British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... carried through all the seasons , and hence it is called the moveable lunar year . This form of the year is used at this time by the Turks and Arabians ; and because in three year's time the so- lar year exceeds the lunar by 33 days ...
... carried through all the seasons , and hence it is called the moveable lunar year . This form of the year is used at this time by the Turks and Arabians ; and because in three year's time the so- lar year exceeds the lunar by 33 days ...
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... carrying off dust and every other impurity from the enamel , is con- tinued until the water comes off as clear as it was poured on . The workman puts his enamel thus prepared into a white earthern or china saucer , with water poured on ...
... carrying off dust and every other impurity from the enamel , is con- tinued until the water comes off as clear as it was poured on . The workman puts his enamel thus prepared into a white earthern or china saucer , with water poured on ...
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... carry the handles , H H , by which men work the engine . When the piston moves , as shown by the arrow in fig . 4 , it produces a vacuum in chamber , f , and that part of the cylinder contiguous to it ; the water in the pipe , e , then ...
... carry the handles , H H , by which men work the engine . When the piston moves , as shown by the arrow in fig . 4 , it produces a vacuum in chamber , f , and that part of the cylinder contiguous to it ; the water in the pipe , e , then ...
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... carry away the water from them ; the barrels are close at top , and the pump rods pass through close stuffing boxes , through which no water will leak by them . The action of the pump is the same as the common sucking pump : when the ...
... carry away the water from them ; the barrels are close at top , and the pump rods pass through close stuffing boxes , through which no water will leak by them . The action of the pump is the same as the common sucking pump : when the ...
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... carry the piston onwards a little , so as completely to shut one set of valves and open another ; in the present judicious construction , the tumbler performs the office of the expansive force of steam at the end of the stroke . ENGINE ...
... carry the piston onwards a little , so as completely to shut one set of valves and open another ; in the present judicious construction , the tumbler performs the office of the expansive force of steam at the end of the stroke . ENGINE ...
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