The Patent journal, and inventors' magazine, ed. by C. Barlow and P. Le Capelain, Volume 3Charles Barlow 1772 |
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Page 406 - Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are...
Page 203 - A turkey is to be killed for our dinner by the electrical shock, and roasted by the electrical jack, before a fire kindled by the electrified bottle; when the healths of all the famous electricians in England, Holland, France, and Germany are to be drunk in electrified bumpers, under the discharge of guns from the electrical battery.
Page 82 - they were in large flocks containing both species in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter " (the present)
Page 203 - Chagrined a little that we have hitherto been able to produce nothing in this way of use to mankind, and the hot weather coming on when electrical experiments are not so agreeable, it is proposed to put an end to them for the season, somewhat humorously, in a party of pleasure on the banks of the Schuylkill.
Page 541 - Francis Bowes Stevens, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson, in the State of New Jersey, in the United States of America, engineer, for improvements in applying means and apparatus to ships and vessels to improve their speed.
Page 159 - ... saddles, &c. ; likewise, springs of clocks, clasps, belts, garters and string. Wherever the requisite is flexibility and elasticity, then the quantity of Gutta Percha should be diminished : — and increased where firmness is wanted. By prolonging the process, much hardness may be acquired, and moulds and balls of Gutta Percha will bear turning in the lathe, like wood or ivory. The material is also applicable to useful and ornamental purposes, as picture frames, door-handles, walking-sticks,...
Page 276 - As it is evident that body is extended, so it is no less evident that it ix divisible, for since no two particles of matter can exist in the same place, it follows, that they are really distinct from each other, which is all that is meant by being divisible.
Page 155 - The first part of the operation may be done at any time. This will allow of a number of plates being kept prepared up to the last slight operation. It is, however, considered indispensable, that just before the moment of using the plates in the camera, or the reproducing the design, to put, at least once more, some acid on the plate, and to rub it lightly with pounce, as before stated.
Page 517 - I had devoted myself, let him imagine, I say, my feelings upon hearing the confused noise of the prayers of a multitude of people, who were passing by in the streets, upon being told that it was the poor of Munich, many hundreds in number, who were going in procession to the church to put up public prayers for me ; public prayers for me ! for a private person, a stranger, a Protestant...
Page 203 - Spirits, at the same time, are to be fired by a spark sent from side to side through the river, without any other conductor than the water; an experiment which we some time since performed, to the amazement of many.