Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . milar cir-cumstances, where the material at hand suits betterthat mode of construction. Boat-bridijcs are made by fastening them along-side each other to a cable moored on each bank ofthe stream. Over the boats are laid the balks, these the chesses or Hooring-boards. Pouton-briclgcs are laid upon bateaux or pontonscarried by the army, and forming th
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . milar cir-cumstances, where the material at hand suits betterthat mode of construction. Boat-bridijcs are made by fastening them along-side each other to a cable moored on each bank ofthe stream. Over the boats are laid the balks, these the chesses or Hooring-boards. Pouton-briclgcs are laid upon bateaux or pontonscarried by the army, and forming the are laid like the boat-bridge or anchored. Casks lashed to spars have been used as PoNTON-BuiDdE ; Trestle-bridge. That end of the bridge toward the enemy is pro-tected by a fortification (a Me dc pont), a redan, orredoubt, according to the nature of the ground, andwhen practicable, by batteries arranged to commandits approaches. Milk-can. One adapted to the jars and blowsincident to the conveyance of milk to market and tocustomers. In the example, the sheet-metal portionhas strengthening bands, and is riveted to a cast-ironbottom, on which it may be rolled without bruising. Fig. 8142. Fig. Fig. 3143 shows acan with an interior Refrigerated MUk-Can. removable ice - cham-ber. This has a closely fitting stopper, secured inthe can by a flange at the bottom, an annular bandat the top, and springs to keep it in place. Theinner vess-1 is filled with ice to keeji the milk cool. Milk, Con-densed. Recipes for preservingmilk : — 1. Add sugar ; evaporate to one fourth ; solderin cans. 2. Add carbonate of soda and white sugar ;evaporate to dryness ; cut into cakes. 3. Add sugar and alkali ; evaporate to dry-ness ; crush, powder, and bottle. 4. Evaporate to one half ; beat up with whiteof egg; simmer, skim, strain, ami boil. English recipe, 1856. Fresh skimmed milk, 1 gallon ; sesqnicarbonate soda, 1^ drams ; mix, evap-orate to i by steam-bath, accom
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