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An historical sketch of the origin, progress, & present state, of gas-lighting - Page 16
by William Matthews - 1827
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The Repertory of patent inventions [formerly The Repertory of arts ..., Volume 3

1827 - 478 pages
...fixed a bladder, squeezed and void of air, to the pipe of the receiver. The oil and phlegm descended into the receiver, but the spirit still ascending...bladders almost as fast as a man could have blown them up with his mouth ; yet the portion of coals distilled was very inconsiderable. I kept this spirit...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 10

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...The oil and phlegm descended into the receiver, but the spirit, still ascending, blew up the bladJer. I then filled a good many bladders therewith, and...the quantity of coals distilled was inconsiderable. gently the bladder near the flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science ..., Volume 10

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 798 pages
...oil and phlegm descended into the receiver, hut the spirit, still ascending, blew up the blad.Her. I then filled a good many bladders therewith, and...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals distillq] was inconsiderable. < ' I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured...
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The Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1838 - 492 pages
...fixed a bladder, squeezed and void of air, to the pipe of the receiver. The oil and phlegm descended into the receiver ; but the spirit, still ascending,...blown them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coal distilled was inconsiderable. I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured...
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Applied Chemistry

Edward Andrew Parnell - 1844 - 220 pages
...the receiver, but the spirit still ascending blew up the bladder. I then filled a good many bladders, and might have filled an inconceivable number more...the quantity of coals distilled was inconsiderable. 1 kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavored several ways to condense it....
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Five Black Arts: A Popular Account of the History, Processes of Manufacture ...

William Turner Coggeshall - 1861 - 752 pages
...fixed a bladder, squeezed and void of air, to the pipe of the receiver. The oil and phlegm descended into the receiver, but the spirit still ascending,...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals I distilled were inconsiderable. " I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavored...
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History of the Processes of Manufacture and Uses of Printing, Gas-light ...

1864 - 494 pages
...fixed a bladder, squeezed and void of air, to the pipe of the receiver. The oil and phlegm descended into the receiver, but the spirit still ascending,...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals I distilled were inconsiderable. " I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavored...
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ..., Volume 2

William Thomas Brande - 1866 - 992 pages
...fire. He says : ' I filled a good many bladders therewith, and might have filled an incon- ' mvable number more, for the spirit continued to rise for...filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could hare blown thorn with his mouth, and yet the quantity of coals distilled was inconsiderable. I kept...
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The gas & water engineer's book of reference, Volume 104

George Bower - 1880 - 218 pages
...with violence as it issued out in a stream, which I blew out and lighted alternately several times. I then filled a good many bladders therewith, and...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals was inconsiderable." " I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several...
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The construction of gas-works, re-written and enlarged by W. Richards

Samuel Hughes (C.E.) - 1880 - 490 pages
...bladders therewith, and might have filled an inconceivable number more, for the spirit continued to riso for several hours, and filled the bladders almost...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals was inconsiderable. "I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several...
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