The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., 14. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1830 |
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65. oldal
... copper sheath- ing of ships by sea - water ; which being founded upon Voltaic principles , must be considered as properly falling under the head of his electrical researches . It appears that the Com- missioners of the Navy , fully ...
... copper sheath- ing of ships by sea - water ; which being founded upon Voltaic principles , must be considered as properly falling under the head of his electrical researches . It appears that the Com- missioners of the Navy , fully ...
66. oldal
... copper sheathing . Let us see how dexterously he grappled with the difficulties of his subject . When a piece of polished copper is suffered to remain in sea - water , the first effects are , a yellow tarnish upon the surface , and a ...
... copper sheathing . Let us see how dexterously he grappled with the difficulties of his subject . When a piece of polished copper is suffered to remain in sea - water , the first effects are , a yellow tarnish upon the surface , and a ...
67. oldal
... copper ; and this , wherever it was placed , whether at the top , bottom , or in the middle of the sheet of copper , and whether the copper was straight or bent , or made into coils . And where the connection between the different ...
... copper ; and this , wherever it was placed , whether at the top , bottom , or in the middle of the sheet of copper , and whether the copper was straight or bent , or made into coils . And where the connection between the different ...
68. oldal
... copper underwent rapid corrosion , becoming first red , then green , and losing a part of its substance in scales . Is it not , then , a fact , established beyond all controversy , that small quantities of electro - positive metals will ...
... copper underwent rapid corrosion , becoming first red , then green , and losing a part of its substance in scales . Is it not , then , a fact , established beyond all controversy , that small quantities of electro - positive metals will ...
75. oldal
... copper sheathing of ships and vessels had been found to corrode in the short period of a single voyage , being con- verted into an oxide through the medium of some acid , or at least of a decompounded substance , occupying the negative ...
... copper sheathing of ships and vessels had been found to corrode in the short period of a single voyage , being con- verted into an oxide through the medium of some acid , or at least of a decompounded substance , occupying the negative ...
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54. oldal - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
368. oldal - Remarks on the Employment of Oblique Riders, and on other Alterations in the Construction of Ships. Phil. Trans. 1814-, p. 303 ; the substance of a Report before presented to the Board of Admiralty, relating to Sir Robert Sepping's Improvements, with some additional illustrations.
154. oldal - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
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