Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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Page 160
... carried on when the hot air was kept in motion and its carrying power made use of . The same fact was observed by the Arctic discoverers , who could bear the most intense cold , viz . , minus 55 ° , or 14 ° below the freezing - point of ...
... carried on when the hot air was kept in motion and its carrying power made use of . The same fact was observed by the Arctic discoverers , who could bear the most intense cold , viz . , minus 55 ° , or 14 ° below the freezing - point of ...
Page 230
... carried by the tube is made to correspond with the zero of the scale in the box ; and this can be done by carefully moving round the top scale , to the inside of which is attached the metallic wire carry- ing the little weight and ...
... carried by the tube is made to correspond with the zero of the scale in the box ; and this can be done by carefully moving round the top scale , to the inside of which is attached the metallic wire carry- ing the little weight and ...
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... carried on for eight years , were brought to an end by the blowing up of the factory . More recently , the process of manufacture advocated by Baron von Lenk was taken up strongly in Austria , where a special factory was erected at ...
... carried on for eight years , were brought to an end by the blowing up of the factory . More recently , the process of manufacture advocated by Baron von Lenk was taken up strongly in Austria , where a special factory was erected at ...
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