On the construction of fire-engines and apparatus1830 |
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Page 4
... nearly for the price of one large one ; so that , if one happens to be rendered unserviceable , the other may still be available . I do not approve of small engines for the ser- vice of large towns . Much indeed has been said about the ...
... nearly for the price of one large one ; so that , if one happens to be rendered unserviceable , the other may still be available . I do not approve of small engines for the ser- vice of large towns . Much indeed has been said about the ...
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... nearly the same height as that thrown by the larger engines ; but the quantity of water at the same rate of working , is 32 gallons per minute , in- stead of 41. This size of engine requires 8 men to work the pumps . The whole of the ...
... nearly the same height as that thrown by the larger engines ; but the quantity of water at the same rate of working , is 32 gallons per minute , in- stead of 41. This size of engine requires 8 men to work the pumps . The whole of the ...
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... nearly perfect , in so far as re- gards situation . These advantages being all attain- ed , the engine can be conveyed to any particular spot by a comparatively small number of men , while the vicinity of a police watch - house affords ...
... nearly perfect , in so far as re- gards situation . These advantages being all attain- ed , the engine can be conveyed to any particular spot by a comparatively small number of men , while the vicinity of a police watch - house affords ...
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... nearly the whole hide has been cut up and made into hose , without any selection whatever . The ef- fect of this is very prejudicial . The loose parts of the hide soon stretch and weaken , and while , by stretching , the diameter of the ...
... nearly the whole hide has been cut up and made into hose , without any selection whatever . The ef- fect of this is very prejudicial . The loose parts of the hide soon stretch and weaken , and while , by stretching , the diameter of the ...
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... nearly uniform . It will be seen also , that , as the cording projects above the leather , this latter can never be injured by falls or rubbing on the ground . The slipping of the outer turns of the cord is easily prevented , by a few ...
... nearly uniform . It will be seen also , that , as the cording projects above the leather , this latter can never be injured by falls or rubbing on the ground . The slipping of the outer turns of the cord is easily prevented , by a few ...
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Page 5 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 155 - FROM all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise, Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land by every tongue. 2 Eternal are thy mercies. Lord, Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 147 - For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Page 84 - ... for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre...
Page 44 - The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Page x - O SING unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Page 141 - But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Page xxi - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Bab-y-lon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 140 - The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth : the leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all : the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Page viii - Now go, write it before them in a table, And note it in a book, That it may be for the time to come For ever and ever...