The Technical World Magazine, Volume 4Technical World Company, 1906 |
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Page 139
... tion of millions of small lights - the glow of the city's contest with the darkness . A Riot of Light The general effect of the battle of the lights is lost as you approach , but you begin to see many individual members of the army . In ...
... tion of millions of small lights - the glow of the city's contest with the darkness . A Riot of Light The general effect of the battle of the lights is lost as you approach , but you begin to see many individual members of the army . In ...
Page 142
... tion of the New York Edison Company , situated adjacent to the East river on Manhattan Island , generates more elec- tricity than any other single plant on earth , and supplies most of the current for lighting the metropolis . Here ...
... tion of the New York Edison Company , situated adjacent to the East river on Manhattan Island , generates more elec- tricity than any other single plant on earth , and supplies most of the current for lighting the metropolis . Here ...
Page 143
... tion of the current from Waterside is regulated by the system operator , who has his post on a gallery at one end of the building , where , by means of sig- nals , he is enabled to keep his finger on every pulse - beat of this huge ...
... tion of the current from Waterside is regulated by the system operator , who has his post on a gallery at one end of the building , where , by means of sig- nals , he is enabled to keep his finger on every pulse - beat of this huge ...
Page 145
... tion of the air - blast to the coal , the en- gineer turns it off and turns on the steam , which is forced through the white - hot fuel and is transformed by its fiery pass- age into " blue " or hydrogen gas . After eight or ten minutes ...
... tion of the air - blast to the coal , the en- gineer turns it off and turns on the steam , which is forced through the white - hot fuel and is transformed by its fiery pass- age into " blue " or hydrogen gas . After eight or ten minutes ...
Page 168
... tion has moved in regard to appa- ratus for diving , and the more ex- traordinary because from the very dawn of history efforts have been made to go down into the depths of the sea . Field for Invention A great opportunity lies before ...
... tion has moved in regard to appa- ratus for diving , and the more ex- traordinary because from the very dawn of history efforts have been made to go down into the depths of the sea . Field for Invention A great opportunity lies before ...
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