Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, for [1850]-71, Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, Biology, Botany, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Geography, Antiquities, Etc., Together with Notes on the Progress of Science ... a List of Recent Scientific Publications; Obituaries of Eminent Scientific Men, Etc. ...Gould and Lincoln, 1865 |
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... existence of a luminous envelope , in which funnel- shaped depressions revealed a solid and dark nucleus . Just a century ago , Alexander Wilson indicated the presence of a second and less luminous envelope beneath the outer stratum ...
... existence of a luminous envelope , in which funnel- shaped depressions revealed a solid and dark nucleus . Just a century ago , Alexander Wilson indicated the presence of a second and less luminous envelope beneath the outer stratum ...
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... existence of iron , and six other known metals , in the sun . " I must not , however , pass over in silence the valuable light which chemistry has recently thrown upon the composition of iron and steel . Although Despretz demonstrated ...
... existence of iron , and six other known metals , in the sun . " I must not , however , pass over in silence the valuable light which chemistry has recently thrown upon the composition of iron and steel . Although Despretz demonstrated ...
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... existence , as it was that of the 1851 gathering . The ground occupied by the whole building is more than twenty - six acres ; that of the 1851 Exhi- bition being but twenty - three . The space of the flooring will be 1,140,000 feet ...
... existence , as it was that of the 1851 gathering . The ground occupied by the whole building is more than twenty - six acres ; that of the 1851 Exhi- bition being but twenty - three . The space of the flooring will be 1,140,000 feet ...
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... deflec- tion - observer beneath its weight , was surely reason enough for the existence of the " peculiar feelings " alluded to . DURABILITY OF WROUGHT IRON WHEN USED FOR STRUC- TURAL PURPOSES 32 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
... deflec- tion - observer beneath its weight , was surely reason enough for the existence of the " peculiar feelings " alluded to . DURABILITY OF WROUGHT IRON WHEN USED FOR STRUC- TURAL PURPOSES 32 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY .
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... existence being but a theatre of change , break- ing down , of reduction , and of reconstruction of the elements of mat- And as all human fabrics , being but material constructions , will have to succumb to the same inexorable law , we ...
... existence being but a theatre of change , break- ing down , of reduction , and of reconstruction of the elements of mat- And as all human fabrics , being but material constructions , will have to succumb to the same inexorable law , we ...
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Էջ 413 - Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Էջ 413 - The Camel : His Organization, Habits and Uses, considered with reference to his introduction into the United States.
Էջ v - I first entered this city, the whole of the machinery was executed by hand. There were neither planing, slotting, nor shaping machines, and, with the exception of very imperfect lathes and a few drills, the preparatory operations of construction were effected entirely by the hands of the workmen.
Էջ 146 - The result of this would be a state of universal rest and death, if the universe were finite and left to obey existing laws. But as no limit is known to the extent of matter, science points rather to an endless progress through an endless space of action, involving the transformation of potential energy through palpable motion into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping forever.
Էջ viii - THE BOYDEN PREMIUM URIAH A. BOYDEN, ESQ., of Boston, Mass., has deposited with THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE the sum of one thousand dollars, to be awarded as a premium to "Any resident of North America who shall determine by experiment whether all rays of light,* and other physical rays, are or are not transmitted with the same velocity.
Էջ 62 - ... the glasses are taken off and wiped every day, and before they are put on again, the match is applied to the lip of the burner, and the stopcock cautiously opened, so that no more gas escapes than is sufficient to make a ring of blue flame, the glasses being then put on quite straight, the stopcocks are gently turned, until the flames stand at three inches high. When this is done, few chimney-glasses will be broken, and the ceilings will not be blackened for years.
Էջ 197 - Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality. To the gradual manner in which colloidal changes take place (for they always demand time as an element), may the...
Էջ 411 - POLITICAL ECONOMY ABRIDGED, and adapted to the use of Schools and Academies, by the Author.
Էջ 412 - HEADSHIP OF CHRIST, and the Rights of the Christian People, a Collection of Personal Portraitures, Historical and Descriptive Sketches and Essays, with the Author's celebrated Letter to Lord Brougham.
Էջ 197 - Another eminently characteristic quality of colloids, is their mutability. Their existence is a continued metastasis. A colloid may be compared in this respect to water while existing liquid at a temperature below its usual freezing point, or to a supersaturated saline solution.