On the construction of fire-engines and apparatus1830 |
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Page 7
... turned ; the one to supply the engine when water is drawn from the cistern ; the other for drawing water through the suction - pipe . It will be observed , that the key of the suction - cock has a screwed nut and washer upon it ...
... turned ; the one to supply the engine when water is drawn from the cistern ; the other for drawing water through the suction - pipe . It will be observed , that the key of the suction - cock has a screwed nut and washer upon it ...
Page 12
... turned on the crank of the axle . This mode of attaching the carriage to the axle in some measure serves the purpose of springs , as when the wheels encounter any obstacle on the road , the carriage swings forward , and thus saves the ...
... turned on the crank of the axle . This mode of attaching the carriage to the axle in some measure serves the purpose of springs , as when the wheels encounter any obstacle on the road , the carriage swings forward , and thus saves the ...
Page 15
... turning round , and coming under the shafts , by which the latter might be damaged , and the hands of the men at work injured . Small stones , gravel , and other obstructions , some- times find their way into the nozle of the director ...
... turning round , and coming under the shafts , by which the latter might be damaged , and the hands of the men at work injured . Small stones , gravel , and other obstructions , some- times find their way into the nozle of the director ...
Page 22
... turned , after which they must be well tinned before being used . I have tried to get the rivets finished without the extra expense of turning , but I soon found they could never be trusted to . The object of turning being to take off ...
... turned , after which they must be well tinned before being used . I have tried to get the rivets finished without the extra expense of turning , but I soon found they could never be trusted to . The object of turning being to take off ...
Page 27
... turned outwards , and form a shoulder , as at B. The inten- tion of this , is probably to assist in securing the leather in its place , and to prevent the cording from slipping . The effects of it are as follows : -First , from the ...
... turned outwards , and form a shoulder , as at B. The inten- tion of this , is probably to assist in securing the leather in its place , and to prevent the cording from slipping . The effects of it are as follows : -First , from the ...
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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...