 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1847 - 668 pages
...boiler, into which a large cylindric glass bulb is plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre, that the quicksilver contained in them, may, by its...circular scale. The numbers on this scale represent per centages of absolute alcohol, so that the number opposite lo which the index stops, when the liquor... | |
 | 1847 - 654 pages
...boiler, into which a large cylindric glass bulb is plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre, that the quicksilver contained in them, may, by its...circular scale. The numbers on this scale represent per centages of absolute alcohol, so that the number opposite to which the index stops, when the liquor... | |
 | William Newton - 1847 - 526 pages
...boiler, into which a large cylindric glass bulb i» plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre, that the quicksilver contained in them may, by its...similar glass bead, that hangs in the air. The thread * Communicated by the Author. ' •, passes round a pulley, mounted on a shaft which also carries an... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1847 - 524 pages
...contained in them may, by its expansion and aseent when heated, raise before it a little glass iio.it in the stem, which is connected by a thread with a...similar glass bead, that hangs in the air. The thread * Communicated by the Author. passes round a pulley, mounted on a shaft which also carries an index... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...boiler, into which a large cylindric glass bulb is plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre, that the quicksilver contained in them, may, by its...which is connected by a thread with a similar glass head, that hangs in the air. The thread passes round a pulley, which turning with the motion of the... | |
 | Alphonse Normandy - 1850 - 688 pages
...towns, and the proceeds of which are applied to the various public wants of such town». F2 790170 that the quicksilver contained in them may, by its...motion of the beads, causes the index to move along a graduated circular scale. The numbers on this scale represent per centages of absolute alcohol, so... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1867 - 918 pages
...glass bulb is plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre that the quicksilver contained uiay, by its expansion and ascent when heated, raise before...stem, which is connected by a thread with a similar glase bead, that hangs in the air. The thread passes round a pulley, which turning with the motion... | |
 | Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy - 1875 - 554 pages
...boiler, into which a large cylindric glasa buIb is plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre that the quicksilver contained in them may, by its...motion of the beads, causes the index to move along a graduated circular scale. The numbers on this scale represent percentages of absolute alcohol, so... | |
 | 1848 - 644 pages
...boiler, into which a large cylindric glass bulb is plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre, that the quicksilver contained in them, may, by its...raise before it a little glass float in the stem, Fio. 1 . •which is connected by a thread with a similar glass bead, that hangs in the air. The thread... | |
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The instrument consists of a spirit-lamp, surmounted by a small boiler, into which a large cylindric glass bulb is plunged, having an upright stem of such calibre, that the quicksilver contained in them, may, by its expansion and ascent when heated, raise... 