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Page 27
... raised from the floor so that the spec- tators could see under , over , and all round it , is wheeled on to the platform ( Fig . 26 ) . On being opened it appeared to be well lighted from the top by an ordinary railway carriage lamp ...
... raised from the floor so that the spec- tators could see under , over , and all round it , is wheeled on to the platform ( Fig . 26 ) . On being opened it appeared to be well lighted from the top by an ordinary railway carriage lamp ...
Page 29
... raised , a person dressed in the garb of an ancient Athenian nobleman walks through and out of the entrance to a temple , across which a curtain rolls as he passes . Walking in front , he throws incense on a brazier of charcoal , and ...
... raised , a person dressed in the garb of an ancient Athenian nobleman walks through and out of the entrance to a temple , across which a curtain rolls as he passes . Walking in front , he throws incense on a brazier of charcoal , and ...
Page 58
... raised or lowered , and the images exactly focused on its surface . A still more perfect optical arrange- ment for projecting brilliant images of distant objects on to a white surface for the purposes of the artist is shown in the ...
... raised or lowered , and the images exactly focused on its surface . A still more perfect optical arrange- ment for projecting brilliant images of distant objects on to a white surface for the purposes of the artist is shown in the ...
Page 60
... raising and lowering the lights in the lanterns the same result is obtained . ( Fig . 76. ) The phantasmagorial effects ... raised or lowered , or moved back- wards and forwards ; it receives the light , and throws it upon the condensing ...
... raising and lowering the lights in the lanterns the same result is obtained . ( Fig . 76. ) The phantasmagorial effects ... raised or lowered , or moved back- wards and forwards ; it receives the light , and throws it upon the condensing ...
Page 126
... raise one pound 772 feet high ; or , if we reverse the statement , and imagine the same water falling through 772 feet , it would be raised one degree Fahrenheit . The power or force used was measured by the descent of weights , which ...
... raise one pound 772 feet high ; or , if we reverse the statement , and imagine the same water falling through 772 feet , it would be raised one degree Fahrenheit . The power or force used was measured by the descent of weights , which ...
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