The London journal of arts and sciences (and repertory of patent inventions) [afterw.] Newton's London journal of arts and sciences, Band 8William Newton 1824 |
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Seite 326 - Middlesex, merchant, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad...
Seite 166 - Golden-square, in the parish of St. James, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, Engraver and Printer, for his invention of improvements on, or additions to roller printing presses.
Seite 235 - Street, in the city .of London, Esq. in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad...
Seite 9 - Merchant, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of...
Seite 84 - For Hudibras wore but one spur, As wisely knowing, could he stir To active trot one side of 's horse, The other would not hang an arse. A Squire he had whose name was Ralph,* That in the...
Seite 62 - ... or of a lofty chimney. In vessels, the saving of tonnage will be highly advantageous, both in the smaller comparative weight and size of the engine, and in the very reduced space required for fuel. " Thirdly. — This engine is entirely free from danger ; no boiler being used. Explosion cannot take place, and as the quantity of gas consumed is so small, and the only pressure that of the air, it is impossible that the cylinder can burst, or that the accidents incidental to steam-boats can occur.
Seite 236 - Surrey, Civil Engineer; for an improved method of producing and applying heat to, and constructing and erecting furnaces and other reservoirs, severally used for the various purposes of roasting or smelting metallic ores, or other substances, melting metals, or any other matter ; and for heating pans or boilers, or...
Seite 318 - Columbus was naturally a minor consideration with her owners ; aud though it has answered the purposes for which it was intended, it presents nothing worthy of commendation to the eye of a seaman, and nothing striking to that of a landsman. The masts are ill-proportioned for beauty, and injudiciously so, as far as the labour of the crew is concerned. The lower masts are too taunt — there is too much of them above deck, and this necessarily gives the courses a tremendous drop. One of the crew, an...
Seite 224 - To which are added a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays, and Customs ; with an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church.
Seite 318 - ... is consequently great. The topmasts and top-gallant masts are also in one ; they are exceedingly short, and a royal can only be set on one of the mainmasts. She is not more square-rigged than she is taunt ; her fore-yards do not measure above 70 feet. The only studding sails she carried were topmast ones on the first mainmast. Her topmast rigging is rove through holes in the cross trees, and is set up with lanyard to a grummet round the lower mast. There are, therefore, no cat-harpings, and the...