Proceedings of the National Electric Light Association ..., Volúmenes 1-2Baltimore Publishing Company, 1886 |
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Página 14 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Página 137 - ... strengthen himself, by something of an effort and a resolve, for the unprejudiced admission of any conclusion which shall appear to be supported by careful observation and logical argument, even should it prove of a nature adverse to notions he may have previously formed for himself, or taken up, without examination, on the credit of others. Such an effort is, in fact, a commencement of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement...
Página 42 - Chicago, made a short speech in regard to the need of a publication devoted to microscopic subjects, and offered the following resolution : — Resolved, That a committee be appointed by the chair to...
Página 97 - Secretary) shall be elected by a majority ballot at the annual meeting, and shall hold their respective offices for the term of one year, or until their successors are chosen.
Página 99 - Pitcher, for the able manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of this body, which was unanimously adopted.
Página 189 - ... circumstances attending a number of these fires, and a repetition of these conditions upon electric lighting plants, served as the basis of the regulations for the use of electric lighting apparatus prepared by the writer, a little more than four years ago, for the Factory Mutual Insurance Companies. It would have been impossible for the work to have been carried on had I not received the most cordial co-operation from the Electric Light Companies ; and the electricians at the head of these Companies...
Página 55 - ... the carriage by a traverser, the funct:on of which we shall explain ; the wheels and rails will serve as the return wire. This system worked well at the workshop, In practice a special difficulty was encountered. The dirt sticking to the rails and felloes of the wheels formed a sort of crust so insulating as to prevent adequate communication with the earth. The increase of resistance produced by this interposition of finely conducting bodies was often sufficient to arrest the vehicle. The remedy...
Página 114 - The Officers of the Association shall be a President, three VicePresidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
Página 127 - ... adopted. The PRESIDENT. The next business in order is the report of the Committee on Credentials.
Página 137 - Every student who enters upon a scientific pursuit, especially if at a somewhat advanced period of life, will find not only that he has much to learn, but much also to unlearn. Familiar objects and events are far from presenting themselves to our senses in that aspect, and with those connections under which science requires them to be viewed, and which constitute their rational explanation.