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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... Quantity of Carbon in the Air of a London Music Hall— Quantity of Carbon in the Atmosphere of the Earth - Quantity of Carbon in Organized Beings - The New Gas " Argon " -Forest Air - The Author's Observations in Waldeck , etc. — The ...
... Quantity of Carbon in the Air of a London Music Hall— Quantity of Carbon in the Atmosphere of the Earth - Quantity of Carbon in Organized Beings - The New Gas " Argon " -Forest Air - The Author's Observations in Waldeck , etc. — The ...
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... quantity in the air by Lord Bayleigh and Prof. Ramsay , to which I make reference in another part of this little work , appeared to be a peculiar form of nitrogen , similar to what ozone is as regards oxygen . I was the first to call ...
... quantity in the air by Lord Bayleigh and Prof. Ramsay , to which I make reference in another part of this little work , appeared to be a peculiar form of nitrogen , similar to what ozone is as regards oxygen . I was the first to call ...
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... quantities than at present , especially during the period of the coal flora , which notion appears to be proved by the enormous residues of coal and anthracite , as compared with the more recent ... quantity of 1Ο THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... quantities than at present , especially during the period of the coal flora , which notion appears to be proved by the enormous residues of coal and anthracite , as compared with the more recent ... quantity of 1Ο THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
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... quantity of air which is affected by the respiration of plants and animals , as compared with the vast bulk of oxygen in the atmosphere . Making use of Dumas ' own calcula- tions , he shows that the atmosphere containing , say , 134,000 ...
... quantity of air which is affected by the respiration of plants and animals , as compared with the vast bulk of oxygen in the atmosphere . Making use of Dumas ' own calcula- tions , he shows that the atmosphere containing , say , 134,000 ...
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... , and that they have produced it in constantly increasing quantities as ages rolled by , until the air acquired the composition it now has ; and , finally , I undertook a long series of experiments1 with 127 THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... , and that they have produced it in constantly increasing quantities as ages rolled by , until the air acquired the composition it now has ; and , finally , I undertook a long series of experiments1 with 127 THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
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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.