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" Q be opened, the water and air rush out together with prodigious violence, and the drops of water are changed into hail or lumps of ice. It is a sight usually shown to strangers, who are desired to hold their hats to receive the blasts of air : the ice... "
The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of ... - Page 234
by John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - 1825 - 795 pages
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A Treatise of Mechanics: Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 1

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1806 - 590 pages
...has ftopped, if the cock CHae opened, the water and air rum out together with prodigious »iol«nce> and the drops of water are changed into hail or lumps of ice. It is a fight ufually ftiown to ftrangers, who are defircd to hold their hats to receive the blafts of air...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 18

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 770 pages
...working of this engine. When the efflux at N ha£ flopped, if the cock F be opened, the water andairrulh out together with prodigious violence, and the drops...water are changed into hail or lumps of ice. It is a fight ufually fhown to ftrangers, who are defired to hold their hats to receive the blaft of air :...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 6

1822 - 606 pages
...cock" Q (communicating with a vessel containing compressed air and water) " the water and air will rush out together with prodigious violence, and the...changed into hail or lumps of Ice. It is a sight usually shewn to stranger«, who are desired to hold their hats to receive the blasts of air; the ice comes...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 6

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 pages
...cock" Q (communicating with a vessel containing compressed air and water) " the water and air will rush out together with prodigious violence, and the drops of water are changed into bail or lump* of Ice. It is a sight usually shewn to strängen, who are desired to hold their hau to...
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy, Volume 1

1829 - 522 pages
...visit it, and to whom it is usually shown. That is, when the efflux at hc has stopped, if the cock n be opened, the water and air rush out together with...drops of water are changed into hail or lumps of ice, issuing with such force as frequently to pierce n hat, if held against them, like pistol bullets. This...
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy, Volume 1

Physics - 1829 - 522 pages
...whom it is usually shown. That is, when the efflux at "h с has stopped, it the cock я be opened, Ihe water and air rush out together with prodigious violence,...drops of water are changed into hail or lumps of ice, issuing with such force as frequently to pierce a hat, if held «gainst them, ”ike pistol bullets....
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book ..., Volume 2

Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1832 - 402 pages
...of volume, \\hen the efflux of the water from the pipe F has ceased, if the cock of the air vessel C be opened, the water and air rush out together with...blasts of air; the ice comes out with such violence as frequent>y to pierce the hat like a bullet. — Gregory's Mechanics, II. 221. * Dr. Black. t See, especially,...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopędia: Comprehending ..., Volume 1

Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 816 pages
...visit it, and to whom it is usually shown. That is, when the efflux at A с has stopped, if the cock n be opened, the water and air rush out together with...drops of water are changed into hail or lumps of ice, issuing with such force as frequently to pierce a hat if held against them, like pistol bullets. This...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopędia, Volume 1

Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 814 pages
...visit it, and to whom it is usually shown. That is, when the efflux at Л c has stopped, if the cock n be opened, the water and air rush out together with...drops of water are changed into hail or lumps of ice, issuing with such force as frequently to pierce a hat if held against them, like pistol bullets. This...
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Encyclopędia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge ..., Volume 3

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 902 pages
...surprising appearance in the working of this engine. When the efflux О has stopped, if the cock у be opened, the water and air rush out together with...hold their hats to receive the blasts of air; the ice is said to come out frequently with such violence as to pierce the hat like a pistol bullet. This rapid...
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