The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 12James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1873 - Science |
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... experiments with models of twin boats , and I have recently had the advan- tage of sailing in a schooner yacht of this build . I know that these ships are remarkably steady , and so far as concerns the mere question of immunity from sea ...
... experiments with models of twin boats , and I have recently had the advan- tage of sailing in a schooner yacht of this build . I know that these ships are remarkably steady , and so far as concerns the mere question of immunity from sea ...
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... experiment that no lamp is safe in a strong current of air . The velocity necessary to cause an explosion varies with ... experiments are some made at the Barnsley Gas Works . See " Mining Journal , " 1867 , p . 530 . place , extra ...
... experiment that no lamp is safe in a strong current of air . The velocity necessary to cause an explosion varies with ... experiments are some made at the Barnsley Gas Works . See " Mining Journal , " 1867 , p . 530 . place , extra ...
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... experiments , were given in these schools from time to time on the rationale of colliery disasters , the rising generation of colliers would grow up with quite enough of scientific knowledge to cure them of the recklessness which ...
... experiments , were given in these schools from time to time on the rationale of colliery disasters , the rising generation of colliers would grow up with quite enough of scientific knowledge to cure them of the recklessness which ...
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... experiments the constituents in question have been supplied as manure , but without any good result . Again , root - excretions ( assuming their existence ) can- not be productive of injury , as we are assured by Dr. Gilbert that clover ...
... experiments the constituents in question have been supplied as manure , but without any good result . Again , root - excretions ( assuming their existence ) can- not be productive of injury , as we are assured by Dr. Gilbert that clover ...
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... experiments of a somewhat similar character , and bear- ing directly on the struggle for life among plants , have been made by Professor Hoffman of Giessen , and they are of such interest that we introduce here a very condensed account ...
... experiments of a somewhat similar character , and bear- ing directly on the struggle for life among plants , have been made by Professor Hoffman of Giessen , and they are of such interest that we introduce here a very condensed account ...
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