The Museum of Science and Art, Volume 6Dionysius Lardner Walton and Maberly, 1855 - Arts |
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animalcules appears astronomers attached AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN axis axle balance-wheel ball bands barrel blood body boiler bulb called centre Chap clock cloth colour corpuscles crank cylinder diameter DIONYSIUS LARDNER direction disc distance drawing earth Edition Electric Telegraph engine engraved equal escapement escapement-wheel expedient extremity F. W. NEWMAN Fcap fixed force fuel fusee glass globules greater heat imparted inch increased insect instrument intervals John Herschel LARDNER'S MUSEUM larva length less light lines liquid locomotive magnified magnitude mainspring mercury Micrometric microscope mileage miles milk minute motion moving power Neptune object observed orbit oscillation pallet particles pass pendulum pinion piston planet position produce proportion quantity railways ratchet-wheel red corpuscles rendered represented in fig revolution revolve round scale seen shown in fig species spring steam surface swing teeth telescope temperature thermometer thermoscopic tion tooth tube University College Uranus vibration volume watch weight wheel