Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of Their Inventors and Improvers, Volumen 2Wightman and Cramp, 1829 |
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... James Mead , an ingenious mechanic at Hull , had also applied this elegant contrivance to regu- late another part of wind - mill machinery . He attached a lift - tenter so as to receive its motion from the axis on which the sails were ...
... James Mead , an ingenious mechanic at Hull , had also applied this elegant contrivance to regu- late another part of wind - mill machinery . He attached a lift - tenter so as to receive its motion from the axis on which the sails were ...
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... James Taylor , who had bestowed much attention on the steam- engine , and who was in the custom of assisting Miller in his experiments on naval architecture , and the sailing of boats * . One day , in the very heat of a keen and ...
... James Taylor , who had bestowed much attention on the steam- engine , and who was in the custom of assisting Miller in his experiments on naval architecture , and the sailing of boats * . One day , in the very heat of a keen and ...
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... James Sadler , of Oxford , in 1792 , prac- tised a similar method , but with the difference of making steam , issuing with great velocity from a pipe a , re - act upon the air inclosed in a casing c . Sadler also reversed the motion ...
... James Sadler , of Oxford , in 1792 , prac- tised a similar method , but with the difference of making steam , issuing with great velocity from a pipe a , re - act upon the air inclosed in a casing c . Sadler also reversed the motion ...
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... James Boaz , of Glasgow , pre- vented the cylinder , containing the steam , from being cooled by the water which was raised into it , was to make the steam , which acts on the piston a , press the mercury beneath it , ( indicated by a ...
... James Boaz , of Glasgow , pre- vented the cylinder , containing the steam , from being cooled by the water which was raised into it , was to make the steam , which acts on the piston a , press the mercury beneath it , ( indicated by a ...
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... James Cleland , a warm and judicious friend of Mr. Bell , places his merit in its proper position when he says , " that , without assuming for Bell the merit of instructing Fulton , or believing that he ever crossed the Atlantic , as ...
... James Cleland , a warm and judicious friend of Mr. Bell , places his merit in its proper position when he says , " that , without assuming for Bell the merit of instructing Fulton , or believing that he ever crossed the Atlantic , as ...
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Página 420 - The warp was placed perpendicularly, the reed fell with a force of at least half a hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.
Página 419 - This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable, and in defence of their opinion, they adduced arguments which I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject, having never at that time seen a person weave ; I controverted, however, the impracticability of the thing by remarking that there lately had been exhibited in London an automaton figure which played at chess....
Página 543 - That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law.
Página 490 - ... beneath their decks from the terrific sight, and left their vessels to go on shore ; while others prostrated themselves, and besought Providence to protect them from the approach of the horrible monster which was marching on the tides, and lighting its path by the fires which it vomited.
Página 488 - M'Neven, to whom we are indebted for some account of what passed on this occasion. Nothing could exceed the surprise and admiration of all who witnessed the experiment. The minds of the most incredulous were changed in a few minutes. Before the boat had made the progress of a quarter of a mile, the greatest unbeliever must have been converted.
Página 544 - ... occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians,...
Página 551 - We have said that Mr Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...
Página 489 - She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first...
Página 551 - By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is as nothing to it.
Página 552 - ... to the greatest advantage the pleasant anecdotes which he delivered with the same grave brow and the same calm smile playing soberly on his lips.