The Technologist. Ed. by P.L. Simmonds, Volume 4Peter Lund Simmonds 1864 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
alfa Algeria alkali alumina applied arts bark bleaching boiling called carbolic acid carbonate casks cent Ceylon chemical China China-stone Chinese clay coal gas coal oil cocoons colour common containing cork cotton crystals cultivated Dammar distillation district dyeing employed engines esparto exported extensive feet fibre fish flint glass France fruit furnace glass gold granite heat important inches India industrial museum insect iron island kaolin known labour lamps leaves lime machine manufacture Marseilles matter Messrs mineral naphtha natives obtained oxide paper paper-makers Paraguay plait plant potash produced pulp purposes pyrites rags resin salt seeds silica silk soda ash soil sold species specimens spermaceti steam straw substances sulphate of soda sulphuric acid supply surface temperature timber tion tons trade tree Tyne various vegetable vegetable ivory whilst wood worms yellow yield
Passagens conhecidas
Página 442 - remember, is thus described :—" Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens : and he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Página 499 - it might be called, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either.
Página 225 - olive in the western world followed the progress of peace of which it was considered the symbol. Two centuries after the foundation of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant: it was naturalized in those countries, and at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul.
Página 305 - I'll tell you who time ambles withal, who time trots withal, who time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.
Página 27 - a special mineralisation, producing a bituminous matter instead of coal or lignite. This operation is not attributable to heat, nor of the nature of a distillation, but is due to chemical reactions at the ordinary temperature and under the normal conditions of
Página 260 - The seed at first contains a clear insipid fluid, with which travellers allay their thirst; afterwards this same liquor becomes milky and sweet, and it changes its taste by degrees as it acquires solidity, until at last it is almost as hard as ivory. The liquor contained in the young fruit turns acid if they are cut from
Página 225 - of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant: it was naturalized in those countries, and at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul. Its usefulness, the little culture it requires, and the otherwise barren situations which it renders productive, quickly spread it over the western face of the
Página 35 - in tubs, having convex open wicker bottoms, placed over cauldrons of boiling water. When thoroughly heated, they are reduced to a mash in the mortar, and thence transferred to bamboo sieves, kept at a uniform temperature over hot ashes. A single operation does not suffice to deprive them of
Página 437 - sumptuously the questions," What shall we eat ?" and " What shall we drink ?" and " Wherewithal shall we be clothed ?
Página 36 - answers well for lamps, though inferior for this purpose to some other vegetable oils in use. It is also employed for various purposes in the arts, and has a place in the Chinese ' Pharmacopoeia,' because of its quality of changing grey hair black, and other imaginary virtues. The husk which