 | American Philosophical Society - 1799 - 734 σελίδες
...ftones as deep as it could fwim ; a wooden pipe defcending through the lower head of the hogfhead, and through the plank, into the powder contained in...a very great effect, rending the plank into pieces ; demolilhing the hogfhead ; and cafting the ftones and the ruins of the hogfhead, with a body of water,... | |
 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1801 - 504 σελίδες
...ftones as deep as it could fwim ; a wooden pipe defcending through the lower head of the hogfhead, and through the plank, into the powder contained in...a very great effect, rending the plank into pieces ; demolifhing the hogfhead ; and cafting the ftones and the ruins of the hogfhead, with a body of water,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1801 - 664 σελίδες
...ftones as deep as it could fwim ; a wooden pipe defcending through the lower head of the hogfliead, and through the plank, into the powder contained in...a very great effect, rending the plank into pieces •, demolifliing the hogfliead ; and cafting the ftones and the ruins of the hogfliead, with a body... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 σελίδες
...with two pounds ol pmvder, inclosed in a wooden bottle, and fixed under a hogshead, with a two-inch oak plank between the hogshead and the powder; the...the plank, into the powder contained in the bottle, wos primed with powder. A match put to the priming exploded the gowder, which produced a veiy grrat... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 σελίδες
...with two pounds of powder, enclosed in a wooden bottle, and fixed under a hogshead, with a two-inch oak plank between the hogshead and the powder ; the...powder contained in the bottle, was primed with powder. Л match put to the priming exploded the powder, which produced a »ery great effect, rending the plank... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1840 - 492 σελίδες
...influential men that powder would burn under water. In the second trial there were two pounds of gunpowder enclosed in a wooden bottle, and fixed under a hogshead,...with stones as deep as it could swim ; a wooden pipe primed with powder descended through the lower head of the hogshead, and thence through the plank into... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1858 - 524 σελίδες
...influential men that powder would bum under water. In the second trial there were two pounds of gunpowder enclosed in a wooden bottle, and fixed under a hogshead,...with stones as deep as it could swim ^ a wooden pipe primed with powder descended through the lower head of the hogshead, and thence through the plank into... | |
 | John Randolph Spears - 1897 - 460 σελίδες
...with two pounds of powder, enclosed in a wooden bottle, and fired under a hogshead, with a twoinch oak plank between the hogshead and the powder; the...powder. A match put to the priming exploded the powder with a great effect, rending the plank into pieces, demolishing the hogshead, and casting the stones... | |
 | Alan Hughes Burgoyne - 1903 - 428 σελίδες
...with two pounds of powder, enclosed in a wooden bottle, and fired under a hogshead, with a two-inch oak plank between the hogshead and the powder ; the...powder. A match put to the priming exploded the powder, with very great effect, rending the plank into pieces, demolishing the hogshead and casting the stones... | |
 | Murray Fraser Sueter - 1907 - 674 σελίδες
...water, and then by using 2 Ibs. of gunpowder placed in a wooden bottle under a hogshead, with a 2-inch plank between the hogshead and the powder. The hogshead...the hogshead and through the plank into the powder in the bottle, was primed with powder. A match put to the priming exploded the powder with great effect,... | |
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... oak plank between the hogshead and the powder ; the hogshead was loaded with stones as deep as it could swim. A wooden pipe descending through the lower head of the hogshead, and through the plank into the powder contained in the bottle, was primed... 
