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If the earth, and Saturn, and Pallas were lying in the

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

same direction from the sun, and the outer bodies were to start in a
direct line for the sun, they would not collide with the earth on
their way; but Saturn would pass 4,000,000 and Pallas 50,000,000
miles over our heads
If the earth, and Saturn, and Pallas were lying in the
same direction from the sun, and the outer […]

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We ask, ‘What is force?’ No man can answer

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

We ask, ‘What is force?’ No man can answer. We recognize its various
grades, each subordinate to the higher–cohesion dissolvable by
heat; the affinity of oxygen and hydrogen in water overcome by
the piercing intensity of electric fire; rivers seeking the sea
by gravitation carried back by the sun; rock turned to soil, soil
to flowers; and all the forces […]

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If you would like to explore MicroMuse, you may connect as follows from

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

your local host computer:
telnet michael
If you would like to explore MicroMuse, you may connect as follows from
your local host computer:
telnet michael.ai.mit.edu [18.43.0.177]
login: guest [no password required]
tt [TinyTalk client program]
connect guest [Connect to MicroMuse]

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Toll Lines

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Toll Lines. A toll line is a telephone line for the use of which a
special fee or toll is charged; that is, a fee that is not included in
the charges made to the subscriber for his regular local exchange
service. Toll lines extend from one exchange district to another, more
or less remote, and they are commonly […]

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“They commenced the construction of a small model operated by a

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

spring, and laid down the larger model 20 ft
“They commenced the construction of a small model operated by a
spring, and laid down the larger model 20 ft. from tip to tip
of planes, 3 1/2 ft. wide, giving 70 ft. of sustaining surface,
about 10 more in the tail. The making of this model […]

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‘About an hour after the superimposed load had been removed, the

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

writer jostled the box with his foot sufficiently to dislodge some
of the exposed sand, when the arch at once collapsed and the bottom
fell to the ground
‘About an hour after the superimposed load had been removed, the
[…]

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A pound of absolutely pure carbide will yield five and one-half cubic feet

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

of acetylene
A pound of absolutely pure carbide will yield five and one-half cubic feet
of acetylene. Absolute purity cannot be attained commercially, and in
practice good carbide will produce from four and one-half to five cubic
feet for each pound used.

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At 5

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

At 5.25 p.m. the machine was started, at first slowly and then
at an increased speed; after 250 or 300 metres, the two men who
were being dragged by the apparatus were exhausted and forced to
fall flat on the ground in order to allow the wings to pass over
them, and the trip around the track was completed, […]

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_A

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

_A._–An engine exerting 23-1/3 horses power by the indicator works two
pairs of flour stones of 4 feet 8 inches diameter, two pairs of stones
grinding oatmeal of 4 feet 8 inches diameter, one dressing machine, one
pair of fanners, one dust screen, and one sifting machine. One of the flour
stones makes 85, and the other 90 revolutions […]

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The pistons are built up from two pieces; a dropped forged steel

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

piston head, from which depend the piston pin bosses, is
combined with a cast-iron skirt, into which the steel head is
screwed
The pistons are built up from two pieces; a dropped forged steel
piston head, from which depend the piston pin bosses, is
combined with a cast-iron skirt, into which the steel head is
screwed. Four rings are fitted, […]

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