The Technical World Magazine, Volume 4Technical World Company, 1906 |
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Page 35
... less rapidly than previously , and I happened to glance upward through the sides of the car . I almost fell over with astonish- ment , and could scarcely get my voice to call to the others to see what I saw . When " Good gracious ...
... less rapidly than previously , and I happened to glance upward through the sides of the car . I almost fell over with astonish- ment , and could scarcely get my voice to call to the others to see what I saw . When " Good gracious ...
Page 36
... less than a hundred miles distant ? ' " That sounded reasonable , yet I asked him how it was that it had never been seen with the naked eye . " Simpler still , ' he answered , ' because this little planet is less than ten miles in ...
... less than a hundred miles distant ? ' " That sounded reasonable , yet I asked him how it was that it had never been seen with the naked eye . " Simpler still , ' he answered , ' because this little planet is less than ten miles in ...
Page 37
... less than that of the earth as its size , and I weighed - had scales been tle fellow altogether away from a motherly protection . He had come with- in a certain distance , beyond which he could not pass . My companions called me back ...
... less than that of the earth as its size , and I weighed - had scales been tle fellow altogether away from a motherly protection . He had come with- in a certain distance , beyond which he could not pass . My companions called me back ...
Page 54
... less than twenty - seven miles ; and it takes three hours for a particular point of the cable to reach the bottom after it passes over the drum . The " commercial " cable laid across the Atlantic in 1894 , weighed , in air , 36 cwt . to ...
... less than twenty - seven miles ; and it takes three hours for a particular point of the cable to reach the bottom after it passes over the drum . The " commercial " cable laid across the Atlantic in 1894 , weighed , in air , 36 cwt . to ...
Page 59
... less than 24 hours , though the picking - up gear of one of the largest ships is capable of lifting thirty tons at a speed of one knot per hour . Once the re- pair ship Minia lifted a cable from three . miles of water beyond the ...
... less than 24 hours , though the picking - up gear of one of the largest ships is capable of lifting thirty tons at a speed of one knot per hour . Once the re- pair ship Minia lifted a cable from three . miles of water beyond the ...
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