London Journal of Arts and Sceinces: And Repertory of Patent Inventions, Volume 2

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William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington
W. Newton, 1821 - Industrial arts
 

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Page 347 - ... feet an enlarged plan shall be added of any building, yard, courtyard, or land within the curtilage of any building, or of any ground cultivated as a garden...
Page 386 - That the deviation of a compass needle, occasioned by the attraction of soft iron, depends, as Mr Barlow has advanced, on extent of surface, and is wholly independent of the mass, except a certain thickness of the iron, amounting to about two-tenths of an inch, which is requisite for the complete developement of its attractive energy.
Page 216 - Emma flourished fair, Beneath a mother's eye : Whose only wish on earth was now To see her blest, and die. The softest blush that nature spreads Gave colour to her cheek ; Such orient colour smiles through heaven, When vernal mornings break.
Page 9 - Durham, for an Improvement in the construction of Malleable Iron Rails, to be used in Rail Roads, whereby the cost is reduced, and the expense of repairs of broken rails entirely saved.
Page 151 - Ligature to be removed if the inflammation be considerable. -Warm diluting drinks, with small doses of ammonia or hartshorn, to cause perspiration. The patient should be well covered in bed, drinking occasionally warm wine. If gangrene threaten, wine and bark must be given freely.
Page 155 - A Manual of Lithography ; or Memoir on the Lithographical Experiments made in Paris, at the Royal School of the Roads and Bridges ; clearly explaining the whole Art, as well as all the Accidents that may happen in Printing, and the different Methods of avoiding them; translated from the French by C.
Page 297 - Troy pound, according to the two-pound weight made in 1758^ remain unaltered ; and that 7000 Troy grains be declared to constitute an avoirdupois pound ; the cubic inch of distilled water being found to weigh at 62°, in a vacuum, 252.72 Parliamentary grains.
Page 399 - Staffordshire, for a method of forming and manufacturing vases, urns, basins, and other ornamental articles, which have been heretofore usually made of stone or marble, from a combination of materials never heretofore made use of in manufacturing of such articles.
Page 122 - February 15, 1821, wherein he observes,— "The most effectual method yet known for consuming smoke, is by the admission of a large quantity of air to the hottest part of the fire, at the time the smoke is bursting from the recent charging of coal. The necessary quantity of air to be admitted ought not to be less than may pass through an aperture of four...
Page 231 - ... which the observer and the instrument are moved, is so simple and well contrived, that it can be managed and directed to any point of the heavens as readily as a three feet achromatic telescope. On the 2d of April, there was...

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