The amateur mechanic's workshop, by the author of The lathe and its uses1870 |
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The Amateur Mechanic's Workshop, by the Author of the Lathe and Its Uses James Lukin No preview available - 2013 |
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Page 88 - ... the three angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles, although it is not known to all.
Page 15 - Ib. of iron in 15 minutes. It need scarcely be added that small quantities of gold, silver, copper, brass, German silver, &c., can be melted with great ease, and that all the chemical processes that are commonly effected in platinum and porcelain crucibles can be promptly accomplished in the smallest cylinder of this furnace ; and, in the case of platinum vessels, with this special advantage, that the oil-gas is free from those sulphurous compounds, the presence of which in coal-gas frequently causes...
Page 14 - ... at a white heat, the oil does not rise in the funnel, being instantaneously converted into gas at the mouth of the burner, and thrown up in that state into the furnace for combustion. The operation, indeed, consists at that point of a rapid distillation of oil-gas, which is immediately burnt, in the presence of air supplied at a suitable pressure by a dozen blowpipes, in effective contact with the crucible to be heated. The flame produced in this furnace is as clear as that produced by an explosive...