The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, BartDavid & Charles, 1877 - 507 pàgines |
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... Material - Mode of Manufacture - Hammering and Rolling - Form and Material of the Shot - Law of Resistance of Plates -Mode of applying the Armour to the Vessels - Wood Backing - Minor Particulars - Experimental Targets - Mr . Fair ...
... Material - Mode of Manufacture - Hammering and Rolling - Form and Material of the Shot - Law of Resistance of Plates -Mode of applying the Armour to the Vessels - Wood Backing - Minor Particulars - Experimental Targets - Mr . Fair ...
Pàgina 30
... material was prohibited by the great cost and even impossibility of obtaining it in suffi- ciently large masses . Abraham Darby the third , when he entered the busi- ness as a young man , saw the necessity of forming a communication ...
... material was prohibited by the great cost and even impossibility of obtaining it in suffi- ciently large masses . Abraham Darby the third , when he entered the busi- ness as a young man , saw the necessity of forming a communication ...
Pàgina 33
... material to many new uses . The first cast - iron axis for a water wheel was made there in 1769 , and iron cog - wheels and shafts of all dimensions gradually followed , although the use of the new material was yet uncertain , and ...
... material to many new uses . The first cast - iron axis for a water wheel was made there in 1769 , and iron cog - wheels and shafts of all dimensions gradually followed , although the use of the new material was yet uncertain , and ...
Pàgina 37
... material in a way more direct than for- merly . The best known of these is what is called the Bessemer process , by which a metal having the qua- lities of malleable iron is produced by fusion . The metal has been found to possess ...
... material in a way more direct than for- merly . The best known of these is what is called the Bessemer process , by which a metal having the qua- lities of malleable iron is produced by fusion . The metal has been found to possess ...
Pàgina 39
... material into use , for cases of a magnitude and variety unknown before . The gigantic wrought - iron stem and stern posts of iron ships , the huge shafts and axles of engines , and the monster wrought - iron guns lately produced , owe ...
... material into use , for cases of a magnitude and variety unknown before . The gigantic wrought - iron stem and stern posts of iron ships , the huge shafts and axles of engines , and the monster wrought - iron guns lately produced , owe ...
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The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart. ... Sir William Fairbairn,William Pole Visualització completa - 1877 |
The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart. ... Sir William Fairbairn,William Pole Visualització completa - 1877 |
The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart. ... Sir William Fairbairn,William Pole Visualització completa - 1877 |
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