 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 pages
...calcined flints in its composition. The popular version of the origin of this improvement states, that while travelling to London on horseback, in the year 1720, Astbury had occasion, at Dnnstable, to seek a remedy for a disorder in his horse's eyes; when the ostler at the inn, by burning... | |
 | George Richardson Porter - 1838 - 358 pages
...calcined flints in its composition. The popular version of the origin of this improvement states, that " while travelling to London on horseback, in the year 1720, Astbury had * The salt is decomposed by this means ; and, rising in fumes, the alkali which it contains combines... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1845 - 598 pages
...said that accident led to this discovery. While travelling to London on horseback, in 1720, Asthury had occasion, at Dunstable, to seek a remedy for a disorder in his horse's eye ; when the ostler at the inn, burning a flint, reduced it by pounding to a fine white powder, which... | |
 | George Richardson Porter - 1846 - 256 pages
...flints in its composition. Tha popular version of the origin of this improvement states, tli it -- while travelling to London on horseback, in the year...for a disorder in his horse's eyes ; when the ostler at the inn, by burning a flint, reduced it to a fine powder, which he blew into them. The potter, observing... | |
 | Thomas Webster, Mrs. William Parkes - 1852 - 1298 pages
...was made. It is said that accident led to this discovery. While travelling to London on horseback, in 1720, Astbury had occasion at Dunstable to seek a remedy for a disorder in his horse's eye ; when the ostler at the inn, burning a flint, reduced it by pounding to a fine white powder, which... | |
 | Frederick William Fairholt - 1854 - 516 pages
...POU— PRE. year, Astbury, a Staffordshire potter, while journeying to London, was obliged to stay at Dunstable, to seek a remedy for a disorder in his...ostler of the inn, by burning a flint, reduced it to a tine powder, which he blew into them. The potter observed the beautiful white colour of the flint after... | |
 | 1864 - 990 pages
...calcined flint. " While travelling to London on horseback," states Parke, in his Chemical Catechism, "in the year 1720, Astbury had occasion, at Dunstable,...for a disorder in his horse's eyes, when the ostler at the inn, by burning a flint, reduced it to a fine powder, which he blew into them. The potter, observing... | |
 | 1872 - 818 pages
...flints as a valuable ingredient. " While traveling in London on horseback, in the year 1720, the younger Astbury had occasion at Dunstable to seek a remedy...horse's eyes, when the ostler of the inn by burning a Hint reduced it to a fine powder which he blew into them. The potter, observing the beautiful * Such... | |
 | John Yeats - 1871 - 514 pages
...burnt flints. The common story is that while travelling to London on horseback, in the year 1720, he had occasion, at Dunstable, to seek a remedy for a disorder in his horse's eyes, when the ostler at the inn, by burning a flint, reduced it to a fine powder, which he blew into them. The potter, observing... | |
 | John Yeats - 1887 - 578 pages
...burnt flints. The common story is that while travelling to London on horseback, in the year 1720, he had occasion, at Dunstable, to seek a remedy for a disorder in his horse's eyes, when the ostler at the inn, by burning a flint, reduced it to a fine powder, which he blew into them. The potter, observing... | |
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Tha popular version of the origin of this improvement states, tli it -- while travelling to London on horseback, in the year 1720, Astbury had occasion, at Dunstable, to seek a remedy for a disorder in his horse's eyes ; when the ostler at the inn, by... 