American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... means fixed in a vice . a The first operation of polishing is made by rubbing the work with rotten- stone upon a small straight bar of pew- ter . Some delicacy is here required , to avoid scratching or producing flaws in the enamel by ...
... means fixed in a vice . a The first operation of polishing is made by rubbing the work with rotten- stone upon a small straight bar of pew- ter . Some delicacy is here required , to avoid scratching or producing flaws in the enamel by ...
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... means of leathers , applied as described in the beer- engine ; at E , fig . 4 , a partition , called a saddle , is fixed in the cylinder , and fits against the back of the spindle tight by a leather . We have now a cylinder divided by ...
... means of leathers , applied as described in the beer- engine ; at E , fig . 4 , a partition , called a saddle , is fixed in the cylinder , and fits against the back of the spindle tight by a leather . We have now a cylinder divided by ...
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... means , though the rods , ff , are confined by their guides to move truly vertical , the crank rods , e e , can partake of the irregular motion of the crank . The pump rods of the pumps are screwed to the rods , ƒ ƒ , by two nuts , and ...
... means , though the rods , ff , are confined by their guides to move truly vertical , the crank rods , e e , can partake of the irregular motion of the crank . The pump rods of the pumps are screwed to the rods , ƒ ƒ , by two nuts , and ...
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... means it delivers its water without the posibility of the external air introducing itself ; so that it constitutes a Torricellian column , or water barometer , and renders the whole column from A to S effectual , as we shall see in our ...
... means it delivers its water without the posibility of the external air introducing itself ; so that it constitutes a Torricellian column , or water barometer , and renders the whole column from A to S effectual , as we shall see in our ...
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... means of ink on soft white cloth , or similar ma- terials . Albert Durer , born in 1470 , and who died at Nuremberg , 1528 , is said to have been the first person on record claim- ing the name of an engraver in the long list of ...
... means of ink on soft white cloth , or similar ma- terials . Albert Durer , born in 1470 , and who died at Nuremberg , 1528 , is said to have been the first person on record claim- ing the name of an engraver in the long list of ...
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