The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 96
... engines by steam , or in any mill , factory , dyehouse , brewery , bakehouse , or gaswork , or in any manufacturing or trade process whatsoever ; ( 8 ) any chimney ( not being the chimney of a private dwelling - house ) sending forth ...
... engines by steam , or in any mill , factory , dyehouse , brewery , bakehouse , or gaswork , or in any manufacturing or trade process whatsoever ; ( 8 ) any chimney ( not being the chimney of a private dwelling - house ) sending forth ...
Page 136
... engine to drive a wheel or other form of framework round in a circle . Many varied effects are thus produced , of which the fire wheel is the simplest . Straight cases , filled with some fire - com- position , are attached to the end of ...
... engine to drive a wheel or other form of framework round in a circle . Many varied effects are thus produced , of which the fire wheel is the simplest . Straight cases , filled with some fire - com- position , are attached to the end of ...
Page 174
... engines , and locomotives are constructed . Tanneries , breweries , sugar - mills , distilleries , tobacco- factories , cotton - ginning , woollen factories , wine - making , meat- preserving , boot - factories , & c . , are being ...
... engines , and locomotives are constructed . Tanneries , breweries , sugar - mills , distilleries , tobacco- factories , cotton - ginning , woollen factories , wine - making , meat- preserving , boot - factories , & c . , are being ...
Page 203
... engines , fanning - mills , leather , blinds and sashes , school furniture , wire , linseed oil , baskets , & c.- is engaged in the lumber trade and general commerce , and contains two city hospitals , an orphan asylum , Racine ...
... engines , fanning - mills , leather , blinds and sashes , school furniture , wire , linseed oil , baskets , & c.- is engaged in the lumber trade and general commerce , and contains two city hospitals , an orphan asylum , Racine ...
Page 214
... engine , so as to convert part of their heat into work . Hence , if the contents of an enclosure which is impervious to heat are at any instant at one and the same temperature , no changes of temperature can take place among them . This ...
... engine , so as to convert part of their heat into work . Hence , if the contents of an enclosure which is impervious to heat are at any instant at one and the same temperature , no changes of temperature can take place among them . This ...
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