Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 32Knight & Lacey, 1840 |
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... applied to , 676 Oxides , of lead and antimony , Pattison and Losh's patent , 51 white , of arsenic , obtained in Corn- wall , 114 Oxley's , ( Mr. Thomas , ) claim to invention of photogenic drawing , 75 ; plan of reefing ... . paddle ...
... applied to , 676 Oxides , of lead and antimony , Pattison and Losh's patent , 51 white , of arsenic , obtained in Corn- wall , 114 Oxley's , ( Mr. Thomas , ) claim to invention of photogenic drawing , 75 ; plan of reefing ... . paddle ...
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... applied , dough or putty will answer ; even butter may be used if nothing else can be promptly got . When the instrument is rendered air- tight , the operator can exhaust the foul air from the lungs while pressure is made on the chest ...
... applied , dough or putty will answer ; even butter may be used if nothing else can be promptly got . When the instrument is rendered air- tight , the operator can exhaust the foul air from the lungs while pressure is made on the chest ...
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... applied by Messrs . Busk and Keene to three steam - vessels , which were sent to Bordeaux , to navigate the river Garonne , and the ad- jacent coasts . The fresh water was , and is worked over and over again with a very small loss , and ...
... applied by Messrs . Busk and Keene to three steam - vessels , which were sent to Bordeaux , to navigate the river Garonne , and the ad- jacent coasts . The fresh water was , and is worked over and over again with a very small loss , and ...
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... applied in the direction of the fibres . The specimens broke by sliding off in a given angle , dependent on the nature of the ma- terial , as the writer had found to be the case in cast iron and other bodies , showing that the strength ...
... applied in the direction of the fibres . The specimens broke by sliding off in a given angle , dependent on the nature of the ma- terial , as the writer had found to be the case in cast iron and other bodies , showing that the strength ...
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... applied until the whole of the ore has been reduced to the state of chloride of lead . The sulphuretted hydrogen evolved in this process , when sulphuret of lead is operated upon , is to be conveyed from the vessel by a pipe or other ...
... applied until the whole of the ore has been reduced to the state of chloride of lead . The sulphuretted hydrogen evolved in this process , when sulphuret of lead is operated upon , is to be conveyed from the vessel by a pipe or other ...
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