Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 1W.R. M'Phun., 1824 - Industrial arts |
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... observe , that the Mechanics themselves are best able to point out to us what information would be most acceptable to them . They have only , there- fore , to transmit to the Publisher such notices on this head , as they think proper to ...
... observe , that the Mechanics themselves are best able to point out to us what information would be most acceptable to them . They have only , there- fore , to transmit to the Publisher such notices on this head , as they think proper to ...
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... observed a basket of turnips lying in a cor- ner , and a thought occurring to him at the moment , he hesitated not to put it in practice . He took up one of the roundest of the turnips that he could find , and having , with his penknife ...
... observed a basket of turnips lying in a cor- ner , and a thought occurring to him at the moment , he hesitated not to put it in practice . He took up one of the roundest of the turnips that he could find , and having , with his penknife ...
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... observed on the disk of this lumi-、 nary . Venus is now a morning star , and appears like the moon about five or six days previous to change . At present , those who have telescopes may observe a large spot on her disk , near the ...
... observed on the disk of this lumi-、 nary . Venus is now a morning star , and appears like the moon about five or six days previous to change . At present , those who have telescopes may observe a large spot on her disk , near the ...
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... observations on the improvements and experiments in Theoretical and Practical Mechanics , relative to the Mechanical Powers , Mechanical Agents , motions of Machinery , strength and pressure of Materials , & c .; in the principles and ...
... observations on the improvements and experiments in Theoretical and Practical Mechanics , relative to the Mechanical Powers , Mechanical Agents , motions of Machinery , strength and pressure of Materials , & c .; in the principles and ...
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... observed separately . When we place a small object before a concave mirror of polished metal , of which the surface is spher- ical , it forms , at some distance from the mirror , an image , so much re- sembling the object , that we can ...
... observed separately . When we place a small object before a concave mirror of polished metal , of which the surface is spher- ical , it forms , at some distance from the mirror , an image , so much re- sembling the object , that we can ...
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Page 438 - We have said that Mr Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions...
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