Aids in Practical GeologyC. Griffin, 1902 - 431 Seiten |
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... glass with a graduated arc and rotating spirit - level , so that fairly accurate altitude - readings can be taken . Within a horizontal tube , square in cross - section , is an inclined metallic mirror , which extends half - way across ...
... glass with a graduated arc and rotating spirit - level , so that fairly accurate altitude - readings can be taken . Within a horizontal tube , square in cross - section , is an inclined metallic mirror , which extends half - way across ...
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... glass tubes , wrapped round with paper several times ; others may be temporarily glued to the bottom of chip - boxes before packing . Where wool is used , it is important to first wrap the specimen in tissue - paper , since the fibres ...
... glass tubes , wrapped round with paper several times ; others may be temporarily glued to the bottom of chip - boxes before packing . Where wool is used , it is important to first wrap the specimen in tissue - paper , since the fibres ...
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... glass , the gum or cement being spread equally over the face . The instrument , as described in every text - book of mineralogy , * necessarily costs several pounds ; but for general purposes of identification the ingenious contrivance ...
... glass , the gum or cement being spread equally over the face . The instrument , as described in every text - book of mineralogy , * necessarily costs several pounds ; but for general purposes of identification the ingenious contrivance ...
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... glass backed by dull black paper and placed under d , as in the excellent student's instrument devised by Mr. Miers , † will enable the worker to dispense with a second and independent signal . Any one familiar with tools and with a ...
... glass backed by dull black paper and placed under d , as in the excellent student's instrument devised by Mr. Miers , † will enable the worker to dispense with a second and independent signal . Any one familiar with tools and with a ...
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... glass , bronze coins , members of the scale of hardness , & c . , and observe the results . Where several grains of different hard minerals have been embedded for comparison , a good deal may be done by drawing a glass slip , such as is ...
... glass , bronze coins , members of the scale of hardness , & c . , and observe the results . Where several grains of different hard minerals have been embedded for comparison , a good deal may be done by drawing a glass slip , such as is ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 63 - Micro-Structure of Metals and Alloys. — Economic Considerations. " No English text-book at all approaches this in the COMPLETENESS with which the most modern views on the subject are dealt with. Professor Austen's volume will be INVALUABLE, not only to the student, but also to those whose knowledge of the art is far advanced.
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 and Victoria, *»* Published with the Concurrence oj the Surveyors- General for New South Wales and Victoria. "Those who have experience in exact SURVEY-WORK will best know how to appreciate the enormous amount of labour represented by this valuable book.
Seite 35 - A MANUAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS : Comprising the Principles of Statics and Cinematics, and Theory of Structures, Mechanism, and Machines. With Numerous Diagrams. Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. FOURTEENTH EDITION. II. A MANUAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING : Comprising Engineering Surveys, Earthwork, Foundations, Masonry, Carpentry, Metal Work, Roads, Railways, Canals, Rivers, Waterworks, Harbours, &c.
Seite 27 - GENERAL CONTENTS. Historical and Discursive. — Dock Design. — Constructive Appliances. — Materials. — Dock and Quay Walls. — Entrance Passages and Locks. — Jetties, Wharves, and Piers. — Dock Gates and Caissons. — Transit Sheds and Warehouses. — Dock Bridges. — Graving and Repairing Docks. — Working Equipment of Docks. — INDEX. " We have never seen a more profusely-illustrated treatise. It is a most important standard work, and should be in the hands of all dock and harbour...
Seite 72 - Barrister-at-Law, Public Analyst for the County of Devon, and Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone. AND M. WYNTER BLYTH, BA, B.Sc., FCS GENERAL CONTENTS. — History of Adulteration. — Legislation. — Apparatus. —
Seite 40 - Examinations — Rise and Progress of Steam Propulsion — Development of Free Trade— Shipping Legislation, 1862 to 1875— " Locksley Hall" CaseShipmasters' Societies — Loading of Ships — Shipping Legislation, 1884 to 1894 — Statistics of Shipping.
Seite 63 - CONTENTS.— The Relation of Metallurgy to Chemistry. — Physical Properties of Metals. — Alloys. — The Thermal Treatment of Metals. — Fuel and Thermal Measurements. — Materials and Products of Metallurgical Processes. — Furnaces. — Means of Supplying Air to Furnaces.
Seite 76 - University College. Aberystwyth ; Examiner in Zoology, University of Aberdeen. " It would be hard to find a Text-book which would better guide the student to an accurate knowledge of modern discoveries in Botany. . . . The SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY of statement...
Seite 28 - Experiments on English and Foreign Boilers with their Heat Efficiencies shown in Fifty Tables — Fire Grates of Various Types — Mechanical Stokers — Combustion of Fuel in Boilers — Transmission of Heat through Boiler Plates, and their Temperature — Feed Water Heaters, Superheaters, Feed Pumps, &c. — Smoke and its Prevention — Instruments used in Testing Boilers — Marine and Locomotive Boilers — Fuel Testing Stations — Discussion of the Trials and Conclusions — On the Choice of...
Seite 85 - SKETCHES OF BRITISH BIRDS IN THEIR HAUNTS. BY CHARLES DIXON. The Spacious Air. — The Open Fields and Downs. — In the Hedgerows.— On Open ; Heath and Moor. — On the Mountains. — Amongst the Evergreens. — Copse and Woodland. — By Stream and Pool. — The Sandy Wastes and Mudflats.— Sea-laved Rocks.— Birds of the Cities.— INDEX. "Enriched with excellent illustrations. A welcome addition to all libraries.