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... material , and better processes of manufacture on the part of the armor - plate makers . The new gunpowder of Capt . Schultze , made from wood , by a process similar to that of making gun - cotton , bids fair to rival the old explosive ...
... material , and better processes of manufacture on the part of the armor - plate makers . The new gunpowder of Capt . Schultze , made from wood , by a process similar to that of making gun - cotton , bids fair to rival the old explosive ...
Pagina 30
... material met with in the process of excavation has been stiff blue clay throughout , so that the antici- pations of the contractors have , in this respect , been fulfilled . The crib , since it was sunk and loaded , has been thoroughly ...
... material met with in the process of excavation has been stiff blue clay throughout , so that the antici- pations of the contractors have , in this respect , been fulfilled . The crib , since it was sunk and loaded , has been thoroughly ...
Pagina 31
... material , and for supplying motive power to the machinery by which the excavation is effected . On the other hand , Mr. George Remington is of opinion that a tunnel on the site proposed by Mr. Hawkshaw is impracticable , on account of ...
... material , and for supplying motive power to the machinery by which the excavation is effected . On the other hand , Mr. George Remington is of opinion that a tunnel on the site proposed by Mr. Hawkshaw is impracticable , on account of ...
Pagina 47
... material to be broken , being fed into the tub through the hopper , drops until its lowest point receives a shivering blow from the upper edge of the rapidly - revolving blocks , by which it is constantly thrown upward and outward ...
... material to be broken , being fed into the tub through the hopper , drops until its lowest point receives a shivering blow from the upper edge of the rapidly - revolving blocks , by which it is constantly thrown upward and outward ...
Pagina 48
... material to be pulverized . The second element is an iron drum or cylinder , containing an air - wheel , which converts the sand or gravel into dust by the action of rotary currents of air , created by the wheel . No air enters or ...
... material to be pulverized . The second element is an iron drum or cylinder , containing an air - wheel , which converts the sand or gravel into dust by the action of rotary currents of air , created by the wheel . No air enters or ...
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Pagina 261 - a special mineralization producing a bituminous matter instead of coal or lignite. This operation is not attributable to heat, nor of the nature of a distillation, but is due to chemical reactions at the ordinary temperature, and under the normal conditions of climate.
Pagina 303 - When the ether spray thus produced is directed upon the outer skin, the skin is rendered insensible within a minute; but the effects do not end here. So soon as the skin is divided, the ether begins to exert on the nervous filaments the double action of cold and of etherization : so that the narcotism can be extended deeply to any desired extent. Pure rectified ether used in this manner is entirely negative ; it causes no irritation, and may be applied to a deep wound, as I shall show, without any...