The Technical World Magazine, Volume 4Technical World Company, 1906 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 15
... United States ; and the same number will occur , visible to this country , in this present century . Importance of Total Solar Eclipses The solar eclipse is the one opportunity the astronomer has of investigating cer- tain phenomena of ...
... United States ; and the same number will occur , visible to this country , in this present century . Importance of Total Solar Eclipses The solar eclipse is the one opportunity the astronomer has of investigating cer- tain phenomena of ...
Page 18
... United States Observatory will locate three parties equipped with the very best set of instruments for photographic observa- tions of an eclipse ever carried into the field for the purpose The Canadian Government is also sending out an ...
... United States Observatory will locate three parties equipped with the very best set of instruments for photographic observa- tions of an eclipse ever carried into the field for the purpose The Canadian Government is also sending out an ...
Page 28
... United States east of the Rockies , over lines of Western Union Telegraph Company . THE WORLD'S GREAT CLOCKS WM . BARTAMAN ! ΔΎ so. PHOTO BY CLONEDINGT . when his predecessor came to an un- timely end . Big Ben's hammer now weighs 4 cwt ...
... United States east of the Rockies , over lines of Western Union Telegraph Company . THE WORLD'S GREAT CLOCKS WM . BARTAMAN ! ΔΎ so. PHOTO BY CLONEDINGT . when his predecessor came to an un- timely end . Big Ben's hammer now weighs 4 cwt ...
Page 29
... United States and Canada selected a series of standard meridians differing in longitude from Greenwich , by multiples of fifteen degrees , or one hour each . The new standard took effect all over this con- tinent November 18 , 1883 ...
... United States and Canada selected a series of standard meridians differing in longitude from Greenwich , by multiples of fifteen degrees , or one hour each . The new standard took effect all over this con- tinent November 18 , 1883 ...
Page 40
... United States , he will be apt to tell you that he supposes they use " maps " and navigation instru- ments . Pressed as to his knowledge of the origin of these " maps , " he may in- form you that they are made by firms who sell them ...
... United States , he will be apt to tell you that he supposes they use " maps " and navigation instru- ments . Pressed as to his knowledge of the origin of these " maps , " he may in- form you that they are made by firms who sell them ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alternating current American apparatus bank boat boiler bridge building built cable canal Catalogue cent cerium Chicago circuit clavichord coal Company connected construction cost cylinder diver draw dynamo eclipse elec electric electromotive force engine Falls feet furnace heat horse-power hour inches instrument iron Lachine rapids lamp light located machine manufacture Mechanical ment Mention Technical World metal method miles minutes motor Necaxa Niagara Niagara Falls Niagara River operation paper pass Patent pipe plant pneumatic tube pounds practically pressure produced pump railroad railway revolutions per minute rheostat river shaft ship side speed square station steam steel Street supply surface Technical World Magazine telephone thorium tion tons train tricity tube U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY United valve volts wheel wire York