The Technical World Magazine, Volume 6Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 20
... cents were common retail figures for gasoline ; now the price is twenty and twenty - five , and , whereas the wholesale figure five years ago was as low as six cents , it is now twelve and fifteen . From the crankshaft of the motor the ...
... cents were common retail figures for gasoline ; now the price is twenty and twenty - five , and , whereas the wholesale figure five years ago was as low as six cents , it is now twelve and fifteen . From the crankshaft of the motor the ...
Page 21
... cents or at the rate of three dollars and sixty - eight cents per acre . By steam power the total cost of plowing the same area amounted to a total of nine dollars and eight cents or at four dollars and eight cents per acre , and with ...
... cents or at the rate of three dollars and sixty - eight cents per acre . By steam power the total cost of plowing the same area amounted to a total of nine dollars and eight cents or at four dollars and eight cents per acre , and with ...
Page 37
... cent grade through the Sierra Nevada mountains , whereas the Central Pacific has a grade of 2.3 per cent . In point of distance the Central Pa- cific is 97 miles shorter than the Western Pacific as designed by the engineers , between ...
... cent grade through the Sierra Nevada mountains , whereas the Central Pacific has a grade of 2.3 per cent . In point of distance the Central Pa- cific is 97 miles shorter than the Western Pacific as designed by the engineers , between ...
Page 49
... cents as compared with 93 cents at Suez and $ 1.22 for the Manchester canal . The total volume of excavation for the canal was 104,630,000 cubic yards- greater by 9,000,000 cubic yards than the total of the excavation for the Suez canal ...
... cents as compared with 93 cents at Suez and $ 1.22 for the Manchester canal . The total volume of excavation for the canal was 104,630,000 cubic yards- greater by 9,000,000 cubic yards than the total of the excavation for the Suez canal ...
Page 58
... cent of the potato . The process of making potato starch is of the simplest , and any housewife can make it by merely placing the grated potato on a piece of cheese cloth , pouring water through it , and allowing the re- sultant milky ...
... cent of the potato . The process of making potato starch is of the simplest , and any housewife can make it by merely placing the grated potato on a piece of cheese cloth , pouring water through it , and allowing the re- sultant milky ...
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