Wonderful Inventions: From the Mariner's Compass to the Electric Telegraph CableG. Routledge, 1868 - 400 頁 |
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第 iv 頁
... minutes . " The staple of these WONDERFUL INVENTIONS is the great discoveries in Electricity , Chemistry , and Mechanical Science . In the Telescope and Microscope , the application of the phenomena of Light allures us to brighter ...
... minutes . " The staple of these WONDERFUL INVENTIONS is the great discoveries in Electricity , Chemistry , and Mechanical Science . In the Telescope and Microscope , the application of the phenomena of Light allures us to brighter ...
第 vi 頁
... minutes , that previously required for the operation twelve hours . The saving of time thus effected is as I to 1,800 ; and it is impos- sible to express more pointedly the power of this extraordinary tool . We speak now , however , of ...
... minutes , that previously required for the operation twelve hours . The saving of time thus effected is as I to 1,800 ; and it is impos- sible to express more pointedly the power of this extraordinary tool . We speak now , however , of ...
第 12 頁
... minute draws all your fleet towards it , by virtue of the iron in your ships ; and when we approach within a certain distance , the attraction of the adamant will have such force , that all the nails will be drawn out of the sides and ...
... minute draws all your fleet towards it , by virtue of the iron in your ships ; and when we approach within a certain distance , the attraction of the adamant will have such force , that all the nails will be drawn out of the sides and ...
第 19 頁
... minute observation , and applicable to every indication of the Compass affected . In spite of these precautions , fatal accidents are still attributed to errors of the Compass . Another plan consists of such modifications of the log of ...
... minute observation , and applicable to every indication of the Compass affected . In spite of these precautions , fatal accidents are still attributed to errors of the Compass . Another plan consists of such modifications of the log of ...
第 36 頁
... minutes . The boat was secured with 400 screws and bolts , and 10,000 rivets . Having no bottom , this boat could scarcely capsize ; should its floaters let in water , the barrels inside would remain buoyant ; it would carry nearly 150 ...
... minutes . The boat was secured with 400 screws and bolts , and 10,000 rivets . Having no bottom , this boat could scarcely capsize ; should its floaters let in water , the barrels inside would remain buoyant ; it would carry nearly 150 ...
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第 339 頁 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
第 286 頁 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air.
第 148 頁 - Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier.
第 3 頁 - Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies.
第 84 頁 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
第 114 頁 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
第 196 頁 - ... stopping and screwing up the broken end ; as also the touch-hole, and making a constant fire under it ; within twenty-four hours it burst and made a great crack.
第 113 頁 - ... of creation which sweep immeasurably along, and carry the impress of the Almighty's hand to the remotest scenes of the universe.
第 112 頁 - The other teaches me that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament.
第 18 頁 - The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the Compass, but by the movement of the north star itself, which, like the other heavenly bodies, had its changes and revolutions, and every day described a circle round the pole.