 A cubical box of strong tin or zinc, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives at an inch below its edge a funnel, sloping to a small hole in the centre. On one of the lateral edges of the box, close to the top of the cavity, is soldered a short...  What to Observe: Or, The Traveller's Remembrancer - Page 472by Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 577 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1834 - 564 pages
...simplest construction. A cubical box of strong tin, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives, at an inch below its edge, a funnel sloping to a small...a short pipe, in which a cork is fitted. The whole is well painted. This is the gauge. The water which enters it is poured through the short tube into... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1834 - 562 pages
...simplest construction. A cubical box of strong tin, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives, at an inch below its edge, a funnel sloping to a small...a short pipe, in which a cork is fitted. The whole is well painted. This is the gauge. The water which enters it is poured through the short tube into... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1839 - 94 pages
...construction. A cubical box of strong tin or zinc, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives at an inch below its edge a funnel, sloping to a small...should be well painted. The water which enters this gauge is poured through the short tube into a cylindrical glass vessel, graduated to cubic inches and... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1840 - 164 pages
...construction. A cubical box of strong tin or zinc, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives at an inch below its edge a funnel, sloping to a small...should be well painted. The water which enters this gauge is poured through the short tube into a cylindrical glass vessel, graduated to cubic inches and... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain). Committee of Physics and Meteorology - 1840 - 156 pages
...construction. A cubical box of strong tin or zinc, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives at an inch below its edge a funnel, sloping to a small...should be well painted. The water which enters this gauge is poured through the short tube into a cylindrical glass vessel, graduated to cubic inches and... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1851 - 572 pages
...side, open above, receives at an inch below its edge a square funnel, sloping to a small central hole. On one of the lateral edges of the box, close to the...cavity, is soldered a short pipe, in which a cork is loosely fitted ; the whole should be well painted. The water which enters the reservoir through the... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 728 pages
...construction. A cubical box of strong tin or zinc, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives at on inch below its edge a funnel, sloping to a small hole...of the cavity, is soldered a short pipe, in which a eofk is fitted. The whole should be well painted. The water which. enters this gauge is poured through... | |
 | Thomas Antisell - 1852 - 728 pages
...strong tin or zinc, exactly 10 inches by the side, open above, receives at an inch below it» cage a funnel, sloping to a small hole in the centre. On one of the lateral edire* of the boXj close to the top of the cavity, is soldereu a short pipe, in which n cork is fitted.... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1867 - 1090 pages
...construction. A cubical box of strong tin or zinc, exactly ten inches by the side, open above, receives at an inch below its edge a funnel, sloping to a small...should be well painted. The water which enters this gauge is poured through the short tube into a cylindrical glass vessel, graduated to cubic inches and... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1867 - 1090 pages
...construction. A cubical box of strong tin or zinc, exactly ten inches by the side, open above, receives at an inch below its edge a funnel, sloping to a small...pipe, in which ' a cork is fitted. The whole should bo well painted. The water which enters this gauge is poured through the short tube into a cylindrical... | |
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