Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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Page 60
... light on the vexed question of the origin of the oil . In a quarry of corniferous limestone in the township of Bertie , on the Niagara River opposite Buffalo , are seen massive beds slightly in- clined , composed of a solid crystalline ...
... light on the vexed question of the origin of the oil . In a quarry of corniferous limestone in the township of Bertie , on the Niagara River opposite Buffalo , are seen massive beds slightly in- clined , composed of a solid crystalline ...
Page 66
... light boarding to give it shape . Yet again , at Algiers an immense breakwater was constructed of beton , in blocks of about 30 tons each , some formed " in situ " by filling wooden cases without bottoms , and removing the case when the ...
... light boarding to give it shape . Yet again , at Algiers an immense breakwater was constructed of beton , in blocks of about 30 tons each , some formed " in situ " by filling wooden cases without bottoms , and removing the case when the ...
Page 67
... Light . - In a paper read before the Royal Institute by Balfour Stewart , March 17 , 1865 , the prevailing ideas concerning the composition of the sun are fully discussed . It is worthy of note , that nearly all the conclusions now ...
... Light . - In a paper read before the Royal Institute by Balfour Stewart , March 17 , 1865 , the prevailing ideas concerning the composition of the sun are fully discussed . It is worthy of note , that nearly all the conclusions now ...
Page 69
... light , where there is a great resistance interposed , which mate- rially cuts down the quantity , its working is very good ; but where a full connexion of the circuit is maintained , as in electro - magnetic ex- periments , it runs ...
... light , where there is a great resistance interposed , which mate- rially cuts down the quantity , its working is very good ; but where a full connexion of the circuit is maintained , as in electro - magnetic ex- periments , it runs ...
Page 86
... light cast iron saddle or bridge , which spanned the width of the top boom , and had its bearing partly upon the top edges of the vertical struts , and partly upon rivets passing through it , the struts , and the vertical side plates of ...
... light cast iron saddle or bridge , which spanned the width of the top boom , and had its bearing partly upon the top edges of the vertical struts , and partly upon rivets passing through it , the struts , and the vertical side plates of ...
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