The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 73
... practical importance ; and , in a scientific point of view , none possess greater interest . The influence of this element in causing variation in the physical properties of iron is one of the most extraordinary phenomena in the whole ...
... practical importance ; and , in a scientific point of view , none possess greater interest . The influence of this element in causing variation in the physical properties of iron is one of the most extraordinary phenomena in the whole ...
Page 75
... practical Birmingham blacksmith , he pronounced it to be highly carbonised , strongly resembling Swedish or Russian , and added , that when chilled , it had the properties of steel . Du Chaillu gives a similar account of the native ...
... practical Birmingham blacksmith , he pronounced it to be highly carbonised , strongly resembling Swedish or Russian , and added , that when chilled , it had the properties of steel . Du Chaillu gives a similar account of the native ...
Page 85
... practical men who , like Watt and George Stephenson , devote the best part of their lives to perfecting inventions of immense importance to the world , seldom derive from patents any greater emolument than would flow to them without the ...
... practical men who , like Watt and George Stephenson , devote the best part of their lives to perfecting inventions of immense importance to the world , seldom derive from patents any greater emolument than would flow to them without the ...
Page 87
... practical issue - it may be for years of protracted toil and anxiety - should have secured to him by law during a moderate term the exclusive privilege of reaping the sub- stantial reward of his own invention , appears to me as just and ...
... practical issue - it may be for years of protracted toil and anxiety - should have secured to him by law during a moderate term the exclusive privilege of reaping the sub- stantial reward of his own invention , appears to me as just and ...
Page 91
... practical science . The only way of determining the matter was by putting the idea to the test of experiment . Accordingly , early in 1856 , Bessemer ordered a stock of Blaenavon iron , and set up a blast- engine and cupola at Baxter ...
... practical science . The only way of determining the matter was by putting the idea to the test of experiment . Accordingly , early in 1856 , Bessemer ordered a stock of Blaenavon iron , and set up a blast- engine and cupola at Baxter ...
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