The Technical World Magazine, Volume 9Technical World Company, 1908 |
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... vessels through the water , was fronted by a rival in the form of a speed indicator which showed the momentary speed of the vessel in miles per hour by means of a hand on a dial appropriately marked . The device is operated by the A Two ...
... vessels through the water , was fronted by a rival in the form of a speed indicator which showed the momentary speed of the vessel in miles per hour by means of a hand on a dial appropriately marked . The device is operated by the A Two ...
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... vessel with a layer of moist sand , closed by a tightly fitting lid . Setting boards with a cork layer , having a groove for receiving the body of the butterfly , are employed , small , triangular cardboard strips being used to set the ...
... vessel with a layer of moist sand , closed by a tightly fitting lid . Setting boards with a cork layer , having a groove for receiving the body of the butterfly , are employed , small , triangular cardboard strips being used to set the ...
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... vessels equipped with the Mar- coni and other systems , the oceans being charted into squares , so that each ship is ... vessel a hundred miles away ! This apparently impossible feat was accomplished by a It was Tesla , too , who calmly ...
... vessels equipped with the Mar- coni and other systems , the oceans being charted into squares , so that each ship is ... vessel a hundred miles away ! This apparently impossible feat was accomplished by a It was Tesla , too , who calmly ...
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... vessels . Each boat is fitted with two re- ceivers , one for the news service and the other for messages from ship to ship , warnings of icebergs , or messages to and from the shore . A " ship localizer " has recently been invented to ...
... vessels . Each boat is fitted with two re- ceivers , one for the news service and the other for messages from ship to ship , warnings of icebergs , or messages to and from the shore . A " ship localizer " has recently been invented to ...
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... vessels , some twenty - eight in all , should be equipped with the wireless telephone . The instru- ments cost about $ 1,500 each . The wireless telephone is destined to offset many dangers and difficulties which it was impossible to ...
... vessels , some twenty - eight in all , should be equipped with the wireless telephone . The instru- ments cost about $ 1,500 each . The wireless telephone is destined to offset many dangers and difficulties which it was impossible to ...
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