The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1852 |
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Page 7
... carbonic acid , and other gases of extinction , had been driven into the waste in those 20 hours . The whole area of the waste ( 26 acres ) was about 10,335,600 cubic feet ; yet half the coal had been left unworked in pillars , several ...
... carbonic acid , and other gases of extinction , had been driven into the waste in those 20 hours . The whole area of the waste ( 26 acres ) was about 10,335,600 cubic feet ; yet half the coal had been left unworked in pillars , several ...
Page 10
... carbonic acid gas is liberated , the elastic force of which produces a splitting of the fibre of the flax , converting it into a material which could scarcely be dis- tinguished from the finest American cotton . The bleaching agent ...
... carbonic acid gas is liberated , the elastic force of which produces a splitting of the fibre of the flax , converting it into a material which could scarcely be dis- tinguished from the finest American cotton . The bleaching agent ...
Page 23
... these curves , received its spiral action from a nut fixed in the centre of a revolving disc , which communicated motion to a screw ; carbonic paper being used for obtaining an impression of the MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 23.
... these curves , received its spiral action from a nut fixed in the centre of a revolving disc , which communicated motion to a screw ; carbonic paper being used for obtaining an impression of the MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 23.
Page 24
carbonic paper being used for obtaining an impression of the path of the disc . GALVANIC PRINTING - PRESS . MR . FOREMAN , printer , New Boston , Illinois , has patented a Printing - press , which is moved and regulated by galvanic ...
carbonic paper being used for obtaining an impression of the path of the disc . GALVANIC PRINTING - PRESS . MR . FOREMAN , printer , New Boston , Illinois , has patented a Printing - press , which is moved and regulated by galvanic ...
Page 126
... carbonic acid is disengaged , contrary to an old opinion , but now for some years correctly understood . With glass of different colours , the effect was greatest with colourless glass , and diminished in the order , red , green , blue ...
... carbonic acid is disengaged , contrary to an old opinion , but now for some years correctly understood . With glass of different colours , the effect was greatest with colourless glass , and diminished in the order , red , green , blue ...
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