Annals of Philosophy, Volume 6Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823 - Science |
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... whole management of the different works , together with the very different results , may be seen at one view , and any of your readers who , like myself , may be interested in the subject , will be able to form their own judgment as to ...
... whole management of the different works , together with the very different results , may be seen at one view , and any of your readers who , like myself , may be interested in the subject , will be able to form their own judgment as to ...
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... whole number , therefore , in the Chartered Company is 21,886 private , 3,452 public , and 5,097 occasional lights , for which a rental is paid of 125,9771 . According to the rate of charges , a gas light burn- ing from sunset till nine ...
... whole number , therefore , in the Chartered Company is 21,886 private , 3,452 public , and 5,097 occasional lights , for which a rental is paid of 125,9771 . According to the rate of charges , a gas light burn- ing from sunset till nine ...
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... whole . Curtain Road Brick Lane pany . Westminster 1999 Station . Station . Station . Quantity of gas consumed for private lights . 9,225,000 22,100,750 64,824,000 5,748,750 18,049,250 41,020,000 None 15,447,920 £ 96,000 7 per cent £ 26 ...
... whole . Curtain Road Brick Lane pany . Westminster 1999 Station . Station . Station . Quantity of gas consumed for private lights . 9,225,000 22,100,750 64,824,000 5,748,750 18,049,250 41,020,000 None 15,447,920 £ 96,000 7 per cent £ 26 ...
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... whole consumption of gas for all lights by my mode of calculating leaves a minus quantity of 5,612,900 , which would be considerably more if esti- mated , as they have done all , as public lights . At the Brick Lane station , the ...
... whole consumption of gas for all lights by my mode of calculating leaves a minus quantity of 5,612,900 , which would be considerably more if esti- mated , as they have done all , as public lights . At the Brick Lane station , the ...
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... whole rental is 125,9777 .; the number of chaldrons of coals car- bonised 20,678 , giving a rental upon each chaldron of 6l . 1s . 10d . In the City of London Company , the whole rental is 30,8397 , the number of chaldrons of coals used ...
... whole rental is 125,9777 .; the number of chaldrons of coals car- bonised 20,678 , giving a rental upon each chaldron of 6l . 1s . 10d . In the City of London Company , the whole rental is 30,8397 , the number of chaldrons of coals used ...
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Page 346 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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Page 468 - ... fracture and a vitreous lustre. These results were nearly uniform, in various trials ; and every thing seems to indicate that were the diamond a good conductor, it would be melted by the deflagrator ; and were it incombustible, a globule would be obtained by the compound blow-pipe.
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