The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... plate , and the sides and ends are very firmly stayed . The purpose of this plan of boiler is to enable marine engines to be wrought with a higher pressure of steam than at present , without ad- ditional danger ; and thereby render ...
... plate , and the sides and ends are very firmly stayed . The purpose of this plan of boiler is to enable marine engines to be wrought with a higher pressure of steam than at present , without ad- ditional danger ; and thereby render ...
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... plates . The upper plate is wider than the slit , and prevents the leather from being pressed in by the pressure of the atmosphere ; the lower plate just fits the slit , and is curved to the shape of the pipe . One edge of the leather ...
... plates . The upper plate is wider than the slit , and prevents the leather from being pressed in by the pressure of the atmosphere ; the lower plate just fits the slit , and is curved to the shape of the pipe . One edge of the leather ...
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... plates , and the inner glazing of an ornamental design in metal , filled with stained glass , bearing arms , and other heraldic insignia , in their proper colours ; but so arranged as that the ground , which I should recommend to be of ...
... plates , and the inner glazing of an ornamental design in metal , filled with stained glass , bearing arms , and other heraldic insignia , in their proper colours ; but so arranged as that the ground , which I should recommend to be of ...
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... plate batteries of zinc and iron were used instead of Daniell's constant battery , having been found more convenient for firing gunpowder , though not considered better for other purposes . - Abridged from the Times . COFFER - DAM AT ...
... plate batteries of zinc and iron were used instead of Daniell's constant battery , having been found more convenient for firing gunpowder , though not considered better for other purposes . - Abridged from the Times . COFFER - DAM AT ...
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... plate batteries were combined with the batteries made by Leary , as before mentioned ; so that one wery powerful battery , consisting of forty plates of the common sys- tem , and of eighteen cells of Daniell's constant battery , was to ...
... plate batteries were combined with the batteries made by Leary , as before mentioned ; so that one wery powerful battery , consisting of forty plates of the common sys- tem , and of eighteen cells of Daniell's constant battery , was to ...
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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,...