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Page 193 - In the dietary studies made in connection with the nutrition investigations of the Office of Experiment Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 86 - Rates of Chronometers on trial for Purchase by the Board of Admiralty, at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 184,0 to 1865.
Page xx - Formulas for Finding the Dimensions and Output Capacity of any Furnace, as well as the regular Outfit of Stoves, Heating Surface, Volume of Air, Tuyere Area, &c., per ton of Iron per day of 24 hours. By JOHN L. STEVENSON. Fcap. 8vo, leather Net 5s. BOILER AND FACTORY CHIMNEYS. Their DraughtPower and Stability. With a chapter on
Page 226 - SEA AND LAND : Features of Coasts and Oceans, with special reference to the Life of Man, By NS SHALER, Dean of the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University.
Page xx - COLLIERY WORKING AND MANAGEMENT. Comprising the Duties of a Colliery Manager, the Oversight and Arrangement of Labour and Wages, and the different Systems of Working Coal Seams. By HF BULMAN and RAS REDMAYNE.
Page xx - PATTERN MAKING. A Practical Work on the Art of Making Patterns for Engineering and Foundry Work, including (among other matter) Materials and Tools, Wood Patterns, Metal Patterns, Pattern Shop Mathematics, Cost, Care, etc., of Patterns.
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Page 84 - ... comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States...
Page 180 - Catalogue of Portraits of Botanists Exhibited in the Museums of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,