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... equal to the best Dutch clover ; and it seemed obvious , that , in several districts , and in favourable seasons , the seed of this most useful plant may be brought to maturity in Scot- land , if the attention of enterprising farmers ...
... equal to the best Dutch clover ; and it seemed obvious , that , in several districts , and in favourable seasons , the seed of this most useful plant may be brought to maturity in Scot- land , if the attention of enterprising farmers ...
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... " pire ; and that it be identified , by declaring , that " 39.1393 inches of this standard , at the tempera- " ture of 62 ° of Fahrenheit , have been found equal “ to the length of a pendulum supposed to vibrate xlvi INTRODUCTION .
... " pire ; and that it be identified , by declaring , that " 39.1393 inches of this standard , at the tempera- " ture of 62 ° of Fahrenheit , have been found equal “ to the length of a pendulum supposed to vibrate xlvi INTRODUCTION .
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... equal amount , for the same object . Still , however , none of the second set of Essays were considered complete . Some contained a historical account of the existing Rail - ways , without bringing forward any thing new , or practically ...
... equal amount , for the same object . Still , however , none of the second set of Essays were considered complete . Some contained a historical account of the existing Rail - ways , without bringing forward any thing new , or practically ...
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... equal to 40 lb. weight , to set forward two tons upon the waggon - road ; and this force may be used to set forward the loaded boat out of one lock , and to bring the empty boat into the other . The boats being thus put in motion , the ...
... equal to 40 lb. weight , to set forward two tons upon the waggon - road ; and this force may be used to set forward the loaded boat out of one lock , and to bring the empty boat into the other . The boats being thus put in motion , the ...
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... equal to about five- sixths of the circumference of a circle , a continuous motion will be given to the two bevel - wheels and the screw that is upon the same axis , which may be called the first screw . This screw will communi- cate a ...
... equal to about five- sixths of the circumference of a circle , a continuous motion will be given to the two bevel - wheels and the screw that is upon the same axis , which may be called the first screw . This screw will communi- cate a ...
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Page 6 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Page lviii - Signed, by order of Court, Henry Woodthorpe. To which Address His Royal Highness was pleased to return the following most gracious Answer : " I thank you for this loyal and dutiful Address.
Page 320 - What number of persons can be employed in labour, must depend absolutely upon the amount of the funds which alone are applicable to the maintenance of labour. In whatever way these funds may be applied or expended, the quantity of labour maintained by them in the first instance, would be very nearly the same. The immediate effect of a compulsory application of the whole or a part of these funds, is to change the application, not to alter the umountof them.
Page 131 - Colebrook-dale, in Shropshire, where cast-iron was indisputably first applied to the construction of bridges, and, according to the information which I have been able to obtain, it was here also that Rail-ways of that material were first constructed. It appears; from the books of this extensive and long-established Company, that between five and six tons of rails were cast on the 13th of November, 1767, as an experiment, on the suggestion of Mr. Reynolds, one of the partners.
Page xlvi - The subdivisions of weights and measures, at present employed in this country, appear to be far more convenient for practical purposes than the decimal scale, which might perhaps be preferred by some persons for making calculations with quantities already determined. But the power of expressing a third, a fourth, and a sixth of a foot in inches, without a fraction, is a peculiar advantage in the duodecimal scale, and for the operations of weighing and of measuring capacities, the continual division...
Page 376 - Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page xlvi - The power of expressing a third, a fourth, and a sixth of a foot in inches, without a fraction, is a peculiar advantage in the duodecimal scale ; and for the operations of weighing, and of measuring capacities, the continual division by two renders it practicable to...
Page 3 - A piece of plate, of fifty guineas value, will be given for the best and approved essay on the construction of rail-roads, for the conveyance of ordinary commodities. In this essay it will be essential to keep in view, how far rail-roads can be adapted for common use in a country; — the means of...