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The spirited view herewith presented, representing the "Fall of the Giraffe" before the rifle of a sportsman, we take from the _Illustrated London News_. Hunting the giraffe has long been a favorite sport among the more adventurous of British sportsmen, its natural range being...
Our knowledge of the primitive operations of the aboriginal inhabitants of the globe in pursuit of gold is barely traditional, as we are only aware that from very early times th...
7. Chapter 7A description of this work will be of interest in showing the general practice followed in California for carrying water across deep mountain gorges. In order to augment its wat...
5. Chapter 5There is not, I suppose, in the mind of any intelligent man at the present day a doubt as to the electrical origin of a lightning flash. The questions to be considered are rathe...
9. Chapter 9But this process, even if effective or profitable as a mining operation, may be prejudicial to the interests of the general public, if conducted on a large scale, as the vast qu...
6. Chapter 6This latter one, in contracting the bay, would contribute to increase the force of the current, which, throwing back at the ocean its mud and pebbles, would give us the depths o...
4. Chapter 4When it is desired to put an element out of the circuit, it is only necessary to act with the finger upon the extremity of the lever, D. Under the action of the latter, the piec...
3. Chapter 3_Driving locomotives._--In lighting up, certain precise rules have to be followed, in order to prevent explosion of any gas that may have accumulated in the fire box. Such explo...
1. Chapter 1The spirited view herewith presented, representing the "Fall of the Giraffe" before the rifle of a sportsman, we take from the _Illustrated London News_. Hunting the giraffe has...
10. Chapter 10These figures show that great care should be taken in hot weather to prevent diarrhoea, especially among young children; by frequent washing with soap and water to insure cleanl...
2. Chapter 2The operation is conducted in the following manner in the factory: The requisite quantity of sulphate of copper is placed in a large wooden vat, and hot water added to dissolve...
11. Chapter 11_Table Exhibiting Ratio of Expense, Determined by the New Mode, of Companies Doing Business in Massachusetts during the Year 1883._ _____________________________________________...