Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers' Encyclopaedia, with Copious Additions by American Editors, Volume 14American Book Exchange, 1881 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... give as much prominence to American topics as American readers might desire . To supply these and other deficiencies the American Editors have inserted about 15,000 titles , arranging the whole , including Chambers's Supplement , in a ...
... give as much prominence to American topics as American readers might desire . To supply these and other deficiencies the American Editors have inserted about 15,000 titles , arranging the whole , including Chambers's Supplement , in a ...
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... give way purely from bending as with a transverse strain , and their strength is found by experiment to be directly proportional to the fourth power of their diameter , and inversely propor- tional to the square of their length . Thus ...
... give way purely from bending as with a transverse strain , and their strength is found by experiment to be directly proportional to the fourth power of their diameter , and inversely propor- tional to the square of their length . Thus ...
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... gives the value of c for beams supported at each end and loaded in the middle : Cast - iron .. Wrought - iron . English oak . Red pine .... Tons . 13 12 21 28 These numbers when substituted in the formula give the breaking weight , one ...
... gives the value of c for beams supported at each end and loaded in the middle : Cast - iron .. Wrought - iron . English oak . Red pine .... Tons . 13 12 21 28 These numbers when substituted in the formula give the breaking weight , one ...
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... give it depth . Each ridge or furrow is , as it were , half a tube , and resists bending with twice or thrice the energy it would if flat . The most striking application of the principle of hollow structure is seen in tubular bridges ...
... give it depth . Each ridge or furrow is , as it were , half a tube , and resists bending with twice or thrice the energy it would if flat . The most striking application of the principle of hollow structure is seen in tubular bridges ...
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... give way ; and in the following spring the Dutch joined the British as parties to the peace of Utrecht ( q.v. ) . The emperor Charles was also forced to conclude a treaty of peace at Baden , Sept. 7 , 1714 , which ended the struggle ...
... give way ; and in the following spring the Dutch joined the British as parties to the peace of Utrecht ( q.v. ) . The emperor Charles was also forced to conclude a treaty of peace at Baden , Sept. 7 , 1714 , which ended the struggle ...
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Page 83 - Our northern natures can hardly comprehend how the sun, and the moon, and the stars were imaged in the heart of a Peruvian, and dwelt there ; how the changes in these luminaries were combined with all his feelings and his fortunes ; how the dawn was hope to him ; how the fierce mid-day brightness was power to him ; how the declining sun was death to him ; and how the new morning was a resurrection to him : nay, more, how the sun, and the moon, and the stars were his personal friends, as well as his...
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