The Technical World Magazine, Volume 7Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 5
... steel - work of the cantilevers met in the middle . While preparing the foundations of this marvelous flying span over the world's greatest wonder , Wilson Fox , the engineer , had to think out a way of crossing the yawning vol- canic ...
... steel - work of the cantilevers met in the middle . While preparing the foundations of this marvelous flying span over the world's greatest wonder , Wilson Fox , the engineer , had to think out a way of crossing the yawning vol- canic ...
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... steel towers and throwing a wire rope across the transmission line , bringing about a short circuit and consequent destruction at that point ? " Another critic lines of braced steel towers , sixty feet high and 900 feet apart . This ...
... steel towers and throwing a wire rope across the transmission line , bringing about a short circuit and consequent destruction at that point ? " Another critic lines of braced steel towers , sixty feet high and 900 feet apart . This ...
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... steel ) , rest on a polished steel disc . When this is inserted in an electric circuit the current is interrupted by the imperfect contact between the points and the disc . The obstacle due to this contact is , however , overcome by the ...
... steel ) , rest on a polished steel disc . When this is inserted in an electric circuit the current is interrupted by the imperfect contact between the points and the disc . The obstacle due to this contact is , however , overcome by the ...
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... steel axle rotating slowly . In the first model constructed by Dr. Branly and which is represented in figure 3 , the axle was driven by clock work , while in the second ap- paratus , which is better fitted for industrial use , a small ...
... steel axle rotating slowly . In the first model constructed by Dr. Branly and which is represented in figure 3 , the axle was driven by clock work , while in the second ap- paratus , which is better fitted for industrial use , a small ...
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... STEEL WHEEL . all - important factor in lifting the water from the main ditch to the river beyond . It is of much interest on account of its novelty and great capacity , and also in being the only wheel so used in this country . The ...
... STEEL WHEEL . all - important factor in lifting the water from the main ditch to the river beyond . It is of much interest on account of its novelty and great capacity , and also in being the only wheel so used in this country . The ...
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