Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Mine Proprietors, Engineers, Shipbuilders, Scientists, Capitalists ..., Volume 56

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Perry Fairfax Nursey
Knight and Lacey, 1852 - Industrial arts
 

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Page 418 - Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is (d).
Page 335 - And having now described the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what I claim is...
Page 307 - India : he says it was thrown from the bottom of a machine called a petrary, and that it came forward as large as a barrel of verjuice, with a tail of fire issuing from it as big as a great sword, making a noise in its passage like thunder, and seeming like a dragon flying through the air; and from the great quantity of fire it threw out, giving such a light, that one might see in the camp as if it had been day.
Page 294 - ... to turn, bore, and shape with a degree of certainty almost amounting to mathematical precision. The mechanical operations of the present day could not have been accomplished at any cost thirty years ago, and what was considered impossible at that time is now performed with a degree of intelligence and exactitude that never fail to accomplish the end in view...
Page 210 - Who having large capital, or the success of the undertaking in his hands, and being open to the temptations of embezzlement, or to large bribes on the betrayal of his trust, you •would perhaps think it right should be well paid to diminish those temptations ? A.
Page 369 - ... remarkable degree. Statements were made to us, which have since been corroborated, that it would keep perfectly well without change under disadvantageous circumstances. Colonel Sumner, an officer in the United States dragoons, who had seen it .used during field operations, says he is sure he could live upon it for months and retain his health and strength. The inventor, he says, names five ounces a day as the quantity for the support of a man; but he (Colonel Sumner) could not use more than four...
Page 493 - ... leaves of the springs being placed downwards, and surmounted 'by the shorter leaves. Having thus connected two pairs of wheels together, I unite them into a four-wheel bearing carriage, by means of their axles, and a bolster of the proper length extending across, between the two pairs of wheels, from the centre of one spring to that of the other, and securely fastened to the tops of them. ' This bolster must be of sufficient strength to bear a load upon its centre of four or five tons.
Page 295 - Kingdom from overseas (except entry from within the common travel area formed by the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland...
Page 493 - I construct two bearing carriages, each with four wheels, which are to sustain the body of the passenger or other car by placing one of them at or near each end of it, in a way to be presently described. The two wheels on either side of these carriages are to be placed very near to each other ; the spaces between their flanches need be no greater than is necessary to prevent their contact with each other.
Page 496 - Office, together with the descriptions, specifications of claim, and drawings annexed or belonging to the same; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to cause the same, or any authenticated copy of the original record, specification, or drawing which he may obtain, to be transcribed...

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