A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Том 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... four cubical feet to each burner per hour . The bat's wing burner should not consume more than three cubic feet per hour . Besides the different varieties of coal , some of which , as has been hinted , are much preferable to others ...
... four cubical feet to each burner per hour . The bat's wing burner should not consume more than three cubic feet per hour . Besides the different varieties of coal , some of which , as has been hinted , are much preferable to others ...
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... four and a half each pound . Mr. Russell , of London , has stated the quantity from Newcastle coal to be the same , four feet and a half per pound . Mr. Dewy , in a paper in the Annals of Philosophy , asserts , that at Liverpool , Mr ...
... four and a half each pound . Mr. Russell , of London , has stated the quantity from Newcastle coal to be the same , four feet and a half per pound . Mr. Dewy , in a paper in the Annals of Philosophy , asserts , that at Liverpool , Mr ...
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... four to the lb. , will be 2 lbs . , costing 2s . 11d . , one - tenth part will be consumed in each hour , and the cost of the light is then 34d . per hour . If wax - candles be employed , the expense of a quantity of light equal to a ...
... four to the lb. , will be 2 lbs . , costing 2s . 11d . , one - tenth part will be consumed in each hour , and the cost of the light is then 34d . per hour . If wax - candles be employed , the expense of a quantity of light equal to a ...
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... four times greater than the pressure which the pipes will have to sustain by the gas they are to convey . If the mains are air - tight , the gas - holder will remain stationary ; but , if they are not sound , the gas - holder will ...
... four times greater than the pressure which the pipes will have to sustain by the gas they are to convey . If the mains are air - tight , the gas - holder will remain stationary ; but , if they are not sound , the gas - holder will ...
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... Four gasometers of 25,000 feet each have been erected on a new principle at Ashton - under- Lyne Gas - Works , and in practice it is found to answer very well ; there are four iron pillars at the four points of each gasometer , with an ...
... Four gasometers of 25,000 feet each have been erected on a new principle at Ashton - under- Lyne Gas - Works , and in practice it is found to answer very well ; there are four iron pillars at the four points of each gasometer , with an ...
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