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Page ix
... Experiments . - Jaundice . -Remedy . - Chlorine Gas . - Chloride of Lime . - Fumigation . - Light not injurious . - Description of Apartments allotted to Silkworms in Cottages . - Ill Effects which arise to their Attendants . 132 CHAP ...
... Experiments . - Jaundice . -Remedy . - Chlorine Gas . - Chloride of Lime . - Fumigation . - Light not injurious . - Description of Apartments allotted to Silkworms in Cottages . - Ill Effects which arise to their Attendants . 132 CHAP ...
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... Experiment . - Lettuce - leaves . - Comparative Produce of Worms fed with these and with Mulberry leaves . - Miss Rhodes's Experiments . - Lettuce - leaves successfully used in a Hot - house.- Mrs. Williams's Experiments . - Natural ...
... Experiment . - Lettuce - leaves . - Comparative Produce of Worms fed with these and with Mulberry leaves . - Miss Rhodes's Experiments . - Lettuce - leaves successfully used in a Hot - house.- Mrs. Williams's Experiments . - Natural ...
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... Experiments . Gutta Angli- cane . Silk a Protection against Malaria . Formerly used as a Med- icine . Its Electric Properties . - How first discovered . - Various Ex- periments detailed . NOTES . INDEX . .... 243 255 267 TREATISE ON THE ...
... Experiments . Gutta Angli- cane . Silk a Protection against Malaria . Formerly used as a Med- icine . Its Electric Properties . - How first discovered . - Various Ex- periments detailed . NOTES . INDEX . .... 243 255 267 TREATISE ON THE ...
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... experiment . He endeavored to persuade the Virginians that in a short time a great quantity of silk might be very profitably obtained ; but it does not appear that the production was ever carried to any extent in that colony . It is ...
... experiment . He endeavored to persuade the Virginians that in a short time a great quantity of silk might be very profitably obtained ; but it does not appear that the production was ever carried to any extent in that colony . It is ...
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... Experiments instituted during the last year ( 1823 ) in Stockholm , for the purpose of discov- ering some indigenous tree capable of nourishing the silk- worm , have procured silk of very fine quality . The culture of the mulberry tree ...
... Experiments instituted during the last year ( 1823 ) in Stockholm , for the purpose of discov- ering some indigenous tree capable of nourishing the silk- worm , have procured silk of very fine quality . The culture of the mulberry tree ...
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Page 195 - The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations...
Page 217 - This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable; and, in defence of their opinion, they adduced arguments which. I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject, having never at that time seen a person weave.
Page 216 - One of the company observed that as soon as Arkwright's patent expired, so many mills would be erected, and so much cotton spun, that hands would never be found to weave it.
Page 217 - I then had of the business, there could only be three movements, which were to follow each other in succession, there would be little difficulty in producing and repeating them. Full of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sailcloth is usually made of.
Page 23 - Amidst their pious occupations, they viewed with a curious eye the common dress of the Chinese, the manufactures of silk, and the myriads of silk-worms, whose education (either on trees or in houses) had once been considered as the labour of queens.
Page 217 - Congreve rocket In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.