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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Page 76
... Telescope set to new work , " " Professor Tyndall's Theory of Comets , " " What , then , is the Corona ? are decidedly the best papers in the volume . Still it must not be thought that the other contributions are devoid of interest ...
... Telescope set to new work , " " Professor Tyndall's Theory of Comets , " " What , then , is the Corona ? are decidedly the best papers in the volume . Still it must not be thought that the other contributions are devoid of interest ...
Page 140
... telescopes of great power . Now it crossed the earth's path last year nearly twelve weeks before November 27 , when the earth herself traversed the place at which the comet crosses her orbit . And since the meteors of November 13-14 ...
... telescopes of great power . Now it crossed the earth's path last year nearly twelve weeks before November 27 , when the earth herself traversed the place at which the comet crosses her orbit . And since the meteors of November 13-14 ...
Page 183
... keys and electric cables can be avoided . To ensure great accuracy in the system of firing torpedoes by cross - bearings , telescopic firing - keys have been designed . In these a telescope is mounted , so as to command TORPEDOES . 183.
... keys and electric cables can be avoided . To ensure great accuracy in the system of firing torpedoes by cross - bearings , telescopic firing - keys have been designed . In these a telescope is mounted , so as to command TORPEDOES . 183.
Page 184
... telescope is directed to the position of any of the torpedoes , the key moving with it is over the firing point corresponding to that mine . Thus all that is necessary is to watch the approaching vessel with the telescope , and whenever ...
... telescope is directed to the position of any of the torpedoes , the key moving with it is over the firing point corresponding to that mine . Thus all that is necessary is to watch the approaching vessel with the telescope , and whenever ...
Page 202
... telescope for examining and magnifying the spectrum , the whole being attached to the telescope by means of a screw adapter . The entire cost of the combination , including the pillar and claw - stand , was 187 .; and I have no doubt ...
... telescope for examining and magnifying the spectrum , the whole being attached to the telescope by means of a screw adapter . The entire cost of the combination , including the pillar and claw - stand , was 187 .; and I have no doubt ...
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