The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... copper heater , about 5 feet long , filled with burning char- coal , passes over the composition and melts it , thus leaving the valve air - tight as before , and ready for the next train . A protecting cover , formed of thin plates of ...
... copper heater , about 5 feet long , filled with burning char- coal , passes over the composition and melts it , thus leaving the valve air - tight as before , and ready for the next train . A protecting cover , formed of thin plates of ...
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... copper , and William Gordon , a rigger , all of whom had been employed under the same officer at Spithead . Leary , who distinguished himself some years ago whilst under the command of Captain Dickenson , of the Royal Navy , by ...
... copper , and William Gordon , a rigger , all of whom had been employed under the same officer at Spithead . Leary , who distinguished himself some years ago whilst under the command of Captain Dickenson , of the Royal Navy , by ...
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... copper plates , measuring seven by ten inches , the latter of which only were let down into the trough when the bat- tery was about to be used ; and these plate batteries were combined with the batteries made by Leary , as before ...
... copper plates , measuring seven by ten inches , the latter of which only were let down into the trough when the bat- tery was about to be used ; and these plate batteries were combined with the batteries made by Leary , as before ...
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... copper articles , and in rolling silvered plates of copper , the workmen find it necessary to anneal the metal , to prevent it from breaking . - Mr . J. Taylor ob- served that this subject had been much discussed at Manchester , and ...
... copper articles , and in rolling silvered plates of copper , the workmen find it necessary to anneal the metal , to prevent it from breaking . - Mr . J. Taylor ob- served that this subject had been much discussed at Manchester , and ...
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... copper , and 1 part of arsenic . Thus tinned , the sheet - iron is then submitted to the seven following operations : -1 . Immersing in ley of caustic potassa , and washing . 2. Immersing in aqua regia 58 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
... copper , and 1 part of arsenic . Thus tinned , the sheet - iron is then submitted to the seven following operations : -1 . Immersing in ley of caustic potassa , and washing . 2. Immersing in aqua regia 58 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
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