The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... wood or bamboo cane , covered over with oiled silk or with canvas ; this frame is to supply the place of the balloon , and is , according to Mr. Henson's view , to be buoyed up by the action of the air ; it will stretch out on either ...
... wood or bamboo cane , covered over with oiled silk or with canvas ; this frame is to supply the place of the balloon , and is , according to Mr. Henson's view , to be buoyed up by the action of the air ; it will stretch out on either ...
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... WOODEN RAILWAYS . A NEW System of Railroads , composed entirely of wood , has been laid down to test the principle , near Vauxhall Bridge . It is the inven- tion of Mr. William Prosser , who has proved the system . The line laid down ...
... WOODEN RAILWAYS . A NEW System of Railroads , composed entirely of wood , has been laid down to test the principle , near Vauxhall Bridge . It is the inven- tion of Mr. William Prosser , who has proved the system . The line laid down ...
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... wood spokes of the wheels , which were bad conductors of vibration . By calculation it was shown that the twisting strain arising from the curves of the railway was of too small an amount to be considered as a cause of destruction to ...
... wood spokes of the wheels , which were bad conductors of vibration . By calculation it was shown that the twisting strain arising from the curves of the railway was of too small an amount to be considered as a cause of destruction to ...
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... wood , resting at dis- tances of 3 feet on bearing - piles . The whole of the masonry is exe- cuted with Bramley Fall stone , cemented with pozzolano . The new stone facings of the piers average 2 feet in thickness , i . e . the headers ...
... wood , resting at dis- tances of 3 feet on bearing - piles . The whole of the masonry is exe- cuted with Bramley Fall stone , cemented with pozzolano . The new stone facings of the piers average 2 feet in thickness , i . e . the headers ...
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... wooden shed built for his batteries at Dover , and to keep fires lighted whilst using them , by which he god rid of the difficulty . " I have since been informed , that in experiments tried at Calcutta , a very energetic battery lost ...
... wooden shed built for his batteries at Dover , and to keep fires lighted whilst using them , by which he god rid of the difficulty . " I have since been informed , that in experiments tried at Calcutta , a very energetic battery lost ...
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