London Journal of Arts and Sceinces: And Repertory of Patent Inventions, Volume 11

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William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington
W. Newton, 1826 - Industrial arts
 

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Page 96 - Guernsey; for improvements in the construction of horse and carriage ways of streets, turnpike and other roads, and an improvement or addition to wheels to be used thereon.
Page 56 - LANZI'S History of Painting In Italy, from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the iSth Century.
Page 304 - London, merchant, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of " certain improvements in boilers for generating steam.
Page 312 - I make the compound, or compounds, with which I unite or combine the said substances, as follows. (No. 1.) I take two pounds of caoutchouc, dissolved in one gallon of equal parts of oil of turpentine and highly rectified coal-tar oil, six ounces of black resin, two pounds of strong glue size, and one pound of ochre, powdered pumice, or whiting, and mix the whole together ; or (No.
Page 379 - ... 12th December 1839. 35. To CHARLES DOD of 21 Craven Street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of " certain improvements in the construction of railways and tram-roads, and in the carriages to be used thereon and otherwise.
Page 331 - I have now accomplished one-third of the labour, and have found 1000 double stars of the first four classes, among which 800 are new, and of these nearly 300 are of the first class.
Page 54 - Middlesex, gentleman, in consequence of communications made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of a cement for building and other purposes — 7th December — 6 months.
Page 334 - Middlesex, chemist, for his invention of a certain new composition or compositions to be used for the purpose of washing in sea and other water —May 8th— 6 months.
Page 159 - Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world, and is of no country and no age.
Page 266 - In some of these experiments, a pressure of 1600 pounds to the square inch has been used with perfect safety, and was found to project musket balls of the same weight and distance one quarter farther into the target than the strongest gunpowder. Mr Perkins has made another very curious discovery in experimenting on high steam, namely, that temperature does not always show the true power of the steam, although the steam is in contact with the water from which it is generated ; but we cannot be so...

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