New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 121Henry Colburn, 1882 |
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series , making forty - eight of these gigantic lights on a single circuit ! Having obtained the light , it is necessary , for the English are a practical people , to see what it will cost to burn it . If it is too expensive it will ...
series , making forty - eight of these gigantic lights on a single circuit ! Having obtained the light , it is necessary , for the English are a practical people , to see what it will cost to burn it . If it is too expensive it will ...
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... light is in every way better than gas . Connected with the question of cheapness is that of utilizing water power for the transmission of stored electricity . It has been esti- mated that a copper wire of half an inch diameter would ...
... light is in every way better than gas . Connected with the question of cheapness is that of utilizing water power for the transmission of stored electricity . It has been esti- mated that a copper wire of half an inch diameter would ...
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... light . They commenced with sixteen lamps , but the number was soon increased to thirty - two . The next stride was a long one , being nothing less than the lighting of a por- tion of the South Kensington Museum , thus bringing the ...
... light . They commenced with sixteen lamps , but the number was soon increased to thirty - two . The next stride was a long one , being nothing less than the lighting of a por- tion of the South Kensington Museum , thus bringing the ...
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CALLANDER CRAGS By Rosa Mackenzie Kettle | 53 |
GREAT COMPANIES AND TRADING | 71 |
FARMER AND PARSON | 128 |
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