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Page 29
Electric transmission over a continuous wire is practically instantaneous . The
time signal has been sent from Washington to the Lick Observatory , California ,
in 5CLOCK OF THE “ New York HERALD . " The men swing their big hammers
and ...
Electric transmission over a continuous wire is practically instantaneous . The
time signal has been sent from Washington to the Lick Observatory , California ,
in 5CLOCK OF THE “ New York HERALD . " The men swing their big hammers
and ...
Page 55
The idea of the machine was taken from the Jacquard loom ; and its speed is ,
practically speaking , limited only by the type of conductor and insulator adopted
when the original cost of the cable . was considered . Sometimes it is found in ...
The idea of the machine was taken from the Jacquard loom ; and its speed is ,
practically speaking , limited only by the type of conductor and insulator adopted
when the original cost of the cable . was considered . Sometimes it is found in ...
Page 82
To be sure , one or two of the earlier rafts launched on the Pacific by Mr .
Robertson did break away and go to pieces , stray logs being cast up as far away
as the shores of Hawaii and Mexico ; but latterly , practically no losses have been
...
To be sure , one or two of the earlier rafts launched on the Pacific by Mr .
Robertson did break away and go to pieces , stray logs being cast up as far away
as the shores of Hawaii and Mexico ; but latterly , practically no losses have been
...
Page 89
This will prove advantageous SINCE the beginning of the present calnot only to
the consumer but to the endar year , practically one million central station also ,
for it must be re - dollars ' worth of automobiles and their membered that even if ...
This will prove advantageous SINCE the beginning of the present calnot only to
the consumer but to the endar year , practically one million central station also ,
for it must be re - dollars ' worth of automobiles and their membered that even if ...
Page 101
... practically impossible to wreck save is protected by special plates of nickel -
with heavy artillery , and which may steel , such as are used to cover the vital
make its appearance at the most awkparts of battleships and cruisers . ward
moment .
... practically impossible to wreck save is protected by special plates of nickel -
with heavy artillery , and which may steel , such as are used to cover the vital
make its appearance at the most awkparts of battleships and cruisers . ward
moment .
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