The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1862 |
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Pàgina 17
... heat of our fires without melting , and , like iron , is capable of being welded when properly heated . It may , however , be melted by a burning lens ; or , if it be mixed with arsenic and exposed to a great heat , it fuses readily ...
... heat of our fires without melting , and , like iron , is capable of being welded when properly heated . It may , however , be melted by a burning lens ; or , if it be mixed with arsenic and exposed to a great heat , it fuses readily ...
Pàgina 29
... heat developed by the combustion of the larger mass of powder in the large than in the smaller calibre ; and perhaps also to the different products of combustion formed under this increased temperature and pressure , and partly to the ...
... heat developed by the combustion of the larger mass of powder in the large than in the smaller calibre ; and perhaps also to the different products of combustion formed under this increased temperature and pressure , and partly to the ...
Pàgina 35
... heat , and by the results of these temporary experiments it is anticipated that they may eventually be rendered as cool as those of any other steamship of the navy . A great deal remains to be done to remedy this defect at present . The ...
... heat , and by the results of these temporary experiments it is anticipated that they may eventually be rendered as cool as those of any other steamship of the navy . A great deal remains to be done to remedy this defect at present . The ...
Pàgina 47
... heating . The boilers are placed five on each side . Each boiler has two furnaces , and the upper parts are fitted with 24 - inch return flues , 10 feet long . The total heating surface of all the boilers is about 26,000 square feet ...
... heating . The boilers are placed five on each side . Each boiler has two furnaces , and the upper parts are fitted with 24 - inch return flues , 10 feet long . The total heating surface of all the boilers is about 26,000 square feet ...
Pàgina 59
... heat in the melting pots while being used , he adds an additional half - pound of oil naphtha , rough creosote , or oil of turpentine . For paying seams in ships ' sides or other upright or nearly upright structures with mops or brushes ...
... heat in the melting pots while being used , he adds an additional half - pound of oil naphtha , rough creosote , or oil of turpentine . For paying seams in ships ' sides or other upright or nearly upright structures with mops or brushes ...
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Pàgina 243 - In the front of the crown, and in the centre of a diamond Maltese cross, is the famous ruby, said to have been given to Edward, Prince of Wales, son of...
Pàgina 287 - Tables for Land Valuers. THE LAND VALUER'S BEST ASSISTANT: being Tables, on a very much improved Plan, for Calculating the Value of Estates. With Tables for reducing Scotch, Irish, and Provincial Customary Acres to Statute Measure, &c. By R. HUDSON, CE New Edition, royal 32mo, leather, gilt edges, elastic band, 4^.
Pàgina 119 - It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life without a creating and overruling power. The author's object was to lay before the Section an application of these general views to the discovery of probable limits to the periods of tune, past and future, during which the sun can be reckoned on as a source of heat and light.
Pàgina 285 - Maury's book will not hereafter be classed with the works of the great men who have taken the lead in extending and improving knowledge and art ; his book displays in a remarkable degree, like the ' Advancement of Learning,' and the ' Natural History* of Buffon, profound research and magnificent imagination.
Pàgina 243 - From the upper part of the arches are suspended four large pendant pear-shaped pearls, with rose diamond caps, containing twelve rose diamonds, and stems containing twenty-four very small rose diamonds. Above the arch stands the mound, containing in the lower hemisphere 304 brilliants, and in the upper 244 brilliants ; the zone and arc being composed of thirty-three rose diamonds.
Pàgina 285 - The Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology ; or, the Economy of the Sea and its Adaptations, its Salts, its Waters, its Climates, its Inhabitants, and whatever there may be of general interest in its Commercial Uses or Industrial Pursuits.