chairs when thrown off the line . These shocks , which ...
... various circumstances , such as a bad state of the line , the sudden opposition of any obstacle on the rail , or the shocks arising from the wheels striking upon the blocks or the chairs when thrown off the line . These shocks , which ...
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... various public apartments throughout the building , should be decorated with paintings having reference to events in the history of the country ; and that those paintings should be placed in compartments formed by such a suitable ...
... various public apartments throughout the building , should be decorated with paintings having reference to events in the history of the country ; and that those paintings should be placed in compartments formed by such a suitable ...
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... various channels towards the river . The alters , or steps , on each side of the dock , which are twenty - four in number , extend from the top to the bottom of the basin , which , viewed from its upper end , presents the appearance of ...
... various channels towards the river . The alters , or steps , on each side of the dock , which are twenty - four in number , extend from the top to the bottom of the basin , which , viewed from its upper end , presents the appearance of ...
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... various piers , attended with an extensive alteration of the original level of the arches and road - way ; whilst , from the soft nature of the stone , such parts of the piers as are exposed to the action of the atmosphere by the ...
... various piers , attended with an extensive alteration of the original level of the arches and road - way ; whilst , from the soft nature of the stone , such parts of the piers as are exposed to the action of the atmosphere by the ...
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Page 287 - Cowper's Poems. With Life and Critical Remarks, by the Rev. THOMAS DALE : and 75 fine Engravings by J. Orrin Smith, from Drawings by J. Gilbert. Two vols. crown 8vo. 24s. cloth ; 84s. morocco. " The handsomest of the editions of Cowper."— SPECTAToR.
Page 241 - Some cause there must be, which would explain how the practice has become a necessary of life to whole nations. But it is surely still more remarkable, that the beneficial effects of both plants on the health must be ascribed to one and the same substance, the presence of which in two vegetables, belonging to different natural families, and the produce of different quarters of the globe, could hardly have presented itself to the boldest imagination.
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,...