The Technical World Magazine, Volume 4Technical World Company, 1906 |
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Page 47
... means ; and if it be much out of the way , the charting is either done over or corrected by other means . as Plane - Table Signals It not infrequently happens in river work that a bend or a bay may be out of sight of signals . In this ...
... means ; and if it be much out of the way , the charting is either done over or corrected by other means . as Plane - Table Signals It not infrequently happens in river work that a bend or a bay may be out of sight of signals . In this ...
Page 55
... means of an instrument known as a " double " or " reversing " key . It consists of two light spring levers , crossed at right angles , above and below , by con- tact - bearing metallic bars . The cable is connected to one lever , and a ...
... means of an instrument known as a " double " or " reversing " key . It consists of two light spring levers , crossed at right angles , above and below , by con- tact - bearing metallic bars . The cable is connected to one lever , and a ...
Page 57
... means ; and so all recording is done by the siphon . If the message has to be received from or transferred to a land line at the cable office , it is transcribed into longhand , and then disposed of by other operators at the land - line ...
... means ; and so all recording is done by the siphon . If the message has to be received from or transferred to a land line at the cable office , it is transcribed into longhand , and then disposed of by other operators at the land - line ...
Page 76
... means of picture - posters all over the continent of Europe . The ad- mission fee is somewhat high , about a dollar and a - half ; but of course it varies acording to the number of persons ad- mitted at one time . After one has walked ...
... means of picture - posters all over the continent of Europe . The ad- mission fee is somewhat high , about a dollar and a - half ; but of course it varies acording to the number of persons ad- mitted at one time . After one has walked ...
Page 82
... means of which the unwieldy mass is towed out of the river where it was built and along the coast . All the giant rafts thus far built have been constructed at Stella , Washington , or some other point . on the Oregon or Washington ...
... means of which the unwieldy mass is towed out of the river where it was built and along the coast . All the giant rafts thus far built have been constructed at Stella , Washington , or some other point . on the Oregon or Washington ...
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