The Technical World Magazine, Volume 4Technical World Company, 1906 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 98
Page 41
... important rivers and lakes . What is a Plane Table ? A plane table is exactly what its name . implies a table which can be made plane consists of a small telescope , mounted like a transit , so that its only movement is in a vertical ...
... important rivers and lakes . What is a Plane Table ? A plane table is exactly what its name . implies a table which can be made plane consists of a small telescope , mounted like a transit , so that its only movement is in a vertical ...
Page 42
... important and most carefully guarded part of the equipment . This sheet is made of heavy Whatman draw- ing paper , cut so that it will have the least shrinkage and expansion from dampness and dryness , and is backed with heavy cloth ...
... important and most carefully guarded part of the equipment . This sheet is made of heavy Whatman draw- ing paper , cut so that it will have the least shrinkage and expansion from dampness and dryness , and is backed with heavy cloth ...
Page 45
... importance to navigators . They want to know the location of roads , the location of villages , and the character of the shore . Accordingly , much work is done a short distance inland . Here it sometimes becomes necessary to run what ...
... importance to navigators . They want to know the location of roads , the location of villages , and the character of the shore . Accordingly , much work is done a short distance inland . Here it sometimes becomes necessary to run what ...
Page 48
... important that a signal be per- pendicular . If it is not , it will form an angle with the cross - hair in the telescope , " ALL RIGHT ! " Signaling to rodman to move on . and not be as accurate ( although of course the hairs can be ...
... important that a signal be per- pendicular . If it is not , it will form an angle with the cross - hair in the telescope , " ALL RIGHT ! " Signaling to rodman to move on . and not be as accurate ( although of course the hairs can be ...
Page 59
... About 75 per cent of the cable business is in " code " words ; and while ordinarily 5.95 plain language words go to one code word , yet some pri- E ALECTRICITY is one of the most important agents of. OCEAN CABLES 59 69.
... About 75 per cent of the cable business is in " code " words ; and while ordinarily 5.95 plain language words go to one code word , yet some pri- E ALECTRICITY is one of the most important agents of. OCEAN CABLES 59 69.
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