| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1864 - 526 pages
...hours, whereby about 20 Ibs. of stearine is consumed, 72-2 grins. of magnesium would be required. The magnesium wire can be easily prepared by forcing out...continually pushed forward into a gas or spirit-lamp flaine in which it would burn." Professor Roscoe stated that great credit was due to Mr. Sondstadt... | |
| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1864 - 526 pages
...stearine would be consumed, 72-2 grammes of magnesium wire would be required. The magnesium wire is prepared by forcing out the metal from a heated steel press, having a fine opening at the bottom. For the purpose of consumption, it may be rolled up in coils on a spindle, which, by the... | |
| 1865 - 786 pages
...about 20 Ib. of stéarine are consumed, 72-2 grammes (2iounces) of magnesium would be required. The magnesium wire can be easily prepared by forcing out the metal from a heated steel-press having a fine opening at bottom. This wire might be rolled up in coils on a spindle, which... | |
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