The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, manufactures and agriculture

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Seite 71 - Now Know Ye, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Adolphe Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are...
Seite 330 - To all to whom these presents shall come, &c.: — Now know ye, that in compliance with the said proviso. I, the said John Henry Cassell, do hereby declare that the nature of my invention, and the manner in which the same...
Seite 266 - Mm aforeAforesaid method of heating barrels in an hollow fire, or an air or reverberatory furnace, and welding them by hammers or rollers worked by machinery is, that we are enabled to make them much sounder and more accurately and expeditiously than 'they are at present made; we prevent cinders, ashes, or dirt from getting into the inside of the barrels, or between the welding seam or joint which now often happens, and which causes the barrels to bore black, or otherwise prove unsound.
Seite 191 - Josue Heilmann, of Mulhausen, in the Department du Haut Rhine, in the kingdom of France, machine maker, for improvements in certain machines used for preparing to be spun cotton, wool, and other fibrous materials.
Seite 303 - ... crop. The following February the one year old crop will require additional earth, as before directed, and must of course be taken from those beds which are now vacant, which, when done, if the ground appears poor, or unlikely to produce another vigorous crop, they must have a coat of manure.
Seite 204 - The principle of the invention for kneading dough is to amalgamate flour, or meal, or pulse, of any kind, with water, in a circular trough, having an upright shaft, turning on a pivot, fixed in the centre of the machine, so that the dough placed in such trough may be kneaded by a stone or iron roller, on its edge, passing over it in a rotary motion, being fixed at a due distance .by an horizontal bar or axle to the shaft, which is to be...
Seite 298 - For instance, if a well-formed large ram be put to ewes proportionally smaller, the lambs will not be so well shaped as their parents ; but, if a small ram be put to larger ewes, the lambs will...
Seite 350 - ... that of gold, and its flesh perfectly white. It requires a much greater state of maturity than any other variety of its species, and continues to improve in flavour and richness, till it becomes externally soft, and betrays some symptoms of incipient decay. The consistence of its flesh is then nearly that of a water melon, and it is so sweet, that few will think it improved by the •addition of sugar.
Seite 345 - The bark of the root now begins to execute its office of depositing alburnous or woody matter ; and as soon as this is formed, the sap, which had hitherto descended only through the cortical vessels, begins to ascend through the alburnum. The plumule in consequence elongates, its leaves enlarge and unfold, and a set of vessels, which did not exist in the root, are now brought into action. These, which I have called the central vessels, surround the medulla, and, between it and the bark, form a circle,...
Seite 54 - In hot weather, to one part of nitrous acid add three of water. In every part of this process avoid hard or pump water. The last process of biting in with aquafortis must be closely attended to, brushing off all the bubbles that arise from the action of the aquafortis on the copper. In summer time it will take about twenty minutes to get a sufficient colour: in winter, perhaps, half an hour, or more. All this must depend on the state of the atmosphere and temperature of your room. If any parts require...

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