The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 25. köideThomas Spencer Baynes Werner Company, 1895 |
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... passed through for 1 ° was 223 feet with a cloudy sky and 162 feet with a clear sky ; at 10,000 feet the space passed through for 1 ° was 455 feet for the former and 417 feet for the latter ; and above 20,000 feet the space with both ...
... passed through for 1 ° was 223 feet with a cloudy sky and 162 feet with a clear sky ; at 10,000 feet the space passed through for 1 ° was 455 feet for the former and 417 feet for the latter ; and above 20,000 feet the space with both ...
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... Passing by the various other modifications of the dead escapement which have been suggested and tried with little or no ... passed without being lifted as the pendulum goes to the left . We shall see afterwards how this is done , in the ...
... Passing by the various other modifications of the dead escapement which have been suggested and tried with little or no ... passed without being lifted as the pendulum goes to the left . We shall see afterwards how this is done , in the ...
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... passed the middle of the arc , and so caused each magnet in fig . 17. Such a pendulum , like a common scale - beam , in turn to attract the bob . But this also failed practically , I may be made to vibrate as slow as you like by ...
... passed the middle of the arc , and so caused each magnet in fig . 17. Such a pendulum , like a common scale - beam , in turn to attract the bob . But this also failed practically , I may be made to vibrate as slow as you like by ...
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... passed through six times in a pit of 350 yards vertical depth , and the strata , which if flat would be 9 miles ... passing through the overlying strata . At Montchanin a remarkable seam or mass of coal was found extending for about 650 ...
... passed through six times in a pit of 350 yards vertical depth , and the strata , which if flat would be 9 miles ... passing through the overlying strata . At Montchanin a remarkable seam or mass of coal was found extending for about 650 ...
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... passed by a screw creeper C , like those used in flour mills , to a bucket elevator E , which delivers it at the top of the second set of screens R , where the nuts and slack are separated . The platform , as in most of the new ...
... passed by a screw creeper C , like those used in flour mills , to a bucket elevator E , which delivers it at the top of the second set of screens R , where the nuts and slack are separated . The platform , as in most of the new ...
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