The Technical World Magazine, Volume 6Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 21
... less and last was gasoline costing but slightly over half that of horses and not half so much as steam . In the case of the gasoline motor , twenty - four cents were needed for oil and two dollars and fifty- two cents for gasoline . For ...
... less and last was gasoline costing but slightly over half that of horses and not half so much as steam . In the case of the gasoline motor , twenty - four cents were needed for oil and two dollars and fifty- two cents for gasoline . For ...
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... less interesting in vine culture is the use of cultivators for tilling the soil be- tween the rows of vines and later the drawing of a sprinkler between these rows , thus protecting the vines against insects or cleansing the fruit with ...
... less interesting in vine culture is the use of cultivators for tilling the soil be- tween the rows of vines and later the drawing of a sprinkler between these rows , thus protecting the vines against insects or cleansing the fruit with ...
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... less than forty years . If you will look at a map of the west- ern world , you will see that in the south- ern part of Mexico the American Conti- nent shrinks in width to such a narrow neck that the distance from ocean to ocean is only ...
... less than forty years . If you will look at a map of the west- ern world , you will see that in the south- ern part of Mexico the American Conti- nent shrinks in width to such a narrow neck that the distance from ocean to ocean is only ...
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... points in Europe and on our Atlantic coast is no less than 1,250 miles . An ordinary freight steamer travels at the rate of ten miles an hour , or 250 miles a day ; so that she would. 32 THE TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE 222.
... points in Europe and on our Atlantic coast is no less than 1,250 miles . An ordinary freight steamer travels at the rate of ten miles an hour , or 250 miles a day ; so that she would. 32 THE TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE 222.
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... less than $ 10,000,000 , and that among other things it will cheapen the annual expense of operating trains over the mountain division by fully $ 100,000 . Being over 36,000 feet in length , the tunnel will be one of the longest in the ...
... less than $ 10,000,000 , and that among other things it will cheapen the annual expense of operating trains over the mountain division by fully $ 100,000 . Being over 36,000 feet in length , the tunnel will be one of the longest in the ...
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