Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Mine Proprietors, Engineers, Shipbuilders, Scientists, Capitalists ..., Volume 7Perry Fairfax Nursey Knight and Lacey, 1827 - Industrial arts |
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... ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM . TRANSFORMATIONS OF MATTER . TRANSFORMATIONS OF. in small quantities of the gas , or cut- ting off the supply , and occasionally making a stroke or two with the pis- ton , as circumstances indicate . Se- condly ...
... ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM . TRANSFORMATIONS OF MATTER . TRANSFORMATIONS OF. in small quantities of the gas , or cut- ting off the supply , and occasionally making a stroke or two with the pis- ton , as circumstances indicate . Se- condly ...
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... Electricity . I. Attractive power increased by warmth . II . Attraction always accompanied by the appearance of the electric fluid . III . No substance can be attracted by a magnet , unless it contains some portion of iron . IV ...
... Electricity . I. Attractive power increased by warmth . II . Attraction always accompanied by the appearance of the electric fluid . III . No substance can be attracted by a magnet , unless it contains some portion of iron . IV ...
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... ELECTRICITY. 50 Sir , I often wonder that among all the expeditions of enterprize to the Frozen Regions there never has been one made with vessels con- structed for the express purpose . I have never yet seen nor heard of a ship being ...
... ELECTRICITY. 50 Sir , I often wonder that among all the expeditions of enterprize to the Frozen Regions there never has been one made with vessels con- structed for the express purpose . I have never yet seen nor heard of a ship being ...
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... ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM . MR . VALLANCE'S NEW MODE OF. Fig . 1. Represents a ship beset between two large floes of ice , with her sides spread out to make the ship rise out of the water , as the ice sets in hard upon her . The keel is ...
... ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM . MR . VALLANCE'S NEW MODE OF. Fig . 1. Represents a ship beset between two large floes of ice , with her sides spread out to make the ship rise out of the water , as the ice sets in hard upon her . The keel is ...
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... ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM . ( Abstracted from an article in the last number of the Quarterly Review . ) Electricity and Magnetism were , for a long period , considered as constituting two distinct departments of physical science . From ...
... ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM . ( Abstracted from an article in the last number of the Quarterly Review . ) Electricity and Magnetism were , for a long period , considered as constituting two distinct departments of physical science . From ...
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