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Page 1151
... steam - gun . He was in England from 1818 . Perkins , JUSTIN , 1805-1869 . American missionary in Persia from 1834 ; translator of the Bible into Syriac . Perlitic Structure . rocks . See PEARLSTONE . Structure seen in some vitreous ...
... steam - gun . He was in England from 1818 . Perkins , JUSTIN , 1805-1869 . American missionary in Persia from 1834 ; translator of the Bible into Syriac . Perlitic Structure . rocks . See PEARLSTONE . Structure seen in some vitreous ...
Page 1152
... steam railroads has averaged ab . $ 30,000 per mile of single track . For electric railways the cost is about one - half as great , on account of the smaller amount of excavation and embankment . Permanent White . See BARIUM SULPHATE ...
... steam railroads has averaged ab . $ 30,000 per mile of single track . For electric railways the cost is about one - half as great , on account of the smaller amount of excavation and embankment . Permanent White . See BARIUM SULPHATE ...
Page 1159
... steam , for production of paraffin oil . The coke remaining in the still is used for electric light carbons . The crude paraffin oil is treated successively with sulphuric acid , water and caustic soda , which removes tarry matter ...
... steam , for production of paraffin oil . The coke remaining in the still is used for electric light carbons . The crude paraffin oil is treated successively with sulphuric acid , water and caustic soda , which removes tarry matter ...
Page 1175
... STEAM . Piezometric Level . Difference of level of two atmos- pheric layers as expressed not by elevation ( orometric ) , or by temperature ( thermometric ) , or by density ( pyknometric ) , but by barometric pressure ( piezometric ) ...
... STEAM . Piezometric Level . Difference of level of two atmos- pheric layers as expressed not by elevation ( orometric ) , or by temperature ( thermometric ) , or by density ( pyknometric ) , but by barometric pressure ( piezometric ) ...
Page 1176
... steam driver has a ram weighing from 2,000 to 4,000 lbs . , which falls only 3 ft . but makes 50 blows per minute . Gunpowder and dynamite have been used to drive piles . See NASMYTH PILE DRIVER . Pileolus . Diminutive of pileus ...
... steam driver has a ram weighing from 2,000 to 4,000 lbs . , which falls only 3 ft . but makes 50 blows per minute . Gunpowder and dynamite have been used to drive piles . See NASMYTH PILE DRIVER . Pileolus . Diminutive of pileus ...
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