Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 9Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-1859. cf. Index to v. 1-120 of the Journal, p. [415] |
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... C .-- In order to prevent cross action and derangement in the sonorous atmosphere , and in speech , and to keep extraneous sounds from the ear , a greater proportion of soft non - sonorous material must be placed on the unexposed ...
... C .-- In order to prevent cross action and derangement in the sonorous atmosphere , and in speech , and to keep extraneous sounds from the ear , a greater proportion of soft non - sonorous material must be placed on the unexposed ...
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... or .656 feet -a velocity which diminishes in proportion as this opening is itself diminished , but which , nevertheless , always exceeds that of the buckets , a condition indispensable to the proper introduction of the water .
... or .656 feet -a velocity which diminishes in proportion as this opening is itself diminished , but which , nevertheless , always exceeds that of the buckets , a condition indispensable to the proper introduction of the water .
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... we find that just in proportion as he has put on the habits of civilized life , the comforts bestowed by the useful arts attend his path , and fit him to tread it under those feelings which connects hiin most closely with the great ...
... we find that just in proportion as he has put on the habits of civilized life , the comforts bestowed by the useful arts attend his path , and fit him to tread it under those feelings which connects hiin most closely with the great ...
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“ What I claim as new , is the effecting of such reduction , ( the reduction of the ore into malleable iron , ) by mixing , in due proportion , the ores known as oxides , and as carburets of iron , ( without the necessary admixture of ...
“ What I claim as new , is the effecting of such reduction , ( the reduction of the ore into malleable iron , ) by mixing , in due proportion , the ores known as oxides , and as carburets of iron , ( without the necessary admixture of ...
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I , add from one to twenty - five per cent . of protoxide of lead , or of any other oxide , and you will obtain a substance more , or less , inflammable , according to the proportion of oxide which may have been used and fused together ...
I , add from one to twenty - five per cent . of protoxide of lead , or of any other oxide , and you will obtain a substance more , or less , inflammable , according to the proportion of oxide which may have been used and fused together ...
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Page 258 - Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is (d).
Page 43 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Page 153 - Committee appointed to inquire into the merits of the atmospheric system of railway have examined the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report. Your Committee have given their best attention to this interesting subject.
Page 105 - ... constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.
Page 305 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 371 - I claim the manner in which the bricks are received, compressed, and delivered ; but what I do claim as my invention, and which I desire to secure by letters patent, is the...
Page 266 - The Committee on Science and the Arts constituted by the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, for the promotion of the Mechanic Arts, to whom was referred for examination a Solar Compass, invented by WM.
Page 177 - ... with the solid portion of the coal. From the chemical changes which take place in the combination of the hydrogen with oxygen, the bulk of the products is found to be to the bulk of the atmospheric air required to furnish the oxygen, as 10 is to 11.
Page 99 - Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is...