English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the Mechanic", "Scientific Opinion," and the "British and Foreign Mechanic.", Volume 53E. J. Kibblewhite, 1891 - Industrial arts |
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... letter previously inserted , will oblige by panied by a useful appendix , containing a list of mentioning the number of the Letter , as well as the page on those hardy herbaceous annual and perennial plants , trees , and shrubs which ...
... letter previously inserted , will oblige by panied by a useful appendix , containing a list of mentioning the number of the Letter , as well as the page on those hardy herbaceous annual and perennial plants , trees , and shrubs which ...
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... letter 32054 , asks for some di- mensions of the geared drill - spindle shown on p . 241. " An Old Correspondent , " in letter 32081 , has replied , so it is unnecessary for me to disclaim the authorship of that article . The scale ...
... letter 32054 , asks for some di- mensions of the geared drill - spindle shown on p . 241. " An Old Correspondent , " in letter 32081 , has replied , so it is unnecessary for me to disclaim the authorship of that article . The scale ...
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... letter . As to his reply letter on p . 508 , but for this consideration . If we to my first query regarding the scale of his draw - rubbed a card down the teeth of a saw we should ing , I am just where I was . It may be very stupid ...
... letter . As to his reply letter on p . 508 , but for this consideration . If we to my first query regarding the scale of his draw - rubbed a card down the teeth of a saw we should ing , I am just where I was . It may be very stupid ...
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... ( letter 32083 ) somewhat misrepresents me ; unintentionally , no doubt . I said quantity of light from moon affected the eye- not intensity . The light from a fixed star is far more intense than the light of moon , but is far less in ...
... ( letter 32083 ) somewhat misrepresents me ; unintentionally , no doubt . I said quantity of light from moon affected the eye- not intensity . The light from a fixed star is far more intense than the light of moon , but is far less in ...
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... ( letter 31961 ) is a very ingenious and interesting one . If he has found time to examine the notes yielded by each lug , and those which the resonators connected with them are fitted to reinforce , it would be , no doubt , very ...
... ( letter 31961 ) is a very ingenious and interesting one . If he has found time to examine the notes yielded by each lug , and those which the resonators connected with them are fitted to reinforce , it would be , no doubt , very ...
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Page 61 - In this way a wash is made which forms a silicate if often wetted, and becomes, after a time, almost like stone. The four constituents mixed together, give the ground color, to which any pigment that can be used with lime is added. It is applied quite thickly to the wall, or other surface, let dry one day, and the next day frequently covered with water, which makes it waterproof. This wash can be...
Page 55 - The total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.
Page 155 - For any discovery, invention, or newly-devised method for obviating or materially diminishing any risk to life, limb, or health, incidental to any industrial occupation, and not previously capable of being so obviated or diminished by any known and practically available means.
Page 94 - He proposes to raise a vessel by means of metal balls, strong enough, when exhausted, to resist the pressure of the external air, but at the same time so thin as, in the same circumstances, to be lighter than their bulk of air.
Page 47 - On the motion of the President, the thanks of the Society were given to Dr.
Page 143 - To save silver, the ware can be first covered with a layer of tin ; 1 part cream of tartar is dissolved in 8 of boiling water, and one or more tin anodes are joined with the carbon pole of a Bunsen element. The zinc pole communicates with a well-cleaned piece of copper, and the battery is made to act till enough tin is deposited on the copper, when this is taken out and the ironware is put into its place. The ware thus covered with tin chemically pure and silvered, is much cheaper than any other...
Page 46 - Office 8 inch gauge is by some regarded as the best gauge for ordinary observers to whom cost is not a primary object, as it has all the good features of the Glaisher and of the Snowdon patterns, and, being of copper, is very durable. In mountainous districts, where the rainfall is heavy, and the gauges can be examined only periodically, gauges capable of holding 40 or 60 inches of rain must be used.
Page 103 - Edison's patent claimed, first, ' in an instrument for transmitting electric impulses by sound, a diaphragm or tympan of mica, substantially as set forth ; ' secondly, 'in an instrument for transmitting electric impulses by sound, the combination with a diaphragm or tympan of electric tension, regulators substantially as hereinbefore described, for varying the resistance in a closed circuit, substantially as set forth ; ' and, thirdly, he claimed the 'phonograph.
Page 103 - The transposition was made on an insulator for that purpose, first on one side of the line, and then on the other.
Page 22 - No packing is used to prevent upward leakage. All water which passes the screw when the tap is open enters the annular space E, and is drawn off into the bib through the eduction tube F, in which a current is induced by the velocity of the water...