The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 445
the public, thathis experiments in the diving bell at the Polytechnic Institution, sig-nally failed to prove that he possesses any peculiar and valuablemeans of purifying or of generating air ; and that his calculations ofthe quantities required for the support of life are extravagantly erro-neous.… … Sir—The importance of any improvement in the process of Sugarmaking, in the colonies, with respect either to economy in the manu-facture, or the quality of the product, I trust is a sufficient apologyfor calling the attention of your readers to a description of an appa-ratus employed by Mr. Alfred…
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