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Excerpt from The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, Vol. 16: Consisting of Original Communications, Specifications of Patent Inventions, Practical and Interesting Papers, Selected From the Philosophical Transactions and Scientific Journals of All Nations The valves I sometimes place in the plugs of the acting stop cocks, so that if they get out of order they can be easily ground air tight again, by withdrawing Po plugs; in which case the chhrge may still be pre served in the vessel bx means of another set of stop Cocks placed nearer to It, and used only on such occa swns, or when it is necessary to anoint the acting ones with a composition of oleaginous wax, tallow, Ste. 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.