Researches on the Past and Present History of the Earth's Atmosphere: Including the Latest Discoveries and Their Practical ApplicationsC. Griffin & Company, limited, 1901 - 194 Seiten |
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... its laws , is no less dependent upon an intimate acquaint- ance with the properties of that vast aërial envelope which encircles our globe , and is generally supposed in e יכ 1 1 - The knowledge of the THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... its laws , is no less dependent upon an intimate acquaint- ance with the properties of that vast aërial envelope which encircles our globe , and is generally supposed in e יכ 1 1 - The knowledge of the THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
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... properties of atmospher & Dist tamÈGE K poo - say the value of mobi The atoopbers & D at the present Say forma over ... properties being apparently greater than those of nitrogen itself . But whatever may be its real nature , argon is ...
... properties of atmospher & Dist tamÈGE K poo - say the value of mobi The atoopbers & D at the present Say forma over ... properties being apparently greater than those of nitrogen itself . But whatever may be its real nature , argon is ...
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... properties , and secretes carbonic acid in the conditions in which the green unicellular algæ secrete oxygen . In the latter case , the oxygen evolved is separated from carbonic acid , and the carbon retained by the plant ; in the ...
... properties , and secretes carbonic acid in the conditions in which the green unicellular algæ secrete oxygen . In the latter case , the oxygen evolved is separated from carbonic acid , and the carbon retained by the plant ; in the ...
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... properties as a chemical combination of the same elements . For , in fact , an artificial mixture of four parts of nitrogen and one of oxygen does not differ from atmospheric air as to its physical and chemical properties ; and what ...
... properties as a chemical combination of the same elements . For , in fact , an artificial mixture of four parts of nitrogen and one of oxygen does not differ from atmospheric air as to its physical and chemical properties ; and what ...
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... properties of oxygen are ap- parent , and in ammonia all the electro - positive pro- perties of hydrogen . In neither case does the neutral nitrogen interfere . It is the only element of this ab- solutely neutral nature . Hence , also ...
... properties of oxygen are ap- parent , and in ammonia all the electro - positive pro- perties of hydrogen . In neither case does the neutral nitrogen interfere . It is the only element of this ab- solutely neutral nature . Hence , also ...
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Seite 33 - TRAVERSE TABLES: Computed to Four Places of Decimals for every Minute of Angle up to 100 of Distance. For the Use of Surveyors and Engineers. BY RICHARD LLOYD GURDEN, Authorised Surveyor for the Governments of New South Wales ana Victoria.
Seite 46 - OF THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS IN SCOTLAND ; EDITOR OF GRIFFIN'S "NAUTICAL SERIES.
Seite 48 - ... Levers— The Wheel and Axle : Windlass ; Ship's Capstan ; Crab Winch— Tackles : the "Old Man"— The Inclined Plane; the Screw— The Centre of Gravity of a Ship and Cargo — Relative -Strength of...
Seite 38 - is INVALUABLE. The NAVAL ARCHITECT will find brought togetner and ready to his hand, a mass of information which he would otherwise have to seek in an almost endless variety of publications, and some of which he would possibly not be able to obtain at all elsewhere."— Steamship.
Seite 52 - Water — Ventilation and Warming — Principles of Sewage Removal — Details of Drainage ; Refuse Removal and Disposal — Sanitary and Insanitary Work and Appliances — Details of Plumbers...
Seite 47 - Ropes, Knots, Splicing, &c. — Gear, Lead and Log, &c. — Rigging, Anchors — Sailmaking — The Sails, &c. — Handling of Boats under Sail — Signals and Signalling— Rule of the Road— Keeping and Relieving Watch — Points of Etiquette — Glossary of Sea Terms and Phrases — Index. *»* The volume contains the NEW RULES OF THE ROAD. " This ADMIRABLE MANUAL, by OAPT. WILSON-BARKER of the ' Worcester,' seems to us PERFECTLY DESIGNED, and holds its place excellently in
Seite 37 - Pumps and Pump Valves — General Principles of Non-Rotative Pumping Engines — The Cornish Engine, Simple and Compound — Types of Mining Engines — Pit Work — Shaft Sinking — Hydraulic Transmission of Power in Mines — Electric Transmission of Power — Valve Gears of Pumping Engines — Water Pressure Pumping Engines — Water Works Engines — Pumping Engine Economy and Trials of Pumping Machinery — Centrifugal and other Low-Lift Pumps — Hydraulic Rams, Pumping Mains, &c.
Seite 48 - MARINE METEOROLOGY, FOR OFFICERS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY. BY WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, Joint Author of "Navigation, Theoretical and Practical." With numerous Plates, Maps, Diagrams, and Illustrations, and a facsimile Reproduction of a Page from an actual Meteorological Log-Book.
Seite 49 - The Master's Duty in relation to Pilots, Signals, Flags, and Light Dues— The Master's Duty upon Arrival at the Port of Discharge— Appendices relative to certain Legal Matters : Board of Trade Certificates, Dietary Scales, Stowage of Grain Cargoes, Load Line Begnlationa, Life-saving Appliances, Carriage of Cattle at Sea, Ac., Ac.
Seite 51 - LABORATORY HANDBOOKS BY A. HUMBOLDT SEXTON, Professor of Metallurgy In the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. OUTLINES OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS. FOR THE USB OF STUDENTS.