| 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... | |
| 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 :... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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