The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical Illustrations of the Machinery and Processes Employed in Every Description of Manufacuture of the British Empire, Volume 2Kelly, 1836 - Industrial arts |
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... turpentine . When any other colour than black is desired , the proper colour must be mixed with the varnish , and the whole spread on , particular care being taken that it be laid on evenly . The above is the method of japanning said to ...
... turpentine . When any other colour than black is desired , the proper colour must be mixed with the varnish , and the whole spread on , particular care being taken that it be laid on evenly . The above is the method of japanning said to ...
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... turpentine , and then mixed with the var- nish . It should be spread over the work very carefully and even with a camel- hair brush . As metals never require the priming of size and whiting , the japan ground may be applied immediately ...
... turpentine , and then mixed with the var- nish . It should be spread over the work very carefully and even with a camel- hair brush . As metals never require the priming of size and whiting , the japan ground may be applied immediately ...
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... turpentine , on the places intended to imitate the more transparent parts of the tortoise- shell . When the vermilion is dry , brush the whole over with black varnish , tempered to a due consistence with the oil of turpentine . When set ...
... turpentine , on the places intended to imitate the more transparent parts of the tortoise- shell . When the vermilion is dry , brush the whole over with black varnish , tempered to a due consistence with the oil of turpentine . When set ...
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... turpentine , & c . The burners he employed consisted of short pieces of bugle heads ; some of these he inserted in pieces of talc , and found them to form a very convenient floating light when placed upon the surface of a portion of oil ...
... turpentine , & c . The burners he employed consisted of short pieces of bugle heads ; some of these he inserted in pieces of talc , and found them to form a very convenient floating light when placed upon the surface of a portion of oil ...
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... turpentine , or other resinous substance , a small quantity of melted tin having been also pre- viously put on the said bed of hurds , rags , or tow , prepared or impregnated as aforesaid with turpentine , or other resinous material ...
... turpentine , or other resinous substance , a small quantity of melted tin having been also pre- viously put on the said bed of hurds , rags , or tow , prepared or impregnated as aforesaid with turpentine , or other resinous material ...
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Page 120 - These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 266 - ... Provided also that any declaration before mentioned shall not extend to any letters patent and grants of privilege for the term of fourteen years or under, hereafter to be made, of the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within this realm to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters patent and grants shall not use...
Page 266 - Grants shall not use, so as also they be not contrary to the Law, nor mischievous to the State, by raising Prices of Commodities at home, or Hurt of Trade, or generally inconvenient...
Page 692 - I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three-quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the broken end, as also the touch-hole, and making a constant fire under it; within twentyfour hours it burst, and made a great crack...
Page 267 - Royal letters patent unto the petitioner, his executors, administrators, and assigns, for his said invention within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, [Colonies to be mentioned, if any,~\ for the term of fourteen years, according to the Statute in that case made and provided...
Page 692 - So that, having a way to make my vessels so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high.
Page 270 - Irish patent, certified by his fiat and signature, a disclaimer of any part of either the title of the invention or of the specification, stating the reason for such disclaimer, or may, with such leave as aforesaid, enter a memorandum of any alteration in the said title or specification, not being such disclaimer or such alteration as shall extend the exclusive right granted by the said letters patent...
Page 103 - ... the stranger cannot stop from running out; and besides, though none should be within hearing, yet it catcheth his hand, as a trap doth a fox; and though far from maiming him, yet, it leaveth such a mark behind it, as will discover him if suspected ; the escutcheon or lock plainly shewing what money he hath taken out of the box to a farthing, and how many times opened since the owner had been in it.
Page 521 - The train consisted of 18 waggons, containing 135 bags and bales of American cotton, 200 barrels of flour, 63 sacks of oatmeal, and 34 sacks of malt, weighing altogether 51 tons 11 cwt. 1 qr.
Page 692 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...