The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... receiver . Hence it will sometimes indicate that all the per- manent air is exhausted from the re- ceiver , except about 100 part , when the other guages do not shew a de- gree of exhaustion of more than two hundred times , and ...
... receiver . Hence it will sometimes indicate that all the per- manent air is exhausted from the re- ceiver , except about 100 part , when the other guages do not shew a de- gree of exhaustion of more than two hundred times , and ...
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... receiver upon the pump - plate ; and having exhausted the receiver of air , push down the wire ( through the collar of leathers in the neck ) upon the slider ; which will dis- engage it from the pins , and allow the vanes to turn round ...
... receiver upon the pump - plate ; and having exhausted the receiver of air , push down the wire ( through the collar of leathers in the neck ) upon the slider ; which will dis- engage it from the pins , and allow the vanes to turn round ...
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... receiver . If the receiver holds a gallon , the candle will burn a minute ; and then , having gradu- ally decayed from the first instant , it will go out ; which shows , that a constant supply of fresh air is as necessary to feed flame ...
... receiver . If the receiver holds a gallon , the candle will burn a minute ; and then , having gradu- ally decayed from the first instant , it will go out ; which shows , that a constant supply of fresh air is as necessary to feed flame ...
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