The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts, Volume 5John Murray, 1818 - Science |
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... horizontally ; the flax was held by one hand , and drawn through this machine , while the presser , having teeth in ... horizontal and vertical machine ; and , in addition to that , a machine , consisting of fluted rollers , which I had ...
... horizontally ; the flax was held by one hand , and drawn through this machine , while the presser , having teeth in ... horizontal and vertical machine ; and , in addition to that , a machine , consisting of fluted rollers , which I had ...
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... horizontal direction , while that of Mr. Lee's works in a vertical one . I have never , till lately , paid much attention to the operation of dressing flax ; but having had occasion to notice that sub- ject in my Lectures at the Royal ...
... horizontal direction , while that of Mr. Lee's works in a vertical one . I have never , till lately , paid much attention to the operation of dressing flax ; but having had occasion to notice that sub- ject in my Lectures at the Royal ...
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... horizontal water - wheel by the lateral impulse of the water , and as the wheel revolves with great rapidity , the prolonged axis of it moves the upper mill- stone with sufficient velocity . Most water - mills in Portugal are ...
... horizontal water - wheel by the lateral impulse of the water , and as the wheel revolves with great rapidity , the prolonged axis of it moves the upper mill- stone with sufficient velocity . Most water - mills in Portugal are ...
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... horizontally without changing their relative position , or the inclination of the glass . " The apparatus being thus disposed , it was easy , by turning the lower glass and mirror round , to ascertain that the light was constantly ...
... horizontally without changing their relative position , or the inclination of the glass . " The apparatus being thus disposed , it was easy , by turning the lower glass and mirror round , to ascertain that the light was constantly ...
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... horizontal enlarged , the lower limb resembling an ellipse considerably more eccentric than the upper , changes of colour and of form , owing to the greater elevations of the light coming from the lower parts of the limb , than those ...
... horizontal enlarged , the lower limb resembling an ellipse considerably more eccentric than the upper , changes of colour and of form , owing to the greater elevations of the light coming from the lower parts of the limb , than those ...
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