 | L. Cohen - Astronomy - 1825 - 192 pages
...ago, at the " casting of two brass cannon, at Windmill-Hill, " Morefields. The heat, says Cranmer, of the metal " of the first gun, drove so much damp...greatest violence, tearing up the ground some " feet deep, breaking down the furnace, untiling the " house, killing many spectators on the spot with " the... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1866 - 798 pages
...temperature it is very great indeed. The Rev. John Michell * states that in casting two brass cannons, " The heat of the metal of the first gun drove so much...greatest violence, tearing up the ground some feet deep, breaking down the furnace, untiling the house, killing many spectators on the spot with the streams... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1866 - 818 pages
...temperature it 1з very great indeed. The 15ev. John Michell * states that in casting two brass cannons, " The heat of the metal of the first gun drove so much...greatest violence, tearing up the ground some feet deep, breaking down the furnace, untiling the house, killing many spectators on the spot with the streams... | |
 | Richard Atkinson Peacock - Earthquakes - 1866 - 88 pages
...power of Steam. Brass melts at 1869° Fahr. And we have had proof that in casting two brass cannon, the heat of the metal of the first gun, drove so much do^np into the mould of the second which was near it, that as soon as the metal was let in, it blew... | |
 | Richard Atkinson Peacock - 1868 - 314 pages
...power of Steam. Brass melts at 1869° Fahr. And we have bad proof that in casting two brass cannon, the heat of the metal of the first gun, drove so much...which was near it, that as soon as the metal was let in, it blew up with the greatest violence, tearing up the ground some feet deep, breaking down the... | |
 | Richard Atkinson Peacock - 1868 - 314 pages
...have had proof that in casting two brass cannon, the heat of the metal of the first gun, drove »o much damp into the mould of the second which was near it, that as soon as the metal was let in, it blew up with the greatest violence, tearing up the ground some feet deep, breaking down the... | |
 | Richard Atkinson Peacock - Earthquakes - 1882 - 158 pages
...cannon at Windmill-hill, Moorfields, the heat of the metal of the first gun drove so much damp air into the mould of the second, which was near it, that...greatest violence, tearing up the ground some feet deep, breaking down the furnace, untiling the house, killing many spectators on the spot with the streams... | |
 | Richard Atkinson Peacock - Earthquakes - 1882 - 238 pages
...The Eev. John Michell states* that "At the casting of two brass cannon at Windmill-hill, Moorfields, the heat of the metal of the first gun drove so much damp air into the mould of the second, which was near it, that as soon as the metal was let into it, it... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1865 - 520 pages
...have gained as much consideration as it probably deserves. He says that in casting two brass cannon "the heat of the metal of the first gun drove so much...greatest violence, tearing up the ground some feet deep, breaking down the furnace, untiling the house, killing many spectators on the spot with the streams... | |
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The heat of the metal of the first gun drove so much damp into the mould of the second, which was near it, that as soon as the metal was let into it, it blew up with the greatest violence, tearing up the ground some feet deep, breaking down the furnace,... 
