Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 139
op Burrounditi!; the earth would bend from a perfectly strnight linceishtinehesIn a mile. Consequently, if a segnient of the surface of the earth, a mile long werecut off, and laid on a perfect plane, the center of the segment would he only four Incheshiirher than the edges. A small portion of it,… … This fact is sufficiently illustratedby reference to Fig. 118. 303. It is upon the application of the principle that water in pipes will always rise to theheight, or level of its source, that all ^arrangements for conveying waterover uneven surfaces in aqueducts, or closed pipes depend. The…
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