The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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Page 45
... clothes supported in the water six grown people ; and after floating about for an hour or two , was opened , and the contents were perfectly dry . THE MACKINTOSH LIFE PRESERVER . THIS Life Preserver is a short cloak or cape , made by ...
... clothes supported in the water six grown people ; and after floating about for an hour or two , was opened , and the contents were perfectly dry . THE MACKINTOSH LIFE PRESERVER . THIS Life Preserver is a short cloak or cape , made by ...
Page 46
... cloth , with half the weight . CHANGES IN METALS . MR . LUCAS has reported to the British Association the progress of the committee appointed at the last meeting , to ascertain , experi- mentally , whether any and what Changes take ...
... cloth , with half the weight . CHANGES IN METALS . MR . LUCAS has reported to the British Association the progress of the committee appointed at the last meeting , to ascertain , experi- mentally , whether any and what Changes take ...
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... high ; with a great number of other rooms , for the several processes in the manufacture of coarse woollen cloths , for the counting - houses and apartments of the directors , and for the reception MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 53 333.
... high ; with a great number of other rooms , for the several processes in the manufacture of coarse woollen cloths , for the counting - houses and apartments of the directors , and for the reception MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 53 333.
Page 63
... cloth in the common battery ; 4thly , in the porcelain vase a cylinder of amalgam of zinc plunged in acidulated water . The pile was on the Pavillon de Lisle ; the two copper conductors from the two poles , and pointed with charcoal ...
... cloth in the common battery ; 4thly , in the porcelain vase a cylinder of amalgam of zinc plunged in acidulated water . The pile was on the Pavillon de Lisle ; the two copper conductors from the two poles , and pointed with charcoal ...
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... at the commencement , or near the entrance , of the Chimney , in order to prevent the passing of the flame , and also to intercept the soot . The apparatus consists of two cylinders of wire - cloth 72 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
... at the commencement , or near the entrance , of the Chimney , in order to prevent the passing of the flame , and also to intercept the soot . The apparatus consists of two cylinders of wire - cloth 72 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
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Page 193 - ... which form the lights of the print, to a sufficient depth ; but in glyphography the depth of these parts is formed by the remaining portions of the white composition on the plate, analogous to the thickness or height of which must be the depth on the block, seeing that the latter is, in fact (to simplify the matter), a cast or reverse, of the former. But if this composition were spread on the plate as thickly as required for this purpose, it would be impossible for the artist to put either close,...