The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... prepared by the Surveyor of the Navy . She is considered by compe- tent judges to be superior in point of beauty , buoyancy , and strength , to any other description of steam vessel ever produced in this country . She is built only with ...
... prepared by the Surveyor of the Navy . She is considered by compe- tent judges to be superior in point of beauty , buoyancy , and strength , to any other description of steam vessel ever produced in this country . She is built only with ...
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... prepared by Payne's process , that of exhausting the pores of the wood , and injecting , under great pressure , metallic solution , and afterwards lime , which semi - petrifies the wood , rendering it indestructible by damp , & c . It ...
... prepared by Payne's process , that of exhausting the pores of the wood , and injecting , under great pressure , metallic solution , and afterwards lime , which semi - petrifies the wood , rendering it indestructible by damp , & c . It ...
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... prepared for the several mines at Dover was contained in bags , placed in a large box , the former ex- pedient having first been adopted in the practice of the Royal Engi- neers at Chatham ; but we never used box and bags also , which I ...
... prepared for the several mines at Dover was contained in bags , placed in a large box , the former ex- pedient having first been adopted in the practice of the Royal Engi- neers at Chatham ; but we never used box and bags also , which I ...
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... preparation as for plaster of Paris , being deprived of its water of crystallization by baking . It is then steeped in a saturated solution of alum ; and this compound , when recalcined and reduced to a powder , is in a fit state for ...
... preparation as for plaster of Paris , being deprived of its water of crystallization by baking . It is then steeped in a saturated solution of alum ; and this compound , when recalcined and reduced to a powder , is in a fit state for ...
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... prepared by Mr. Roe for her Majesty's dockyard , upon the principle denominated by him as his Anti - friction Pump , pro- mises to be of great power and utility , and is very simple , which in all things of this class is a great merit ...
... prepared by Mr. Roe for her Majesty's dockyard , upon the principle denominated by him as his Anti - friction Pump , pro- mises to be of great power and utility , and is very simple , which in all things of this class is a great merit ...
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