The Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures and Shipbuilding, 71. köideRobertson, Brooman, & Company, 1859 |
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... tube with a cylindrical bulb containing mercury ( as in the ordinary thermometer ) at its lower extremity ; but at the top the stem is drawn on into a fine jet , bent at right angles , A , Fig . 1 ; in the inte- rior of the second bulb ...
... tube with a cylindrical bulb containing mercury ( as in the ordinary thermometer ) at its lower extremity ; but at the top the stem is drawn on into a fine jet , bent at right angles , A , Fig . 1 ; in the inte- rior of the second bulb ...
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... tube with a cylindrical bulb containing mercury ( as in the ordinary thermometer ) at its lower extremity ; but at the top the stem is drawn on into a fine jet , bent at right angles , A , Fig . 1 ; in the inte- rior of the second bulb ...
... tube with a cylindrical bulb containing mercury ( as in the ordinary thermometer ) at its lower extremity ; but at the top the stem is drawn on into a fine jet , bent at right angles , A , Fig . 1 ; in the inte- rior of the second bulb ...
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... tube of his feeding ap - fabrics or to unite them . paratus with some of our old friends , the blank pieces of gold . The tube has two grooves down its sides , and these enable him to drop rouleaus of blanks flatly into it with ease ...
... tube of his feeding ap - fabrics or to unite them . paratus with some of our old friends , the blank pieces of gold . The tube has two grooves down its sides , and these enable him to drop rouleaus of blanks flatly into it with ease ...
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... tube of 60 centimètres ( 1 ft . 114 in . ) diameter , rising to the first floor ; between these two tubes there exists an annular space , permitting a portion of the air to be arrested on the ground - floor . Thus the air introduced is ...
... tube of 60 centimètres ( 1 ft . 114 in . ) diameter , rising to the first floor ; between these two tubes there exists an annular space , permitting a portion of the air to be arrested on the ground - floor . Thus the air introduced is ...
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... tube has been drawn through one draw - bench , so as to effect the welding of the joint of the said tube , they transfer it to the second draw - bench , by the operation of which the final drawing and completion of the tube is effected ...
... tube has been drawn through one draw - bench , so as to effect the welding of the joint of the said tube , they transfer it to the second draw - bench , by the operation of which the final drawing and completion of the tube is effected ...
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