The combustion of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground.... A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophyper sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1851Visualització de fragments - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1831 - 372 pàgines
...The consumption of seven bushels of coals would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. " The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons of coals, a quantity consumed in some foundries in a week. " The annual consumption of coal in London... | |
| Charles Knight - 1831 - 324 pàgines
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....weight is, therefore, 12,760 millions of pounds, at • medium height of 125 feet ; consequently, it could be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons... | |
| 1831 - 472 pàgines
...sea. The consumption of teven hanhels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It is 700 feet in the tide of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. Its weight... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pàgines
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently, it could be raised by the effort of about (330 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some foundries... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 314 pàgines
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently, it could be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some foundries... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 300 pàgines
...suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. Why are coals so productive of grand mechanical effects? The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet; consequently, it could be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some foundries... | |
| William Whewell - 1832 - 572 pàgines
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....eleven acres of ground. Its weight, is therefore, 12760 millions of pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it would be raised by the effort... | |
| 1839 - 226 pàgines
...it to the place where it now hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It is, 1,700 feet in the side of its base and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on 11 acres of ground. Its weight is, therefore 12,670,000,000 of pounds at a medium height of 125 feet;... | |
| Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1841 - 314 pàgines
...consumption of seven bushels of coals would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. (3.) ' The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite...630 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some foundries in a week. (4.) ' The annual consumption of coal in London is estimated at 1 ,500,000 chaldrons.... | |
| 1841 - 536 pàgines
...Its building is stated by Pliny and Diodorus Siculus, to have occupied 360,000 men for tw nty years. It is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in...perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. A better idea to all acquainted with London is the fact, that the base of this Pyramid is the size... | |
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