The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, Volume 13

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Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1827
Containing reports of all new patents, with a description of their respective principles and properties: also, original communications on subjects connected with science and philosophy; particularly such as embrace the most recent inventions and dicoveries in practical mechanics.

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Page 249 - Middlesex, gentleman; in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for certain improvements in steam-engines.
Page 60 - Middlesex, merchant, (in consequence of a communica.tion made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad) for an invention of certain improvements in the construction of locks and other fastenings.
Page 10 - Prints, shall have the sole Right and Liberty of printing and reprinting the same for the Term of Fourteen Years, to commence from the Day of the first publishing thereof, which shall be truly engraved with the Name of the Proprietor on each Plate, and printed on every such Print or Prints...
Page 55 - Notwithstanding the difficulties and opposition thrown in the way by Ravago, the invention was approved, and if the expedition, in which Charles the Fifth was then engaged, had not failed, it would undoubtedly have been favored by him. As it was, he raised Garay to a higher station, gave him a sum of money (200,000 maravedies) as a present, ordered all the expenses of the experiment to be paid out of the general treasury, and conferred upon him other rewards.
Page 173 - Mr Dalton's permanent reputation will rest upon his having discovered a simple principle universally applicable to the facts of chemistry, in fixing the proportions in which bodies combine, and thus laying the foundation for future labours respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this respect resemble those of Kepler in astronomy.
Page 55 - Castillians and Catalonians ; and among others, several sea • captains witnessed the operation, some in the vessel, and others on the shore. " The emperor and prince, and others with them, applauded the engine, and especially the expertness with which the ship could be tacked. The treasurer, Ravago, an enemy to the project, said it would move two leagues in three hours. It was very complicated and expensive, and exposed to the constant danger of bursting the boiler.
Page 306 - Esq. ; in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain Foreigner residing abroad, for an improved method of generating Steam.
Page 53 - The meeting then proceeded to the election of Officers for the ensuing year, when the following List was delivered in by the scrutineers : viz.
Page 98 - ... when an explosion took place after the boiler had been raised many feet in the atmosphere, and separated with a very great report, one part rising still higher, while the other dashed with great force on the ground. It is, I believe, a fact, that more persons have been killed by low than by high pressure boilers. It is but about twelve months since sixteen persons were killed by the bursting of a low pressure boiler in Flintshire. High pressure boilers have since been substituted. Some of the...
Page 41 - The description thus given is with reference lo moulding those bodies which cannot be so done by any other than an elastic mould ; but glue moulds will be found greatly to facilitate casting in many departments, as a mould may be frequently taken by this method in two or three pieces, which would on any other principle require many.

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