 I then filled a good many bladders therewith, and might have filled an inconceivable number more, for the spirit continued to rise for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could have blown them with his mouth : and yet the quantity...  Putnam's Home Cyclopedia ... - Page 201by G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - 1844 - 488 pages
...might have filled an inconceivable number more ; for the spirit continued to rise for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could...this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several ways to condense it, but in vain ; and, when I had a mind to divert strangers or... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - Chemistry, Technical - 1844 - 488 pages
...might have filled an inconceivable number more ; for the spirit continued to rise for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could...this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several ways to condense it, but in vain ; and, when I had a mind to divert strangers or... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - Chemistry, Technical - 1844 - 220 pages
...might have filled an inconceivable number more ; for the spirit continued to rise for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could...the quantity of coals distilled was inconsiderable. 1 kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavored several ways to condense it.... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - Calico-printing - 1844 - 204 pages
...spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavored several ways to condense it, but in vain ; and, when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing... | |
 | History - Children's literature - 1849 - 270 pages
...might have filled an inconceivable number more; for the spirit continued to run for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could...this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several ways to condense it, but in vain; and when I had a mind to divert strangers or... | |
 | Children's literature - 1849 - 274 pages
...spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several ways to condense it, but in vain ; and when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing... | |
 | 1849 - 818 pages
...gas,' ' in bladders for a considerable time, and endeavoured several ways to condense it, but in vain ; and, when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing... | |
 | Thomas Antisell - Industrial arts - 1852 - 728 pages
...might have filled an inconceivable number more ; for the spirit continued to rise for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could...when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of of these bladders uiid pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing... | |
 | Albert James Bernays - Chemistry - 1853 - 316 pages
...first distilled coals in a retort and obtained gas. He says: "Ikept this spirit (gas) in the bladders; and, when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing... | |
 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1859 - 334 pages
...says, " in bladders for a considerable time, and endeavoured several ways to condense it, but in vain ; and when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pierced a hole in it witfo a , pin, and, compressing... | |
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