On the construction of fire-engines and apparatus1830 |
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Page 3
... better suited for all ordinary pur- poses , than one either larger or smaller . When an engine is large , it not only requires a considerable number of men to work it , but it is not easily sup- plied with water ; and , above all , it ...
... better suited for all ordinary pur- poses , than one either larger or smaller . When an engine is large , it not only requires a considerable number of men to work it , but it is not easily sup- plied with water ; and , above all , it ...
Page 5
... better obtained by the adoption of one size of en- gine only , in place of having both large and small , which would but tend to render the subject more complicated . In case it may appear that a very large stream of water may be ...
... better obtained by the adoption of one size of en- gine only , in place of having both large and small , which would but tend to render the subject more complicated . In case it may appear that a very large stream of water may be ...
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... better they fit , and by having no leather about them , they are less liable to the ad- hesion of small stones or gravel . The whole valve is put together , and then slipt into a groove in the sides and bottom of the sole , left for ...
... better they fit , and by having no leather about them , they are less liable to the ad- hesion of small stones or gravel . The whole valve is put together , and then slipt into a groove in the sides and bottom of the sole , left for ...
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... better than any sewed hose I have yet seen . This latter sort , indeed , is liable to many objections . If kept in a place where it is exposed to drought , the thread expands , and when brought into use , the seams leak till the thread ...
... better than any sewed hose I have yet seen . This latter sort , indeed , is liable to many objections . If kept in a place where it is exposed to drought , the thread expands , and when brought into use , the seams leak till the thread ...
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... better re- sists the water , and is therefore less liable to con- traction and expansion . See plate 4 , fig . 4 . When the hose are completely finished in this manner , they are proved by a proving - pump , and , if they stand a ...
... better re- sists the water , and is therefore less liable to con- traction and expansion . See plate 4 , fig . 4 . When the hose are completely finished in this manner , they are proved by a proving - pump , and , if they stand a ...
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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...