The Mining Manual and Almanack for ...1851 |
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Σελίδα 134 - ... may not, make any dividend, gift, division, or bonus in money unto or between any of its members, and provided also that such society shall obtain the certificate of the barristerat-law or lord advocate, as herein-after mentioned.
Σελίδα 83 - ... of the trustees. But as it might be dangerous, in so populous a metropolis as London, to admit perfect strangers, it is expected that every person who applies should produce a recommendation from a trustee, or an officer of the house. Applications defective in this respect will not be attended to.
Σελίδα 122 - The business and design of the Royal Society is ... to improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful Arts, Manufactures, Mechanick practices, Engynes, and Inventions by Experiments, — (not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysics, Moralls, Politicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, or Logick).
Σελίδα 143 - A society for the general advancement of Mechanical Science, and more particularly for promoting the acquisition of that species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man...
Σελίδα 328 - The fire then flies away, and contracts itself by little and little ; having then expended itself, it collects itself together in a surprising manner, and becoming very small, remains quite still in a corner. But it behoves the man who wears the linen garment to stand over the flame when at rest, always terrifying it with his staff. Whilst he performs this service, the miners extract the stones ; but as soon as they have left the cave, the dormant fire on a sudden bursts forth, and environs the whole...
Σελίδα 433 - As already notified to the public, if an order be not presented 'for payment before the end of the twelfth calendar month after that in which it was issued (for instance, if issued in October, and not presented before the end of the next October), th,e money will not be paid at all.
Σελίδα 244 - They issued invitations for tenders to execute works in accordance with them, requesting from competitors, in addition, such suggestions and modifications, accompanied with estimates of cost, as might possibly become the means of effecting a considerable reduction upon the general expense.
Σελίδα 327 - ... immediately, for fire on a sudden bursts forth, and encompasses the whole cavern. " When the miners are desirous of extracting the coal, they put on a linen garment, which has neither been bleached nor dipped in water. This covers them from head to foot, leaving only certain apertures for the eyes...
Σελίδα 83 - Applications defective in this respect will not be attended to. Permission will in general be granted for six months ; and at the expiration of this term fresh application is to be made for a renewal. The tickets given to readers are not transferable, and no person can be admitted without a ticket. Persons under 18 years of age are not admissible. Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, between the . hours of 9 and 4, every day, except Saturday. The Print Room is closed on Saturdays.
Σελίδα 150 - Rules for Membership. An annual subscription of five shillings and upwards constitutes membership of the Society. Annual subscribers of ten shillings and upwards are entitled to the Society's reports. Subscribers not resident in the county paying five shillings and upwards annually, or who become life members by paying five pounds, are entitled to the same privileges as county subscribers of ten shillings and upwards annually. Each member is entitled to a non-transferable ticket...