On the construction of fire-engines and apparatus1830 |
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Page 5
... whole of the water thrown by two engines , will thus pass through one branch - pipe or director . This , however , can scarcely be necessary , if the engines be brought up and put into action smartly , and the water made immediately to ...
... whole of the water thrown by two engines , will thus pass through one branch - pipe or director . This , however , can scarcely be necessary , if the engines be brought up and put into action smartly , and the water made immediately to ...
Page 7
... whole valve is put together , and then slipt into a groove in the sides and bottom of the sole , left for that purpose . The barrels are of cast - brass , with a piston made of two circular pieces of the same metal , each put into a ...
... whole valve is put together , and then slipt into a groove in the sides and bottom of the sole , left for that purpose . The barrels are of cast - brass , with a piston made of two circular pieces of the same metal , each put into a ...
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... whole is put into the cis- tern , and secured by the bolts E. The pieces O on which the levers work are then , with the levers attached to them , put into the top of the standards , and secured by a screw - nut . The pistons are next ...
... whole is put into the cis- tern , and secured by the bolts E. The pieces O on which the levers work are then , with the levers attached to them , put into the top of the standards , and secured by a screw - nut . The pistons are next ...
Page 13
... whole of the brass work of an engine should be of the best gun - metal , composed of copper and tin only . Yellow brass should never be used ; even at first it is far inferior to gun - metal , and after be- ing used for some time it ...
... whole of the brass work of an engine should be of the best gun - metal , composed of copper and tin only . Yellow brass should never be used ; even at first it is far inferior to gun - metal , and after be- ing used for some time it ...
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... whole hide has been cut up and made into hose , without any selection whatever . The ef- fect of this is very prejudicial . The loose parts of the hide soon stretch and weaken , and while , by stretching , the diameter of the pipe is ...
... whole hide has been cut up and made into hose , without any selection whatever . The ef- fect of this is very prejudicial . The loose parts of the hide soon stretch and weaken , and while , by stretching , the diameter of the pipe is ...
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Page 5 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 155 - FROM all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise, Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land by every tongue. 2 Eternal are thy mercies. Lord, Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 147 - For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Page 84 - ... for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre...
Page 44 - The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Page x - O SING unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Page 141 - But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Page xxi - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Bab-y-lon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 140 - The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth : the leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all : the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Page viii - Now go, write it before them in a table, And note it in a book, That it may be for the time to come For ever and ever...