Intermediate vesselscontaining water, or the chemical cascade of M.
Great Britain, the liquid of the chambers is run off, by the syphon above described, into a leaden gutter or spout, which discharges it into a series of rectangularvessels made of large sheets of lead, of 12 or 14 lbs.
All vessels of an oval form, and such as have flat sides, are made in this way.
It is stated, above, that the distilling apparatus terminates in a subterranean reservoir, where the products of all the vessels are mixed.
The weight of anchors for different vessels is proportioned to the tonnage; a good rule being to make the anchor in hundredweights one-twentieth of the number of tons of the burden.
The figure shows that the small tuns are all placed on a lower level than the bottom of the great vessels M, so that the beer will flow into them, and, by hydrostatic equilibrium, will fill them to the same level.
The clay should be prepared in a similar way as for making pottery ware; the vessels after being formed must be slowly dried, and then properly baked in the kiln.
At E and H are prolongations of the box, in which are set the vessels F G for holding the reserve paste.
It is called vanilla givrees, when it is covered with efflorescences of benzoic acid, after having been kept in a dry place, and in vessels not hermetically closed.
The vessels are then covered with lids, which are surrounded by straw mats.
But the dark cloud of misfortune which had so long lowered above his head reappeared when the vessels approached their destination.
He did not find it, and on his return the last of the vessels was lost, removing all hope of escape by sea.
One of his vessels was taken by Spanish pirates, and his men grew discontented and undisciplined.
Those signal flags are a warning to all vessels not to take aboard any refugees that seem to have escaped from here, unless they are taken as prisoners.
He wrote me a letter two days ago, requesting that I would take charge of the vessels and property of the African Inland Commercial Company, with which I accordingly complied.
The slavers were surveyed by the officers of his Majesty's vessels the Curlew, Griffin, and Trinculo, and condemned as unfit to proceed to Sierra Leone.
It was therefore conjectured that she was one of thevessels who had taken in part of her cargo of slaves at the Bonny river, and was now bound for the Nun or Brass river to complete it.
At present the Government vessels only cruise about, and pick up a slaver occasionally.
Yes, Sir Oliver; here they are, sir; and here is a memorandum of several vessels expected on this part of the coast that we got from the Cerberus, sir.
Why, Mr Binnacle, I have no tidings of the vessels you speak of; but I suppose we must stand in for the point indicated, and take our chance of falling in with them.
Gascony sent her wines; her linens were furnished by the looms of Ghent and Liége; Genoese vessels brought to her fairs the silks, the velvets, the glass of Italy.
France was as superior in force at sea as on land; and a fleet of two hundred vessels gathered at Sluys to intercept him.
Kosmos line, now run bi-monthly through the Straits; and as all these vesselstouch regularly at Sandy Point, the colonists are kept in frequent communication with the rest of the civilized world.
For several days subsequently ineffectual attempts were made to stop it up, and on the 30th of January both vessels moved up to Sandy Point.
The only native production was "copra," which was taken away by trading vessels that made visits at long intervals.
It was also desirable that additional anchorages should be found and surveyed, where vessels might lie in safety while waiting for the cessation of a gale, or for a favourable tide to help them through the straits.
A fleet of Castilian boats intercepted the Moorish vessels at the mouth of the Guadalquivir at Cadiz, and stopped all supplies.
Each chief was in haste to depart, for the country was full of enemies, more especially in the south and east, where the vessels of the Moors continually landed Berbers and Arabs to plunder and carry off the inhabitants as slaves.
Large vessels can now lie up against wharves, to discharge or to load their cargo, and passengers can embark and disembark in comfort, and the increase in trade has been great.
He was able to detect the vessels with the naked eye, and he observed that where they occurred, sap oozed out under pressure, but was sucked in again when the pressure was removed.
But the solid matter which he neglected contained the vessels and he would have been nearer to the truth had he corrected his figures on this basis.
Also he realized that the wood vessels were in some way connected with water: "These vessels arise in the substance of the Wood, principally towards the outer edge of each circle.
But in the preface he remarks that Presl "has laid too much stress on the number and other circumstances connected with the bundles of vessels in the stipes, which in the Herbarium are difficult of investigation.
They demanded the cessation of various disciplinary measures and punishments inflicted both in vessels and ashore.
The protected motor-boat flotilla had already been seized at Odessa, as had been the new war vessels still lying on the slips in the shipyards.
Of the vessels under contract a good proportion were of 7,500 tons or more, classified as cargo steamers, and of these a number were designed specially for transports.
The British loss invessels was small: one destroyer and two motor launches.
During the same period the following twenty-six American vesselswere sunk by submarines: Gross tons Lives lost August 6.
Each household is supplied with sundry wooden vessels of various sizes (Fig.
These vessels are identical in shape and function with those manufactured by the Yukon river Indians of Alaska.
I suspect, however, it had its origin in the imitation of some one who had observed the playing of dominoes on board of some of the whaling vessels visiting these waters.
Certain large vessels made of wood or metal, chiefly the latter, as they are easily procured from the traders, are used to hold a liquid, which is from time to time added to.
The prepared paints are put in the vessels already described, and when ready for use a quantity is taken with the finger and placed in the palm of the hand while the other fingers hold the instrument by which it is to be applied.
The flesh for cooking is often dropped into the vesselsin which the tallow or marrow is being rendered.
All these vessels of native manufacture are being rapidly displaced by tin cups and small kettles.
The capacity of these vessels is seldom more than a couple of quarts, and generally less.
Hadrian went into the vacant room, lay down on a couch that stood by the wall, and urged the slaves who were busied in removing the dishes and vessels used by his predecessors, and which were swarming with flies.
The little shields for the corks of bottles, made of pleated lead foil, make very pretty pots and kitchen vessels in such little houses.
On the 4th of October he sent out a small fleet of vessels which accomplished more harm than good.
Howe sent other vessels to the northern provinces and the West Indies, which brought in supplies.
He directed Manly, admiral of his little squadron, to follow the British fleet and cut off as many vessels as possible.
But even while the evacuation was in progress British vessels were captured in the harbor, and now in sight of the squadron and its Highlanders was taken the richest store-ship that had yet fallen into American hands.
Howe had nevertheless left vessels at Nantasket Roads, to intercept the troop-ships and stores which were on their way to him.
Before the end of the siege this little company of vessels was invaluable to Washington.
Further, while food and fuel, according to the provisions of the act, might be brought to Boston by water, all vessels carrying them were forced to go through troublesome formalities.
He blew up the fortifications at the Castle, and prepared to destroy the lighthouse, but his purposes in remaining were to fit his fleet for sea, and to warn those British vessels which were bound for Boston.
He sent to Bermuda to seize a supply, but his vessels arrived too late.
Vessels of war were with equal steadiness being added to the little fleet in the harbor.
The roadstead presents a gay appearance on Sunday, when all the different vessels display the ensigns of their respective nations, and corresponding flags are hoisted from the tops of the consulates on shore.
Thousands of vessels of all sizes, shapes, and nations, are moving up and down the channel.
Here the high color is often due to a paralytic distention of the blood-vessels of the face and neck, and an examination of his heart and blood-vessels shows that his prospects are anything but as rosy as his countenance.
The moment that the alarm of injury is sounded in a part, all the vessels leading to it dilate, and their channels are crowded by swarms of the red and white hurrying to the scene.
So full is the blood of the parasites, that they may actually choke up the tiny blood-vessels and capillaries in various organs, so as to block the circulation and cause serious and even fatal congestions.
In all cases where the rules require a bell to be used a drum may be substituted on board Turkish vessels or a gong where such articles are used on board small seagoing vessels.
These signals are not signals of vesselsin distress and requiring assistance.
The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article 4 (a) and article 11, last paragraph.
Fishing vessels and open boats may at any time use a flare-up in addition to the lights which they are by this article required to carry and show.
Fishing vessels and fishing boats may at any time use a flare-up light in addition to the lights which they are by this article required to carry and show.
Vessels when engaged in trawling, by which is meant the dragging of an apparatus along the bottom of the sea-- First.
The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall enter accurately in their official log book the date and place of each fur-seal fishing operation, and also the number and sex of the seals captured upon each day.
These are all English patents, England having necessarily been obliged to use iron for vessels from its cheapness as well as its consequent first introduction there.
Most iron vessels are now constructed by every other plate lapping the edges of the one between.
These vessels carry blood into the cotyledons, whence it is transmitted to the fetus and digested by its digestive faculty.
In such cases Gilbert says we shrink from the application of the actual cautery, for fear of injury to the surrounding vesselsand nerves.
On the other hand, fir vessels built on the Baltic cost thirty-five dollars per ton, and nowhere in England, France, or Holland could a ship be made of oak for less than fifty dollars per ton.
Rather than do such a thing as this, it was thought that the British navy should content itself with vessels of inferior workmanship and higher cost, built in British dock-yards.
But vessels with the smallest orifices, hanging with their mouths downwards in the fixed air, will in time have the common air, which they contain, perfectly mixed with it.
Fixed air may be kept in vessels standing in water for a long time, if they be separated by a partition of oil, about half an inch thick.
When I want to remove vessels of air from the large trough, I place them in pots or dishes, of various sizes, to hold more or less water, according to the time that I have occasion to keep the air, as fig.
I have generally used for electrical batteries, but I have likewise vessels of very different forms and sizes, adapted to particular experiments.
In 1614 a chronicler states that since the recent doubling of the nominal value of the cuartos five or six millions in vellón money had been brought from England and Holland, stowed in vessels under wheat.
Or she sails down to the far-away railway station after coal--possibly two or more vessels in the same convoy--if the steam plough be at work and requires the constant services of these tenders.
The stalk rises in the centre of the cup, and of these vessels there are three or four above each other in storeys.
And these again give rise to troubles of other kinds,--just as copper-sheathed keels or iron vessels are not without their drawbacks.
It thus appears, that colour must be perceived by a nervous substratum, called the rod and cone layer; and hence we explain our power of distinctly seeing the blood-vessels of the retina lying immediately before that structure.
That Fluids press according to their perpendicular Altitudes, whatever be their Quantities, or however the containing Vessels be figured.
The third day, feeling rather dull, he thought it would be nice to see a three-story house filled with beautiful furniture, and with vessels of silver and gold.
Then the young couple returned by means of the movable stone, and brought up all the glass vessels filled with smoke.
Round the walls were several niches, in each of which stood glass vessels filled with some bright-coloured spirit or bluish smoke.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vessels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
