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filling siphon-bottles with aerated liquids. In Matthews' (Fig. 5111), the bottle is placed in the holder a not be blown away. Also used as a test paper. Matthews' upright generator. So′da-water appa-ra′tus. of the apparatus. Soda-water apparatus. In Matthews' improvement on the Bramah apparatus (Fig. 5280), ts above the water-line a to be made gas-tight. Matthews' method of making vessels for containing gases andhe bottle-valve. See siphon-filling Appa-Ratus. Matthews' pressure-gage for soda-water apparatus. Fig. 5282 is Matthews' pressure-gage for soda-water apparatus (No. 13,468, of 1855). The tube A has offsets at one lowed the pressure to exceed the proper amount. Matthews' pressure-gage. Fig. 5678 is a view of MatthewMatthews' tube for pressuregages. It is made without seam, by electrodeposi-tion of metal upon a core of some fusibl. See bottle-stopper; fruit-jar. Fig. 5899 is Matthews's bottle-stopper for aerated liquids. It is of gl
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suring-chamber passing into A and collecting above the sirup. The rod B is of hard rubber or wood, as the sirup is not allowed to come in contact with metal. Matthews' sirup-tank. 6. (Gas.) The cistern of a gas-holder, in which the lower edge of the inverted chamber is beneath the water-surface, forming a seal for the gas transported to the city of London. Iron railways were laid down by Carr at Sheffield, 1776, and by the Coalbrookdale Iron Company in 1786. See Railway. Matthews's stone tram-way (English) has stones 4 feet 2 inches in length, 14 inches wide at base, If inches at top, and 10 inches deep. He proposed several mortise and ttaff is a straight rule with a red edge, to lay upon the stone and touch with red any prominent parts, in order that they may be reduced to the general level. Matthews's tram-joint. Tram-staff. Tram-way. A wooden or iron way adapted to trams, that is, coal-wagons. It was the precursor of the railway. They were origin