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Page 98 - QUANTITIES AND MEASUREMENTS, How to Calculate and Take them in Bricklayers', Masons', Plasterers*, Plumbers', Painters', Paperhangers', Gilders', Smiths', .Carpenters', and Joiners
Page 151 - FELKIN, HM— Technical Education in a Saxon Town. Published for the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education.
Page 64 - Roses and lilies her cheeks disclose, But her ripe lips are more sweet than those, Press her, Caress her With blisses, Her kisses Dissolve us in pleasure, and soft repose.
Page 181 - Add about sixty drops, or a drachm, of weak sulphuric acid ; stir with a clean slip of window glass ; now pour in enough of a weak solution of permanganate of potash to render the water a rich rose colour ; cover the cup with a clean glass plate. Now, if there be much organic matter in the water, the colour will go in a few minutes, and more permanganate may be added ON DRAINAGE.
Page 179 - Inorganic Substances. — Of these the most important at present before the public is the spongy iron. This is a very powerful filtering substance .... The action of spongy iron is slow but complete ; about twenty-two minutes is the time of exposure, and this is usually sufficient to purify all but very impure waters. The water filtered shows no tendency to favour the growth of low forms of life, and may be stored with impunity.
Page 137 - SUSPENDED ANIMATION. — The nitrite of amyl being a powerful agent in quickening the heartbeat, a few drops of this drug have a powerful influence in restoring the functions of the heart in cases of drowning, hanging, or fainting. It is suggested, therefore, that it should always be used whenever attempts are being made to restore to life an individual apparently dead, or when it is desirable to settle the question whether a person is really dead or not. The dreadful thought of...
Page 230 - ... paper and will tear instead of cutting it. If the knife has not been properly sharpened, or has a burr upon its edge, it will be certain to cause ridges on the paper. The top edge being cut, the book is taken out of the press and the tail is cut. A mark is made on the top of the hind or back board just double the size of the square, and the board is lowered until the mark is on a level with the cut top. The book is again put into the press, with the back towards the workman, until the board is...
Page 179 - These are powerful filters at first, but they are apt to clog and require frequent scraping, especially with impure waters. Water filtered through them and stored shows signs of the formation of low forms of life, but in a less degree than with the loose charcoal.
Page 293 - Clocks, Watches, and Bells. RUDIMENTARY TREATISE on CLOCKS, and WATCHES, and BELLS. By Sir EDMUND BECKETT, Bart, (late EB Denison), LL.D., QC, FRAS Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Limp cloth (No. 67, Weale's Series), 4^. 6d.; cloth bds. 5.?. 6</. " As a popular and practical treatise it is unapproached.
Page 230 - When it is quite square, the press is screwed up tightly and evenly. Each end should be screwed up to exactly the same tightness ; if one end is loose, the paper will be jagged or torn instead of being cut cleanly. The book is cut by drawing the plough gently to and fro ; each time it is brought towards the workman, a slight amount of turn is given to the screw of the plough. If too much turn is given to the screw, the knife will bite too deeply into the paper and will tear instead of cutting it....