Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of Their Inventors and Improvers, Volume 2Wightman and Cramp, 1829 - Inventors |
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... Metal , peculiar in its temper , was formed so as to resist the injuries of time , wear , and weather , longer than any before discovered . He greatly improved the hand - pump used on board ships , by introducing a pendulum instead of a ...
... Metal , peculiar in its temper , was formed so as to resist the injuries of time , wear , and weather , longer than any before discovered . He greatly improved the hand - pump used on board ships , by introducing a pendulum instead of a ...
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... metal against which the back of the racks slide , and serve to keep it steady , and in its place ; this is also provided for by the valve - stem , o , ( or its tail , ) which moves in a ring fixed by a bracket ; the seats of the upper ...
... metal against which the back of the racks slide , and serve to keep it steady , and in its place ; this is also provided for by the valve - stem , o , ( or its tail , ) which moves in a ring fixed by a bracket ; the seats of the upper ...
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... metal , before they are brought close to- gether , will make a close and durable joint , that will resist boiling water , or even a considerable pressure of steam . The proportion of the ingredients are not material , but the more the ...
... metal , before they are brought close to- gether , will make a close and durable joint , that will resist boiling water , or even a considerable pressure of steam . The proportion of the ingredients are not material , but the more the ...
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... metal ; and among other things a lathe , by which he cut a perpetual screw in brass , a contrivance at that time little known , and of which the invention is ascribed to a Mr. Henry Hindley , of York , an inventive mechanic of the first ...
... metal ; and among other things a lathe , by which he cut a perpetual screw in brass , a contrivance at that time little known , and of which the invention is ascribed to a Mr. Henry Hindley , of York , an inventive mechanic of the first ...
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... metal ; latterly , he improved the machines for sawing stones and timber , and suggested some alterations in the construction of bridges and canal locks . His last illness was occasioned by a severe cold , taken during some experiments ...
... metal ; latterly , he improved the machines for sawing stones and timber , and suggested some alterations in the construction of bridges and canal locks . His last illness was occasioned by a severe cold , taken during some experiments ...
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abutment valve action apparatus applied ARTHUR WOOLFE atmospheric engine attached Austhorpe axis axle beam boat boiler Bolton Bramah carriage coals cock common condensing engine construction contrivance crank cylinder Dalswinton described diameter elasticity engraving marked erected expense experiments feet long figure fire fixed fluid fly-wheel formed Fulton furnace gine Glasgow heat honour Hornblower horses hundred improvements inches ingenious injection invention inventor JACOB PERKINS JAMES JAMES WATT JOHN JONATHAN HORNBLOWER JOSEPH BRAMAH labour lever LIST OF PATENTS London machine machinery manufacture marked WATT MATTHEW MURRAY means mechanism ment metal moved navigation nearly Newcomen's operation opposite paddles pipe placed pounds pounds weight practice pressed pressure principle produced propelling raised revolving rotary engine rotary motion Savery's Saving fuel scheme shut side slider Soho steam valve steam-boat Steam-carriage steam-engine Steam-wheel stroke tion Trevithic upper vacuum vapour vessel Watt Watt's weight wheel WILLIAM
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Page 420 - The warp was placed perpendicularly, the reed fell with a force of at least half a hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a 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.
Page 419 - 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 ; I controverted, however, the impracticability of the thing by remarking that there lately had been exhibited in London an automaton figure which played at chess....
Page 543 - That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law.
Page 490 - ... beneath their decks from the terrific sight, and left their vessels to go on shore ; while others prostrated themselves, and besought Providence to protect them from the approach of the horrible monster which was marching on the tides, and lighting its path by the fires which it vomited.
Page 488 - M'Neven, to whom we are indebted for some account of what passed on this occasion. Nothing could exceed the surprise and admiration of all who witnessed the experiment. The minds of the most incredulous were changed in a few minutes. Before the boat had made the progress of a quarter of a mile, the greatest unbeliever must have been converted.
Page 544 - ... occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians,...
Page 551 - We have said that Mr Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...
Page 489 - She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first...
Page 551 - By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is as nothing to it.
Page 552 - ... to the greatest advantage the pleasant anecdotes which he delivered with the same grave brow and the same calm smile playing soberly on his lips.