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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... feet , the elasticity of the intes- tines is no longer controlled by gravity , and they are free to press upwards against the stomach and other organs . Else- where than at sea , we know that this relief of weight does pro- duce ...
... feet , the elasticity of the intes- tines is no longer controlled by gravity , and they are free to press upwards against the stomach and other organs . Else- where than at sea , we know that this relief of weight does pro- duce ...
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... feet is all that can be depended upon , and this only in still weather . With large boats , accordingly , any idea of a service at fixed hours , irrespective of tide , must be abandoned , and there will also be certain rough days in ...
... feet is all that can be depended upon , and this only in still weather . With large boats , accordingly , any idea of a service at fixed hours , irrespective of tide , must be abandoned , and there will also be certain rough days in ...
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... feet wide across the paddle - boxes . She will draw 7 ft . 6 in . of water , the same as the present steamers , and will be propelled at a speed of twenty miles per hour , by two pairs of engines of the collective power of 4,600 horses ...
... feet wide across the paddle - boxes . She will draw 7 ft . 6 in . of water , the same as the present steamers , and will be propelled at a speed of twenty miles per hour , by two pairs of engines of the collective power of 4,600 horses ...
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... feet between the saloon and the sides of the ship , from which , in fact , it will be totally disconnected . " Fig . 1 of Plate XCII . is a section of the ship taken right through the saloon . The strong black line shows the moving part ...
... feet between the saloon and the sides of the ship , from which , in fact , it will be totally disconnected . " Fig . 1 of Plate XCII . is a section of the ship taken right through the saloon . The strong black line shows the moving part ...
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... feet in diameter in rough weather , quite independently of any rotatory or rocking motion . The model exhibited at Denmark Hill simply oscillated on a fixed centre , and therefore the experi- ment did not go to this point , as it might ...
... feet in diameter in rough weather , quite independently of any rotatory or rocking motion . The model exhibited at Denmark Hill simply oscillated on a fixed centre , and therefore the experi- ment did not go to this point , as it might ...
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