Author: Dionysius Lardner Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780666772497 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 238
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Excerpt from The Museum of Science and Art, Vol. 3 Page current which arrives at a station. - 119. To make it ring the alarum. - 120. Station with two alarums. - 12l. Notice of the station transmitting and receiving signals - 122. When signals not addressed to the station the current is passed on. - 123. How to receive a despatch at the station, and stop its farther progress. - 124. How several despatches may be at the same time sent between various stations on the same line - 125. Secondary lines of wire then used - 126. Recapitulation.-127. Signals by com binations of unequal intervals of transmission and suspension. 128. Key commutator. - 129. Horological commutator for a current having equal and regular pulsations - 130. Case in which the pulsations are not continuous or regular. - 131. N 0 limit to the celerity of the pulsations - 132. Application of a toothed wheel to produce the pulsations - 133. By a sinuous wheel. 134. Method of diverting the current by a short circuit, its application to the alarum.-135. Effects of the current which has been used for signals - 136. Deflection of magnetic needle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dionysius Lardner Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780282781330 Category : Languages : en Pages : 456
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Excerpt from He Museum of Science and Art, Vol. 3 Crap. II. - 36. Common plate battery. 37. Combination o climate - 88. Loss of intensity by imperfect conduction. - 39 cylindrical batteries. - 40. Pairs, elements, and poles defined. 41. Origin of term voltaic pile - 42. Use of sand in chargin batterica - 43. To vary intensity of current. - 44. Batteries use for English telegraphs. - 45. Amalgamating the zinc plates. - 4g The line-wires, material and thickness - 47. Objection to ir01 vim - 48. Manner of carrying wires on posts - 49. Goa insulation. - 50. Expedients for obtaining it.-51. Forms 0 Insulating supports. - 52. Dimensions and preparations of th flit - 53. Forms of support used in England. - 54. Windin3 053-45. Supports in France - 56. In America. - 57. I' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dionysius Lardner Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781334257988 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 454
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Excerpt from The Museum of Science and Art, Vol. 5 Gnu. L - l. The steam engine. - 2 Consists of two essential parts. - 3. The boiler. - 4. Material employed in its formation - 5. Feeding apparatus - 6. Importance of keeping the water in the boiler at a proper level. - 7. Wet and dry steam - 8. Priming. 9. Means of ascertaining the level of the water in the boiler. - 10. Self-acting feeders. - 11. Safety valve. - 12. Steam gauge - 13. The furnace - 14. Proper mode of feeding the furnace - 15. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: University Of Pennsylvania Unive Museum Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780282341176 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 464
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Excerpt from Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3: January, 1901 On the seventh of last Mav 111 company with Dr. George A. Dorsey, of the Field Columbian Museum, I left the city of Chicago for a summer trip among our western Indians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dionysius Lardner Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267640614 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 238
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Excerpt from The Museum of Science and Art, Vol. 8 Chap. VI. - Spiral nebulae (continued). - 86. Number of nebulae. 87. The dumb-bell nebulae as observed by Sir J. Herschel and Lord Rosse. - 88. Various nebulae figured by the same observers. - 89. Large irregular nebulae. - 90. Rich cluster in the Centaur. - 91. The great nebula in Orion - 92. The great nebula in Argo. - 93. Magellanic clouds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dionysius Lardner Publisher: ISBN: 9781330607169 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 232
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Excerpt from The Museum of Science and Art, Vol. 2 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: United States National Museum Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781331615941 Category : Languages : en Pages : 750
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Excerpt from Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 3 The difficulties that we have here are great; however, some progress is Slowly being made. The following list includes the American generic names that have to be considered, with an indication of their current status. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dionysius Lardner Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780332099699 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 228
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Excerpt from The Museum of Science and Art, Vol. 1 Chap. II. - 1. Encke's calculation of the direction of the shooting-stars seen from 1833 to 1838.-2. Apparent magnitudes of those objects - 3. The luminous train which follows them not an optical illusion. - 4. Hypotheses to explain them. - 5. Heights, directions, and velocity of shooting-stars, calculated by Brandes. - 6. A like calculation by Quetelet.-7. A like calculation by Wartmann. - 8. Shooting-stars and fire-balls identical. - 9. Lunar origin rejected - 10. Received explanation of the phenomena. 11. Difficulties and objections - 12. Description of great shower of stars witnessed in 1799 by Humboldt and Bonpland. 13. Description of like showers in 1833-49 - 14. August meteors - 15. Halley suggests the use of these meteors to deter mine the longitude. - 16. Table of shooting-stars from 763 to 1837. - 17. Inferences from this - 18. Observation of Sir J. Herschel in 1836. - 19. Of Wartm nn in 1837. - 20. Of Tharand in 1832 - 21. Annual epochs of t e prevalence of these meteors. - 22. Why those masses are not visible like the moon and planets by the reflected light of the sun. - 23. Zodiacal light. 24. The nebulous matter producing it may cause shooting-stars. 25. Shooting-stars may become satellites to the earth. - 26. M Petit claims to have discovered one. - 27. Sun-stones. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Holmes Agnew Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780243881543 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 598
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Excerpt from The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Vol. 3: September to December, 1843 Smith's Productive Farming, 53 Magic and Mesmerism, 179 Sandwich Islands, 265 Recollections of Sir Walter Scott, Fraser's M azine. Esthetical Criticisms on%orks of Art, 113 Reminiscences of Men and Things, 379, 449 Pleasures, Objects, and Advantages of Literature, 487 Dublin University Magazine. Wordsworth's Greece, 15 English Notions of Irish Affairs, 46 American Poetry, 320 New Monthly Magazine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Ernest Warren Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781528509312 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 860
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Excerpt from Annals of the Natal Museum, 1919, Vol. 3 Very like Seila attenuate Hadley from Port Jackson, but With stronger lines of growth and more equal spiral cords, and intermediate thread-like lines. On crossing the spirals these become almost granulated. The nuclear whorls are wanting in the specimen described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dionysius Lardner
Author: Dionysius Lardner
Author: Dionysius Lardner
Author: University Of Pennsylvania Unive Museum
Author: Dionysius Lardner
Author: Dionysius Lardner
Author: United States National Museum
Author: Dionysius Lardner
Author: John Holmes Agnew
Author: Ernest Warren