Bend a piece of iron wire in a spiral form, and tie on to one end some cotton or flax; sprinkle some flour of sulphur on it, set it on fire, dip it into a bottle of oxygen gas, and beautiful corruscations will be thrown off the wire.
Note 4: The quantity of stannous chloride required for the reduction of the iron in the limonite will be much larger than that added to the solution of iron wire, in which the iron was mainly already in the ferrous condition.
Such standards may take the form of pure crystalline salts, such as ferrous ammonium sulphate, or may be in the form of iron wire or an iron ore of known iron content.
Note 10: If a standard solution of a ferrous salt is not at hand, a weight of iron wire somewhat in excess of the amount which would be required if the chromite were pure FeO.
The only practical place for an iron wire, however, is one where copper would be too small or not strong enough.
Thus, for the same conductivity the weight of a certain length of iron wire is 0.
The top of the cage must be of linen, since, from its tendency to rise for flight, it would run the risk of wounding its head against a covering of wood or iron wire, especially before it is well tamed.
The illuminated star wheel may be formed by procuring a fell about four feet in diameter, and placing, within this fell, three circles of iron wire, one smaller than the other, so that the diameter of the least may be about ten inches.
On this wheel, three circles of iron wire are to be fixed, to which attach either port, or other illuminating fires.
A brush, made of iron wire, is then applied; afterwards, oil and wax, and the barrel is finished by rubbing it with a cloth.
Solder an iron wire one-eighth of an inch thick and six inches long into the hole in the top of the plug.
You must get a piece of iron wire a quarter of an inch in diameter and about two feet long.
The plank is lowered down by aniron wire fastened to the other end; when the stone is at the mouth of the shaft the plank is right down the shaft in the sump, in which water it floats.
Its sides are sloping and made of planks, but its bottom is made of iron wire netting, and fastened with wire to two iron rods, which are fixed to the two side planks.
Also, cut the same number of lengths from the same gauge galvanized-iron wire to fill the remaining holes.
Connect one copper wire to the bell and the other terminal, which must be an iron wire, to the other post of the bell.
These with a strip of light asbestos paper and some small iron wire, about the size of door screen wire, will complete the material list.
Filter through paper into a polished iron dish, washing with the rest of the water, and boil until a drop of the solution taken out on iron wire solidifies on cooling.
This can be best accomplished by a few turns of iron wire.
It easily decomposes water, and will heat an iron wire 8 inches in length and a 25th of an inch in diameter to redness.
In the case of the original Atlantic Cable this was attempted by first surrounding the core with tarred hemp, which in its turn was enveloped spirally by eighteen strands of iron wire; each strand consisting of seven No.
The usual preparations were then made to shackle the Cable ere it was cut and cast overboard with its tow rope of iron wire, an operation which always caused the gravest misgivings.
There, driven right through the centre of the coil so as to touch the inner wires, was a piece of iron wire, bright as if cut with nippers at one end and broken off short at the other.
In 1851 another cable was laid between these two points, containing four conductors insulated with gutta-percha, and over all was an armor of iron wire.
The only thing that I had ever seen of the kind was an iron wire called "bonnet" wire that was wrapped with cotton thread.
Button shanks are made by hand from brass or iron wire, bent and cut by the following means:-- The wire is lapped spirally round a piece of steel bar.
Metal buttons are formed of an inferior kind of brass, pewter, and other metallic compositions: the shanks are made of brass or iron wire, the formation of which is a distinct trade.
When the bougies are to be hollow, a mandril of iron wire, properly bent with a ring at one end, is introduced into the axis of the silk tissue.
It was four times as good as iron wire, and four times as expensive.
It was brave talk in those days of iron wire, peg switchboards, and noisy diaphragms.
About thirty yards of the wire will be required: iron wire is generally used.
A stout bit of iron wire, ten inches in length, is now required.
The hoop should consist of an iron wire of the diameter of common telegraph wire.
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