Gill's technological [afterw.] Gill's scientific, technological & microscopic repository; or, Discoveries and improvements in the useful arts, a continuation of his Technical repository, by T. Gill, Volumen2 |
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... boiling it in a strong alca- line ley ; it must then be washed with water acidulated by a little vinegar , and lastly in pure water . The plate , thus prepared , is next to be covered with a coat of white enamel laid upon it wetted with ...
... boiling it in a strong alca- line ley ; it must then be washed with water acidulated by a little vinegar , and lastly in pure water . The plate , thus prepared , is next to be covered with a coat of white enamel laid upon it wetted with ...
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... boiling water , so that if there should be any moth's eggs they must be destroyed ; but I let the hive be perfectly dry before I use it . Hives should be well made , and closely sewed together , but many are sold not worth using . : The ...
... boiling water , so that if there should be any moth's eggs they must be destroyed ; but I let the hive be perfectly dry before I use it . Hives should be well made , and closely sewed together , but many are sold not worth using . : The ...
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... boil up four or five pounds with a quart of strong sweet wort , which brings it to a proper liquid . This food will be of great service to the mothers , and make them lay eggs in abundance in the spring . . If a stock has been glassed ...
... boil up four or five pounds with a quart of strong sweet wort , which brings it to a proper liquid . This food will be of great service to the mothers , and make them lay eggs in abundance in the spring . . If a stock has been glassed ...
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... quicker . The hardness of the bones , however , renders this mechanical operation expensive ; and the animal substance , after having been exposed to the action of boiling water , 28 On Extracting Gelatine from Bones .
... quicker . The hardness of the bones , however , renders this mechanical operation expensive ; and the animal substance , after having been exposed to the action of boiling water , 28 On Extracting Gelatine from Bones .
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... boiling the bones to extract the fat , they also lose a portion of their gelatine ; and , indeed , the con- sumption which the manufacturers of animal charcoal have occasioned in these bones , have raised their price from five to eight ...
... boiling the bones to extract the fat , they also lose a portion of their gelatine ; and , indeed , the con- sumption which the manufacturers of animal charcoal have occasioned in these bones , have raised their price from five to eight ...
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Página 378 - ... in any part of Europe during the preceding two years, on Heat or on Light ; the preference always being given to such discoveries as shall, in the opinion of the President and Council, tend most to promote the good of mankind.
Página 379 - American funds, may be employed to augment the capital of this premium ; and that the interest of the sums by which the capital may from time to time be so augmented may regularly be given in money, with the two medals, and as an addition to the original premium, at each succeeding adjudication of it. And it is further my particular request, that those additions to the value of the premium arising from the occasional non-adjudications, may be suffered to increase without limitation.
Página 89 - Of this acid bleaching liquor, small quantities at a time are to be added to the half bleached lac solution, allowing the effervescence which takes place on each addition to cease before a fresh portion is poured in. This is to be continued until the lac, now white, separates from the liquor. The supernatant fluid is now to be poured away, and the lac is to be well washed in repeated waters, and finally wrung as dry as possible in a cloth.
Página 108 - I attribute to the deep ploughing, to the highly-jnanured state of the land, and to its being constantly kept clean and loose upon the surface, by means of the hoe ; and I firmly believe that when land is in this state, the weather in England can never be too hot for forest trees.
Página 230 - It is not, however, merely a saving of time that is gained by the use of the rolling press, the paper is made smoother than it would have been by beating, and the compression is so much greater, that a rolled book will be reduced to about five-sixths of the thickness of the same book if beaten. A shelf, therefore,, that will hold fifty books bound in the usual manner, would hold nearly sixty of such if bound in Mr.
Página 121 - As the Turkey-red dyers are the great consumers of the common soda of commerce, it occurred to me, about four months ago, that they might make their own alkali, by the cheap and simple process of decomposing muriate of soda by pearl-ash, and thus procure a liquor equally pure, without the tedious and expensive operation of bringing the soda to the state of crystal. I pointed out the following plan to a Turkey-red dyer here, who immediately put it in practice, and it is now gradually adopting by the...
Página 364 - ... be left rough. The silver is first annealed, and afterwards pickled in weak spirit of salt ; it is planished, and then scraped on the surface to be fitted on the copper. These prepared surfaces are anointed with a solution of borax, or strewed with fine powdered borax itself, and then confined in contact with each other, by binding wire. When they are exposed to a sufficient degree of heat, the flux causes the surfaces to fuse at the same time, and after they become cold, they are found firmly...
Página 73 - Artificial incubation is exceedingly useful in furnishing young fowls at those seasons when the hens will not sit, and, in some situations, to produce, or, as we may say indeed, to manufacture a great number of fowls in a small space.
Página 162 - ... the stone, so that there may be no plaits formed in it, and that it may be equally applied over its whole surface. Care must be taken so to fix the scraper, that it may bear steadily on the autographic paper, for if it removes it at all, it will change the place of pressure, and the lines will be doubled. There should be...
Página 89 - French polish; and there can be no doubt it would afford coloured lackers and varnishes of superior quality. In fine, the white lac varnish is generally applicable to the various purposes of other white hard spirit varnishes, and is to be used under the same conditions, and with the same management.