Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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Page 120
... placed in the polariscope . A piece of plate glass , if well annealed , shows no colour until it is bent or squeezed by being placed in a strong frame provided with a screw . A A FIG . 132. - Apparatus for compressing Glass . A A , the ...
... placed in the polariscope . A piece of plate glass , if well annealed , shows no colour until it is bent or squeezed by being placed in a strong frame provided with a screw . A A FIG . 132. - Apparatus for compressing Glass . A A , the ...
Page 204
... placed in the focus , it is pierced by the invisible rays , as if a white - hot spear had been suddenly driven through it . The paper instantly blazes , without apparent contact with anything hot . " A piece of brown paper placed at the ...
... placed in the focus , it is pierced by the invisible rays , as if a white - hot spear had been suddenly driven through it . The paper instantly blazes , without apparent contact with anything hot . " A piece of brown paper placed at the ...
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... placed in a centrifugal drying machine , which removes the greater proportion of the free acids . On its removal from the centrifugal dry- ing machine it is plunged suddenly into a strong fall of water received by a tank , in which the ...
... placed in a centrifugal drying machine , which removes the greater proportion of the free acids . On its removal from the centrifugal dry- ing machine it is plunged suddenly into a strong fall of water received by a tank , in which the ...
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