Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Mine Proprietors, Engineers, Shipbuilders, Scientists, Capitalists ..., Volume 5Perry Fairfax Nursey Knight and Lacey, 1826 - Industrial arts |
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... prove , or ever intend to prove ; and at the same time , by placards in the streets , and innuendos in the newspapers , he called upon our creditors not to sign our certificate till they had read his false and abusive pamphlet - a ...
... prove , or ever intend to prove ; and at the same time , by placards in the streets , and innuendos in the newspapers , he called upon our creditors not to sign our certificate till they had read his false and abusive pamphlet - a ...
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... proved , upon those principles of gravitation on which Sir I. Newton has established the system of the universe , that if the solar action upon the moon should cease , or , in other words , if the sun should be annihilated , the moon ...
... proved , upon those principles of gravitation on which Sir I. Newton has established the system of the universe , that if the solar action upon the moon should cease , or , in other words , if the sun should be annihilated , the moon ...
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... prove its great advantages . M. Jacquart is of opinion that the new invention is of great importance , and he has pointed out some im- provements in it . The inventor is M. Lebrun , and the Academy in- tends to confer a gold medal on ...
... prove its great advantages . M. Jacquart is of opinion that the new invention is of great importance , and he has pointed out some im- provements in it . The inventor is M. Lebrun , and the Academy in- tends to confer a gold medal on ...
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... proved by a so- lution of iron being invariably ren- dered black , as the holes made by iron nails become black ; and near every oak tree , which is hewn , pools of water are found of the same . colour . Good yellow deal appears to be ...
... proved by a so- lution of iron being invariably ren- dered black , as the holes made by iron nails become black ; and near every oak tree , which is hewn , pools of water are found of the same . colour . Good yellow deal appears to be ...
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... prove How sweet the words of truth breathed from the lips of love . Beattie's Minstrel . ACCOUNT OF AN INFLAMMABLE AIR IGNITER .. INVENTED BY SIR J. SENHOUSE . VOL . V. G Fig.1 D B A I INFLAMMABLE AIR IGNITER . PERPETUAL MOTION ...
... prove How sweet the words of truth breathed from the lips of love . Beattie's Minstrel . ACCOUNT OF AN INFLAMMABLE AIR IGNITER .. INVENTED BY SIR J. SENHOUSE . VOL . V. G Fig.1 D B A I INFLAMMABLE AIR IGNITER . PERPETUAL MOTION ...
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Page 21 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
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Page 363 - Dalton thinks it probable that the red light is, in these cases, absorbed by the vitreous humour, which he supposes may have a blue colour ; but...
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Page 380 - ... of the surface of the copper. She had been protected more than twelve months, and had made the voyage to Calcutta and back. She came into the river perfectly bright ; and when examined in the dry dock was found entirely free from any adhesion, and offered a beautiful and almost polished surface ; and there seemed to be no greater wear of copper than could be accounted for from mechanical causes.
Page 408 - ... by dots) is operated upon by the alternate expansion and condensation of the gas, giving motion to the rod/", and consequently to whatever machinery may be attached thereto. As the working cylinder e is of the usual construction, no further description of that part of the apparatus is necessary; and as the two vessels on one side of the cylinder are precisely similar to those on the other, a description of the receiver a, and the expansion vessel c, will apply to their counterparts...