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Page xii
... Screw . - Compound Wheel and Axle.- Friction . . Friction in connection with Blocks - - 85 CHAP . VIII . THE TELESCOPE . Composition of Light . - Lenses . - Pencil of Rays . - Refracting Telescope.- Chromatism.- Achromatic Telescope ...
... Screw . - Compound Wheel and Axle.- Friction . . Friction in connection with Blocks - - 85 CHAP . VIII . THE TELESCOPE . Composition of Light . - Lenses . - Pencil of Rays . - Refracting Telescope.- Chromatism.- Achromatic Telescope ...
Page xvi
... Screw . - Handling the Propeller . Distilling apparatus.- Action of Parts of Engine in Dis- tillation p . 422 APPENDIX . List and Average Prices of Articles necessary for a Cadet's Equipment.- Chests and Drawers . — Admiralty Circular ...
... Screw . - Handling the Propeller . Distilling apparatus.- Action of Parts of Engine in Dis- tillation p . 422 APPENDIX . List and Average Prices of Articles necessary for a Cadet's Equipment.- Chests and Drawers . — Admiralty Circular ...
Page 34
... screw propellers were first tried , hard bearings were used ; but , be- coming heated , and consequently welded to the shaft , were torn out of place . Soft metals have been found to answer better , and lignum vitæ is now preferred to ...
... screw propellers were first tried , hard bearings were used ; but , be- coming heated , and consequently welded to the shaft , were torn out of place . Soft metals have been found to answer better , and lignum vitæ is now preferred to ...
Page 38
... Screws 2 inches in length , 22 diameter at the exterior of the threads , 15 diameter at the bottom , 305 depth of thread , and having twelve threads in an inch , have been passed through different pieces of wood , each of which was inch ...
... Screws 2 inches in length , 22 diameter at the exterior of the threads , 15 diameter at the bottom , 305 depth of thread , and having twelve threads in an inch , have been passed through different pieces of wood , each of which was inch ...
Page 39
... screw of inch was found to have an adhesive force of about three times that of a sixpenny nail . In the MOULD LOFT are to be found the drawings of the vessel which the designer purposes to build . By these , the form and dimensions of ...
... screw of inch was found to have an adhesive force of about three times that of a sixpenny nail . In the MOULD LOFT are to be found the drawings of the vessel which the designer purposes to build . By these , the form and dimensions of ...
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