The Principles of Science Applied to the Domestic and Mechanic Arts, and to Manufactures and Agriculture:: With Reflections on the Progress of the Arts, and Their Influence on National WelfareMarsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb., 1840 - 444 páginas |
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... weave twelve similar pieces in a week ; some , could weave fifteen pieces . " In 1833 , a steam - loom weaver , from fifteen to twenty years of age , assisted by a girl , about twelve years of age , attending four looms , could weave ...
... weave twelve similar pieces in a week ; some , could weave fifteen pieces . " In 1833 , a steam - loom weaver , from fifteen to twenty years of age , assisted by a girl , about twelve years of age , attending four looms , could weave ...
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... weaving , & c . & c . INANIMATE FORCES . Under this head are included , gravity , water , wind , steam , & c . , which may all be referred , indirectly , to three sources ; to wit , gravity , elasticity , and heat . I. Gravity . - As a ...
... weaving , & c . & c . INANIMATE FORCES . Under this head are included , gravity , water , wind , steam , & c . , which may all be referred , indirectly , to three sources ; to wit , gravity , elasticity , and heat . I. Gravity . - As a ...
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... weaves , the produce . Applied to architecture , we find the Briarean arms of the steam - engine every where at work . Stone is cut by it , marble polished , cement ground , mortar mix- ed , floors sawed , doors planed , chimney ...
... weaves , the produce . Applied to architecture , we find the Briarean arms of the steam - engine every where at work . Stone is cut by it , marble polished , cement ground , mortar mix- ed , floors sawed , doors planed , chimney ...
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... weaves the garment that protects him from the Summer's heat or Winter's cold . With this , he forms the various nets and snares , which give him dominion , as well over the inhabitants of the water as of the air and earth ; constructs ...
... weaves the garment that protects him from the Summer's heat or Winter's cold . With this , he forms the various nets and snares , which give him dominion , as well over the inhabitants of the water as of the air and earth ; constructs ...
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... weaving . If it be our object to make cordage , or ropes , the threads are united , not by weaving , but by twisting alone ; and finally , if we propose to make paper , or the felt for hats , the fibres , instead of being twisted , are ...
... weaving . If it be our object to make cordage , or ropes , the threads are united , not by weaving , but by twisting alone ; and finally , if we propose to make paper , or the felt for hats , the fibres , instead of being twisted , are ...
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