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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... surface was marked by the indentations made by the grate - bars when driven down upon it . The foot - board was also much torn by the violence with which it had been driven downwards . The rails of the track , upon which the engine was ...
... surface was marked by the indentations made by the grate - bars when driven down upon it . The foot - board was also much torn by the violence with which it had been driven downwards . The rails of the track , upon which the engine was ...
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... surface of the crown - plate , and a condition of things existing exactly such as to give rise to a terrible and inevitable explosion . * This view of the case seems , in the opinion of your committee , to be pointed out by all the ...
... surface of the crown - plate , and a condition of things existing exactly such as to give rise to a terrible and inevitable explosion . * This view of the case seems , in the opinion of your committee , to be pointed out by all the ...
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... surface existed wholly unsupported by stays , which elsewhere strengthened the chimney . If stays had been provided at this point it would have been necessary to attach thein from the remote end of the boiler . The rent sheet , which ...
... surface existed wholly unsupported by stays , which elsewhere strengthened the chimney . If stays had been provided at this point it would have been necessary to attach thein from the remote end of the boiler . The rent sheet , which ...
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... surface by blowers , is lamentably frequent on our waters , and unless a system of more frequent and careful examination could be instituted and enforced by penalties rigorously exacted , than the present law of inspection relating to ...
... surface by blowers , is lamentably frequent on our waters , and unless a system of more frequent and careful examination could be instituted and enforced by penalties rigorously exacted , than the present law of inspection relating to ...
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... surface , who shall say that our lines have not been cast in pleasant places , and that we have not a fruitful land to dwell in ? Our fathers have not left themselves without witnesses , that they understood and valued all these good ...
... surface , who shall say that our lines have not been cast in pleasant places , and that we have not a fruitful land to dwell in ? Our fathers have not left themselves without witnesses , that they understood and valued all these good ...
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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...