| Thomas Martin (civil engineer.) - 1813 - 714 pages
...particularly required. The best puddle is made of a light loam, and sharp siliceous particles or sand, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter : it is manufactured commonly contiguous to the slope which it is intended to line, but if the... | |
| William Higgins - 1814 - 194 pages
...some other power interferes. " It must be allowed that nitrous air i:on»ii*U of oxygen and azote, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the lutter. The supposition of its containing phlogiston, will hereafter appear to be ciromipu» : therefore... | |
| 1818 - 472 pages
...saline matter, foreign to its nature. These fractional parts consist of sulphate of potash and lead, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter. It is, I believe, scarcely possible to manufacture it directly, by the usual methods, of a... | |
| 1818 - 514 pages
...saline matter, foreign to its nature. These fractional parts consist of sulphate of potash and lead, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter. It is, I believe, scarcely possible to manufacture it directly. by the usual methods of a purer... | |
| 1825 - 660 pages
...strength of certain preparations, is not the least important. By such means, for instance, he may easily ascertain the quantity of real hydrocyanic acid in...the relation of one to four in the formation of this compound. Hence it is evident, that if to a hundred grains of diluted hydrocyanic acid, we add in succession... | |
| 1771 - 478 pages
...Or the cloth may be made or partly made of yarn composed of cotton and wool carded and spun together in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter. These proportions we consider to be the best, but we do not confine ourselves thereto. Or the... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 pages
...antimony, it forms brittle compounds. It does not unite with nickel. The compound of silver and tungsten, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter, was extended under the hammer during a few strokes; but afterwards split in pieces. See IRON.... | |
| Luke Hebert - 1830 - 378 pages
...July, 1829. Mr. Lambert's improvement in the process consists in the introduction of salt and potash, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter into the furnaces during the process of smelting, puddling, and refining the iron. The quantity... | |
| Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland - 1835 - 724 pages
...substituting a well rooted beech for it, while the larger vacancies were filled with young thorns and beeches, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter. The experiment succeeded, and all the decayed thorn hedges on the estate have since been similarly... | |
| Thomas Masters (patentee of a freezing apparatus.) - 1844 - 240 pages
...freezing of mercury, reducing the temperature to — 60°. Dry muriate of lime and dry powdery snow, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter, if previously cooled by immersion in salt and snow, will sink the temperature to — 60° ;... | |
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