The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... pieces , and bow - like frames across them . B , B , B , B , & c . , upright posts , or standards , to the upper and lower ends of which metallic braces , shown by the single lines , are attach- ed , supporting various points in the ...
... pieces , and bow - like frames across them . B , B , B , B , & c . , upright posts , or standards , to the upper and lower ends of which metallic braces , shown by the single lines , are attach- ed , supporting various points in the ...
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... piece of mechanism . The time it takes to empty the dock varies according to the size of the vessel received in it , a large vessel displacing more water than a smaller In the case of the Chichester , which appeared to be of the size of ...
... piece of mechanism . The time it takes to empty the dock varies according to the size of the vessel received in it , a large vessel displacing more water than a smaller In the case of the Chichester , which appeared to be of the size of ...
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... pieces of Bangor slate , so that no part of the work can sink in , or get out of place ; or , if it should , then , that all parts of it would sink equally , without disturb- ing their respective bearings and proportions to each other ...
... pieces of Bangor slate , so that no part of the work can sink in , or get out of place ; or , if it should , then , that all parts of it would sink equally , without disturb- ing their respective bearings and proportions to each other ...
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... pieces of stone were pre- pared , which , when placed together , exactly corresponded with the size of that to be displaced ; the injured arch - stone was then cut out , and a large piece , corresponding exactly with the lower portion ...
... pieces of stone were pre- pared , which , when placed together , exactly corresponded with the size of that to be displaced ; the injured arch - stone was then cut out , and a large piece , corresponding exactly with the lower portion ...
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... pieces of platina wire were placed , according to custom , near the closed ends of strong tin tubes fixed to the outside , and leading into the centre of the powder - boxes , in which tubes bursting charges of fine powder were ...
... pieces of platina wire were placed , according to custom , near the closed ends of strong tin tubes fixed to the outside , and leading into the centre of the powder - boxes , in which tubes bursting charges of fine powder were ...
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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,...