 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
 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - Inventions - 1860 - 324 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 with a pin, and, compressing... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - Gas manufacture and works - 1861 - 752 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...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals I distilled were inconsiderable. " I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavored... | |
 | 1861 - 804 pages
...flame. * * * I then had a mind to try if I could save any of this spirit. * * * I kept this spirit in 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... | |
 | Gas-lighting - 1864 - 494 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...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals I distilled were inconsiderable. " I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavored... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Science - 1866 - 972 pages
...number more, for the spirit continued to rise for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as Êist as a man could have blown them with his mouth, and...this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and enJeavoured in several ways to condense it, but in vain ; and when I had a mind to divert étrangers... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 992 pages
...continued to rise for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could hare blown thorn with his mouth, and yet the quantity of coals distilled...this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured in several ways to condense it, but in vain; and when I had a mind to divert htrangers... | |
 | Albert James Bernays - 1866 - 428 pages
...distilled coals in a retort and obtained gas. He says — " I kept 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... | |
 | Charles Meymott Tidy - 1867 - 66 pages
...distilled was inconsiderable. I kept this for a long time, and endeavoured 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, compressing gently the bladder... | |
 | Samuel Hughes (C.E.) - 1880 - 490 pages
...might have filled an inconceivable number more, for the spirit continued to riso for several hours, and filled the bladders almost as fast as a man could...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals was inconsiderable. "I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several... | |
 | George Bower - 1880 - 218 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...them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals was inconsiderable." " I kept this spirit in the bladders a considerable time, and endeavoured several... | |
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