The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 48

Download or read book The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 48 written by Silliman Silliman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 48: April, 1845 Would inform Professors of Colleges, Principals of Academies, Lyceums, and other Literary Institutions, that he keeps on hand Drawings and Diagrams on paper and on canvass, (in distemper, ) illustrative of the science of Geology, comprising Stratification, Metallic Veins, Organic Remains, Active and Extinct Volcanoes, &c. The Drawings are fixed on Rollers, adapted for Lectures. Letters addressed to R. Bakewell, Instructor of Drawing and Perspective in Yale College, at Mr. Ebenezer Johnson's, 47 Chapel street, New Haven, will be duly attended to. Drawings and Plans of every description copied with dispatch. New Haven, January, 1845. Mr. Bakewell's Drawings are excellent. - Eds. Am. Jour. Sci. Keeps constantly for sale at his establishment, a general assortment of Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, Chemical Preparations, and every thing necessary for the study of Chemistry and other branches of Natural Philosophy - among which are the following: Pixii's French Air-pumps, with glass barrels; other air-pumps with brass barrels, single and double, of various sizes, together with the various apparatus used with them. Large and small Plate Electrical Machines, Cylinder Electrical Machines, and a variety of Electrical Apparatus. Electro-Magnets, mounted on frames, of various sizes, capable of supporting from 20 to 3000 lbs. Page's Compound Magnet and Electrotome, for producing brilliant sparks and powerful shocks. The same instrument, with a contrivance attached by which the intensity of the shocks can be modified at pleasure, which renders it one of the most convenient instruments for the application of electricity as a remedial agent in the cure of disease, and for physiological experiments. Small working models of Electro-Magnetic Machines, of different kinds, and a great variety of Electro-Magnetic Instruments for the purpose of illustrating the theory of Electro-Magnetism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.