Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 100, Issues 775-780

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Pergamon Press, 1890
 

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Page 212 - 6, Theoretical Mechanics. „ 7, Applied Mechanics. „ 8, Acoustics, Light, and Heat. „ 9, Magnetism and Electricity.
Page 337 - The Committee on Science and the Arts constituted by the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, for the promotion of the Mechanic Arts, to whom was referred for examination a Solar Compass, invented by WM.
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Page 181 - ... of certain mollusks, the result of an abnormal secretory process caused by an irritation of the mantle of the mollusk consequent on the...
Page 217 - Department, other students are admitted so far as there may be accommodation for them, on the payment of fees fixed at a scale sufficiently high to prevent undue competition with institutions which do not receive State aid. The Royal School of Mines is affiliated to the Normal School.
Page 176 - Bavaria, has also been brought into use and quite extensively sold, but at present both these varieties are only used in the very cheapest jewelry. Since it has become generally known that Queen Victoria is partial to the opal, the old and stubborn superstition concerning it, which is said to date from Scott's "Anne of Geierstein," has been slowly yielding, until now the gem has its share of public favor.
Page 416 - An Act to increase the efficiency and reduce the expense of the Signal Corps of the Army, and to transfer the Weather Service to the Department of Agriculture...
Page 60 - Standardly, and upwards, original composition be usually taken. 15. That the teaching of Reading should be specially directed to give children an interest in books, and to encourage them to read for their own pleasure, and that Reading books should be...
Page 298 - There is a faint continuous spectrum ending in the red somewhere near the line B ; then a black space, and next an intensely brilliant and sharp red line, to which nearly the whole of the intensity of the coloured glow is due. The wave-length of this red line, which appears characteristic of this form of alumina, is, as near as I can measure, X 689'5 mmm This line coincides with the one described by E.
Page 51 - Schools. c. Systematized object lessons, embracing in the six school years a course of elementary instruction in physical science, and serving as an introduction to the science examinations which are conducted by the Science and Art Department.

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