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... blows off the leader pipe . The blowing - powder scoops , having been laid at A , B , & c . , all that is required is to turn the bowl or platter , a little round to the left , and they will come in rotation , ready for the next case ...
... blows off the leader pipe . The blowing - powder scoops , having been laid at A , B , & c . , all that is required is to turn the bowl or platter , a little round to the left , and they will come in rotation , ready for the next case ...
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... blow through with a violent report . Match may also be made of the very narrowest white tape , of an inch broad ; this , from its flat- ness , is peculiarly suited for enveloped stars . For general purposes , however , lamp cotton is ...
... blow through with a violent report . Match may also be made of the very narrowest white tape , of an inch broad ; this , from its flat- ness , is peculiarly suited for enveloped stars . For general purposes , however , lamp cotton is ...
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... blow through with a bang . The nearer the leader pipe fits the match the better , only it ought to be large enough to allow it to go easily in , without force : if laid in a roman candle case it would hardly puff : the smaller and ...
... blow through with a bang . The nearer the leader pipe fits the match the better , only it ought to be large enough to allow it to go easily in , without force : if laid in a roman candle case it would hardly puff : the smaller and ...
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... blows of the mallet . Beech , or box free from knots , will answer . The lengths of figs . 18 , 19 , 20 , and 21 , are to be 8 , 6 , 4 , and 2 diameters , respectively , exclusive of the head ; 11⁄2 fig . 25 , that is , 6 , 38 THE ...
... blows of the mallet . Beech , or box free from knots , will answer . The lengths of figs . 18 , 19 , 20 , and 21 , are to be 8 , 6 , 4 , and 2 diameters , respectively , exclusive of the head ; 11⁄2 fig . 25 , that is , 6 , 38 THE ...
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... blows , or till it offers a resistance to the hand . The blows must be light and numerous , not slow and heavy , like driving a post into the ground . 18 blows with a momentum of 3 , will consolidate the fuse 3 violent blows , with a ...
... blows , or till it offers a resistance to the hand . The blows must be light and numerous , not slow and heavy , like driving a post into the ground . 18 blows with a momentum of 3 , will consolidate the fuse 3 violent blows , with a ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Antimony balloon Barytes bend bottom bradawl brass tube Calomel Charcoal charged Chlorate of Potash choked end cloth extra colour composition crackers Crown 8vo cylindrical damp Demy dextrine drive Edited envelope fasten fire fixed flat funnel gerbe glue gore grain powder half hoops horizontal Illustrations inch broad inch diameter inch thick inches long inches square iron JUSTIN MCCARTHY leader length mallet Meal powder middle mortar mouth nail naphtha Nitrate of Strontian Nitre Number Orpiment OUIDA ounce pasted paper piece of deal piece of double-crown piece of wood pinwheel pipe plaster of paris port-fire Portrait push quickmatch rammer Realgar right angles rocket roll roman candle round sash-tool saxons scoop screw sheet Shellac side slip spindle squibs Stearine stick string strip Strontian Sulphur Nitre Take a piece tenon touch-paper tourbillion triangular turned Vegetable black weight wheel WILKIE COLLINS wire
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