Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: Consisting of Original Communications, Specifications of Patent Inventions ...

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T. and G. Underwood, 1806 - Industrial arts
 

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Page 239 - Now know ye, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said John Watson, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same...
Page 165 - Now Know Ye, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Adolphe Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon...
Page 104 - Hold one end of the slip, thus prepared, between the thumb and fore-finger of each hand ; bring the middle of the piece into slight contact with the edges of the lips ; taking care to keep it straight at the time, but not to stretch it much beyond its natural length : after taking these preparatory steps, extend the slip suddenly ; and you will immediately perceive a sensation of warmth in that part of the mouth which touches it, arising from an augmentation of temperature in the Caoutchouc ; for...
Page 1 - Bramah do hereby declare, that my said invention is described and ascertained in manner following ; that is to say...
Page 105 - In his next experiment, he found that „ if one end of a slip of caoutchouc be fastened to a rod of metal or wood, and a weight be fixed to the other extremity, in order to keep it in a vertical position, the thong will be found to become shorter with heat and longer with cold „f.
Page 88 - To all to whom these presents shall come, &c.: — Now know ye, that in compliance with the said proviso. I, the said John Henry Cassell, do hereby declare that the nature of my invention, and the manner in which the same...
Page 104 - ... length : after taking these preparatory steps, extend the slip suddenly ; and you will immediately perceive a sensation of warmth in that part of the mouth which touches it, arising from an augmentation of temperature in the Caoutchouc ; for this resin evidently grows warmer the farther it is extended, and the edges of the lips possess a high degree of sensibility, which enables them to discover these changes with greater facility than other parts of' the body. The in,» crease of temperature,...
Page 87 - It may be necessary, however, to state, that in applying, my improved method of keeping the steam -vessels of steam-engines at any required temperature to the engine known by the name of Savary's, in any of its improved forms, in which a separate condenser has been introduced, I sometimes employ oil (or any other substance lighter than water, and capable of being kept fluid in the temperature employed without being converted into vapour) in the upper part of the tube or pipe attached to VOL.
Page 418 - All commodities sold by heap measure shall be duly heaped up in the form of a cone...
Page 85 - ... of bearing the requisite heat without being converted into vapour. By this arrangement and method of applying the surrounding heat, I not only obviate the necessity of employing steam of a great expansive force round the...

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