Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 9Pergamon Press, 1845 Vols. 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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... observed . We allude to the rapid generation of steam of enormous tension , when water is suddenly brought into contact with a part of the boiler unduly heated . The agency of this cause is now so well understood , and its circumstances ...
... observed . We allude to the rapid generation of steam of enormous tension , when water is suddenly brought into contact with a part of the boiler unduly heated . The agency of this cause is now so well understood , and its circumstances ...
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... observed to be open ; both valves were blowing off gently when the engine left . 9. No : except by passing slowly up the Main street of Reading ; say four , or five , miles per hour for one - fourth mile ; answered by No. 8 . 10 ...
... observed to be open ; both valves were blowing off gently when the engine left . 9. No : except by passing slowly up the Main street of Reading ; say four , or five , miles per hour for one - fourth mile ; answered by No. 8 . 10 ...
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... observe it is stated that I , having been invited to witness the performance of a boat fitted up at the Disk Engine Works , on Captain Carpenter's principle , was so struck with the superiority of the plan , as to recommend its adoption ...
... observe it is stated that I , having been invited to witness the performance of a boat fitted up at the Disk Engine Works , on Captain Carpenter's principle , was so struck with the superiority of the plan , as to recommend its adoption ...
Page 80
... observed , that the subject was of considerable importance , inasmuch as the system adopted for laying down the gradients of new lines was of necessity regulated chiefly by the opinion of the engineer on the question of resistance . How ...
... observed , that the subject was of considerable importance , inasmuch as the system adopted for laying down the gradients of new lines was of necessity regulated chiefly by the opinion of the engineer on the question of resistance . How ...
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... observations is to be made ac- cording to every method , in order to obtain a tolerably sure average value , and to find the variation of every experiment from the mean . All the results of weighings are to be reduced according to the ...
... observations is to be made ac- cording to every method , in order to obtain a tolerably sure average value , and to find the variation of every experiment from the mean . All the results of weighings are to be reduced according to the ...
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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...