Journal of the Franklin Institute

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Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-1859. cf. Index to v. 1-120 of the Journal, p. [415]
 

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Page xxiii - THE BOYDEN PREMIUM URIAH A. BOYDEN, ESQ., of Boston, Mass., has deposited with THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE the sum of one thousand dollars, to be awarded as a premium to "Any resident of North America who shall determine by experiment whether all rays of light,* and other physical rays, are or are not transmitted with the same velocity.
Page 357 - Whilst proud of what we have done, we regret that we have not done more. Our achievements have been great enough, however, to make it easy for our people to acknowledge superior merit wherever found.
Page xix - It presents in an inexpensive form, considering its great amount of matter, with freshness, owing to its weekly issue, and with a satisfactory completeness...
Page 91 - Cabbots (principally). In this Manufactory they have the new Invented Carding and Spinning Machines ; one of the first supplies the work, and four of the latter; one of which spins 84 threads at a time by one person. The Cotton is prepared for these Machines by being first (lightly) drawn to a...
Page 79 - List of the Vertebrated Animals now or lately living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1872 Ditto.
Page 91 - ... new invented carding and spinning machines. One of the first supplies the work, and four of the latter ; one of •which spins eighty-four threads at a time, by one person. The cotton is prepared for these machines, by being first (lightly) drawn to a thread, on the common wheel. There is also another machine for doubling and twisting the threads for particular cloths; this also does many at a time. For winding the cotton from the spindles and preparing it for the warp, there is a reel, which...
Page 356 - My Countrymen: It has been thought appropriate, upon this Centennial occasion, to bring together in Philadelphia, for popular inspection, specimens of our attainments in the industrial and fine arts, and in literature, science and philosophy, as well as in the great business of agriculture and of commerce. That we may the more thoroughly appreciate the...
Page 384 - The greatest achievement yet made in molecular theory of the properties of matter is the Kinetic theory of Gases, shadowed forth by Lucretius, definitely stated by Daniel Bernoulli, largely developed by Herapath, made a reality by Joule, and worked out to its present advanced state by Clausius and Maxwell.
Page 343 - Machinery for Stores & Factories, Marble Sawing and Polishing Machinery of all Kinds, SPECIAL MACHINERY AND FIXTURES FOR SOAP MANUFACTURERS. Retorts, Meters, Stills, &c.,for Chemists. Sugar Boilers, Tanks and Machinery. Castings in green sand or Loam, and Machinery in general.
Page xix - FOREMOST ESSAYISTS, SCIENTISTS, CRITICS, DISCOVERERS AND EDITORS, representing every department of Knowledge and Progress. The importance of THE LIVING AGE...

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