The Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures and Shipbuilding, 71. köideRobertson, Brooman, & Company, 1859 |
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... force of the engine thereafter de- scribed , or other powers , into such shapes or which was to cause the iron to pass through forms as shall be required . The engine force the rollers , consisted of a large vane wheel hung in a frame ...
... force of the engine thereafter de- scribed , or other powers , into such shapes or which was to cause the iron to pass through forms as shall be required . The engine force the rollers , consisted of a large vane wheel hung in a frame ...
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... forces sponta- worth of goods from Great Britain- an amount " neously operating in the ancient and complex equal to ... force of conven- tional fashion , or by the obstinate impediments of illiberal legislation , we may still find in ...
... forces sponta- worth of goods from Great Britain- an amount " neously operating in the ancient and complex equal to ... force of conven- tional fashion , or by the obstinate impediments of illiberal legislation , we may still find in ...
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... force - the resistance of a of litigation , it is impossible to decide with cer- small spring having to be overcome - and fas- tainty who was the first inventor in America of tened to a stud beside the boy in the press - hole . any ...
... force - the resistance of a of litigation , it is impossible to decide with cer- small spring having to be overcome - and fas- tainty who was the first inventor in America of tened to a stud beside the boy in the press - hole . any ...
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... force upon the flame considerably checked , at the same time preventing the atmospheric air from coming in im- mediate contact with the wick of the lamp . 2. To a ventilating top applicable to ship , railway , and other lamps or ...
... force upon the flame considerably checked , at the same time preventing the atmospheric air from coming in im- mediate contact with the wick of the lamp . 2. To a ventilating top applicable to ship , railway , and other lamps or ...
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... force upon the upper die , and the silver has suffered great com- pression . The press has rebounded , and is at rest . The upper die is taken off , the medal fitting the collar tightly , by force of pressure is lifted with the collar ...
... force upon the upper die , and the silver has suffered great com- pression . The press has rebounded , and is at rest . The upper die is taken off , the medal fitting the collar tightly , by force of pressure is lifted with the collar ...
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Admiralty apparatus application Armstrong gun arrangement bar iron barrel boat boiler Busk cable carriage centre chamber coinage coins Committee communication connected consists construction copper Cort Cort's cylinder Dated Dec Dated Feb Dated Jan Dated November diameter Dockyard drawing rollers drawings electric telegraph employed engines experiments fabrics feet fibrous fitted frame furnace grooves gutta-percha heat Henry Cort horizontal Improvements in machinery inch invention inventor iron labour lever lower machine MAGAZINE manufacture material means MECHANICS ments Messrs metal motion November 20 obtained officers ordinary paper pass Patent abandoned Patent completed piece pipe piston placed plate present pressure produced projectiles pump purpose R. A. Brooman railway ratus rifled rollers Scott Russell screw shaft ship side Sir William Armstrong spindle steam steel surface telegraph tion tube valve vertical vessel W. E. Newton weight wheel wire wrought iron
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