Nature, Volume 54Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1896 - Electronic journals |
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... Tube , 185 ; Cryptochroism in Röntgen Rays , 576 Roman Fowl Disease , Bacteriology of , Dr. S. Santori , 229 Romburg ( Dr. P. van ) , Action of Iodine on Potassium Cyanide and of Iodine Cyanide on Caustic Potash , 360 Röntgen Rays : a ...
... Tube , 185 ; Cryptochroism in Röntgen Rays , 576 Roman Fowl Disease , Bacteriology of , Dr. S. Santori , 229 Romburg ( Dr. P. van ) , Action of Iodine on Potassium Cyanide and of Iodine Cyanide on Caustic Potash , 360 Röntgen Rays : a ...
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... tubes . " - Prof . W. HEATON , University College , Nottingham . " The focus tube you sent gives remarkably sharp shadows . " - Prof . A. S. BUTLER , The University , St. Andrews , N.B. " I have tried a very large number of vacuum tubes ...
... tubes . " - Prof . W. HEATON , University College , Nottingham . " The focus tube you sent gives remarkably sharp shadows . " - Prof . A. S. BUTLER , The University , St. Andrews , N.B. " I have tried a very large number of vacuum tubes ...
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... tube known as the focus tube , devised by Mr. Herbert Jackson . The excellent results obtained by British investigators working with X - rays are almost entirely due to the introduction of this form of tube . As to the constitution of ...
... tube known as the focus tube , devised by Mr. Herbert Jackson . The excellent results obtained by British investigators working with X - rays are almost entirely due to the introduction of this form of tube . As to the constitution of ...
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... tube - boiler also may supply an incentive to marine engineers in this direction . The limited water and steam space ... tube , with its flat face outwards or at the end of the tube , and is carefully set in the exact position required ...
... tube - boiler also may supply an incentive to marine engineers in this direction . The limited water and steam space ... tube , with its flat face outwards or at the end of the tube , and is carefully set in the exact position required ...
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... tubes and solid drawn steel tubes . We will not quote the details , as they were rather voluminous , but we will simply say that the lap - welded tube showed considerable superiority . It may be stated , how- ever , that at the present ...
... tubes and solid drawn steel tubes . We will not quote the details , as they were rather voluminous , but we will simply say that the lap - welded tube showed considerable superiority . It may be stated , how- ever , that at the present ...
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