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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
f spray from the wheel, and thence passing to the fanchamber is subjected to jets of liquid, chemically prepared to act upon the gases present. The jets proceed from the hollow shaft, which is pierced with holes for that purpose. Whelpley and Storer's draft and spray wheel. Herron, January 12, 1858, attaches to the pulpit or rostrum an air-pipe by which a supply of fresh, pure air is afforded to the speaker. The air in its course is passed through a trough and beneath a plate which formplacing them in a partially covered revolving pan; the form of the rim prevents the loss of the metallic portions, while the lighter impurities are ejected over the edge of the pan, into which a stream of water constantly flows. Whelpley and Storer's amalgamator. Phelps's amalgamator. Adams and Worthington's amalgamator. Whelpley and Storer, September 11, 1866. The outer cylinder is supported on shaft attached by a hub to an internal plate. The interior of the cylinder is coated w
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), L. (search)
llow of the post. Through the same may also pass the wires whereby the jet of gas is lighted by electric action. Lam′pro-type. （Photography.) A polished collodion picture; from the Gr. lampros, beautiful. Lamp-shade. A screen placed above the light to intercept or mellow it. It may have a dark exterior and reflecting interior surface. In the list below are some comparisons of transparent and partially opaque materials. Loss of Light by Use of Shades and Colored Media. (F. H. Storer and Allan Stevenson.) Thickness.Loss. Glass, etc.Inches.Per cent. American enameled1/1651.23 Crown1/813.08 Crystal plate1/88.61 English plate1/36.15 Porcelain transparency1/1697.68 Parisian pink tinge57 Deep red80 Window-glass1/164.27 Window-glass (green)1/1681.95 Window-glass (ground)1/1665.75 The shade is usually supported from the lampstem or around the base of the burner by means of a three-branched frame known as a shade-holder. Lamp-stove. One in which the he
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
into which spray is injected, and through which the smoke is compelled to pass, to remove poisonous vapors. Proposed by Sir Humphry Davy. See also Whelpley and Storer's patent, 1864. Rain-gage. An instrument for measuring the amount of rain that falls on a given surface. Also called an Ombrometer, Udometer, Plaviameter. g. 4370), the gold or silver ores are mixed with oxide of iron, and then submitted during the roasting process to the action of superheated steam. Whelpley and Storer's shaft-furnace. In Whelpley and Storer's furnace, patented January 12, 1864, the ore, in a finely comminuted state, is forced by a fan-blower a through the tStorer's furnace, patented January 12, 1864, the ore, in a finely comminuted state, is forced by a fan-blower a through the tube b into the descending shaft c of the apparatus; this has furnaces d d′ on each side, provided with chimneys e e, to the action of which the ore falling from the tube b is exposed. The bottom of the horizontal shaft f is covered with water, into which the heavier particles of ore fall; the lighter portions are arrested in the
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
Sole-tree. （Mining.) A piece of wood belonging to a small windlass to draw up ore from the mine. Sol′id New′el. （Joinery.) A post into which the ends of winding stairs are built. A hollow newel winds around a well-staircase. Sol′lar. 1. (Mining.) a. One of the platforms at the ends of the successive ladders in a mine. b. A mine entrance. 2. A loft. So′lo-graph. A photograph. Solu-bil′i-ty. Susceptibility of a body to being dissolved in a liquid. See Storer's Dictionary of Solubilities, Cambridge (Mass.), 1864. Sol′u-ble glass. Also generally known as water-glass. An alkaline silicate which is soluble in water, but remains unaffected by ordinary atmospheric changes. It was first observed by Von Helmont, in 1640, and was subsequently, in 1648, made by Glauber from potash and silica, and by him termed fluid silica. It is employed as a fire-proof coating for various substances, and latterly important as a constituent of artifi
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), U. (search)
r-ine Scar′i-fi-cator. （Surgical.) A lancet concealed in a cannula, and used in scarifying engorged or effused tissues of the uterus. Uterine Redressor. U′ter-ine Spec′u-lum. （Surgical.) An instrument for distending the canal of the uterus to expose the interior surface of the latter, as in cases of polypus or cognate disorders. See speculum. U′ter-ine Sup-port′er. （Surgical.) An application within the vagina to sustain the womb in cases of relaxation or prolapsus. Storer's uterine scarificator. It consists of a cup to receive the cervix uteri, and a supporting bow. It is made of hard rubber, and weighs but little more than half an Uvula-Instuments. ounce. From the cup, in which the cervix uteri rests, the bow sweeps down the posterior wall of the vagina, and the lower portion rests upon, and is supported by, the levator ani muscle near its attachment to the os pubis. The entire posterior or convex portion of the bow resists the action of th