... and Sutcliffe, and which consist in driving them by means of an elongated weight, which passes down the inside of the tube striking its blow immediately above the point. This method of driving is particularly suitable for opera- tions carried on under ...

... in such a? way that the steam passing, ?G threugh a fiseure at the circumference of the nul. widened upper cold of the tube strikes penl tlbs pa'~ floe edge of the hell, exciting sonorous impulses -e which are taken up and reinforced by tise air in the ...

... from it, in such a& way that the steam passing through a fissure at the circumference of the ,widened upper end of the tube, strikes upon the . fine edge of the bell, exciting sonorous impulses, which are taken up and reinforced by the air iD the bell ...

... was placed some detonating powder, and into it was pre tightly fixed a glass tube containing sulpfhuric acid. This on tube striking against any hard substance such as the side of ten a ship, breaks, and the sulphuric acid running into the ads detonating ...

... using as a speaking tube. John King seized another, and began to fence with it; I could hear the noise of the two tubes striking against each other. Then, most amazing of all, John King wrested the tube from his adversary; and then, proceeding to ...