The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... manner governed by cords proceeding from the car . The novelty of the steam - engine lies chiefly in its boiler and condenser . The former consists of nearly fifty hollow truncated cones , averaging about three feet in length , and of ...
... manner governed by cords proceeding from the car . The novelty of the steam - engine lies chiefly in its boiler and condenser . The former consists of nearly fifty hollow truncated cones , averaging about three feet in length , and of ...
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... manner similar to that of Morgan's wheels . The parallel- ism , however , is differently maintained , being accomplished by a ring sus- pended in a position eccentric to the wheel by the crank - pins of cranks attached to each float ...
... manner similar to that of Morgan's wheels . The parallel- ism , however , is differently maintained , being accomplished by a ring sus- pended in a position eccentric to the wheel by the crank - pins of cranks attached to each float ...
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... manner : -A steel wheel , regulated by a spring , is attached to the carriage , and presses down the valve immediately after the connecting arm has forced it open , and a copper heater , about 5 feet long , filled with burning char ...
... manner : -A steel wheel , regulated by a spring , is attached to the carriage , and presses down the valve immediately after the connecting arm has forced it open , and a copper heater , about 5 feet long , filled with burning char ...
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... manner , with the addition occasionally of subjects or works of art , so interwoven with the diapered ground , as not to disturb the har- mony or the effect of the architectural composition . That such of the ceilings as are flat should ...
... manner , with the addition occasionally of subjects or works of art , so interwoven with the diapered ground , as not to disturb the har- mony or the effect of the architectural composition . That such of the ceilings as are flat should ...
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... manner that had been adopted by us at Spithead ; for though there was very little necessity for guarding against the action of water , yet the letting it down and dragging it up the high chalk cliffs exposed this apparatus to a good ...
... manner that had been adopted by us at Spithead ; for though there was very little necessity for guarding against the action of water , yet the letting it down and dragging it up the high chalk cliffs exposed this apparatus to a good ...
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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,...