The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1862 |
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... increased pressures will prove as im- portant as those already arrived at . In September last , Mr. Fairbairn occupied the Presidential Chair of the British Association , during their Meeting at Manchester . His inaugural address ...
... increased pressures will prove as im- portant as those already arrived at . In September last , Mr. Fairbairn occupied the Presidential Chair of the British Association , during their Meeting at Manchester . His inaugural address ...
Pàgina 8
... increased . But these improvements cannot be confined to ourselves . Other nations are increasing the power and range of their artillery in a similar degree , and the energies of the nation must , therefore , be directed to maintain the ...
... increased . But these improvements cannot be confined to ourselves . Other nations are increasing the power and range of their artillery in a similar degree , and the energies of the nation must , therefore , be directed to maintain the ...
Pàgina 16
... increased pressure , for Marine En- gines , noticing particularly the difference in weight and in speed , in proportion to the Horse Power and the Tonnage ; " " On the Form and Materials for Float- ing Batteries and Iron - plated Ships ...
... increased pressure , for Marine En- gines , noticing particularly the difference in weight and in speed , in proportion to the Horse Power and the Tonnage ; " " On the Form and Materials for Float- ing Batteries and Iron - plated Ships ...
Pàgina 21
... increasing width of a third of the bore , and a return to the original circumference by an angle or notch . The shell made to fit this rifled bore is of iron , without any covering of lead , and it cannot be introduced into the gun ...
... increasing width of a third of the bore , and a return to the original circumference by an angle or notch . The shell made to fit this rifled bore is of iron , without any covering of lead , and it cannot be introduced into the gun ...
Pàgina 29
... increased succes- sively , 3 lbs . of powder gave a pressure per square inch of 11,319 lbs . ; 6 lbs . of powder ... increased in weight . Thus a 40 - lb . ball produced a pres- sure of 17,563 lbs . per square inch ; one of 60 lbs . a ...
... increased succes- sively , 3 lbs . of powder gave a pressure per square inch of 11,319 lbs . ; 6 lbs . of powder ... increased in weight . Thus a 40 - lb . ball produced a pres- sure of 17,563 lbs . per square inch ; one of 60 lbs . a ...
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