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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Page 79
... wooden keys , for here the wood being comparatively soft and soon affected by abrasion , also the hold of the key on the rail being subject to great variation and shrinking of the wood in wet and dry weather , the joint chairs become ...
... wooden keys , for here the wood being comparatively soft and soon affected by abrasion , also the hold of the key on the rail being subject to great variation and shrinking of the wood in wet and dry weather , the joint chairs become ...
Page 83
... Wood Tapering ; Wyllys Avery , Salisbury , New York , June 5 . We have here a modification of that mode of turning in which the wood to be turned is passed through a hollow mandrel , to which are attached the cutters . In this machine ...
... Wood Tapering ; Wyllys Avery , Salisbury , New York , June 5 . We have here a modification of that mode of turning in which the wood to be turned is passed through a hollow mandrel , to which are attached the cutters . In this machine ...
Page 84
... wood , slides in an aperture in the mandrel , and is caused to approach to , or recede from , the centre by a wedge attached to a plate , or collar , that slides on the mandrel ; the said plate being em- braced by a groove in an arm of ...
... wood , slides in an aperture in the mandrel , and is caused to approach to , or recede from , the centre by a wedge attached to a plate , or collar , that slides on the mandrel ; the said plate being em- braced by a groove in an arm of ...
Page 90
... Wood , & c .; Charles F. Spicker , New York , June 24 . Claim . " What I claim as my invention , is the method of harden- ing and coloring wood by diffusing tannin , or tannic acid , together with vegetable colors , throughout the whole ...
... Wood , & c .; Charles F. Spicker , New York , June 24 . Claim . " What I claim as my invention , is the method of harden- ing and coloring wood by diffusing tannin , or tannic acid , together with vegetable colors , throughout the whole ...
Page 117
... wood in crackling should throw small sparks of charcoal into it ; and thirdly , it serves to agitate the melted matter and assist the disengage- ment of bubbles . Nitrate of Potassa . - Saltpetre , or nitrate of potassa , is employed in ...
... wood in crackling should throw small sparks of charcoal into it ; and thirdly , it serves to agitate the melted matter and assist the disengage- ment of bubbles . Nitrate of Potassa . - Saltpetre , or nitrate of potassa , is employed in ...
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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 92 - What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure...
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...