wire-gauze

The admission of air to the light-box may be from the division of the hold in which it is placed, by small holes, near its top, through its side or back, protected with copper wire-gauze, inside and outside of the box.

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

These pools when uncovered breed mosquitoes in vast numbers; if not tightly closed by a cemented top or by wire-gauze, they should be treated once a week with an excess of kerosene or light fuel oil.

The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

H. maintains, in opposition to Sir H.mphry Davy, that the Davy lamp acts by its heat and rarefaction, and not from Sir H. Davy's theory, that flame is cooled by a wire-gauze covering.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 Various

Instead of a wire-gauze cap, impregnated with a solution of metals or of salts, two fine platinum wires may be used -- one bent into the form of a semicircle of about an inch radius, and the other (of slightly larger diameter) rolled spirally round the former.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various

Of all the splints I saw in use, I think the best were wire splints, and the Dutch cane folding splints for the thigh and leg (figs. 56, 58); wire-gauze splints with steel at the margins

Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins

The external orifice of each duct to be formed of perforated zinc, and the internal orifice, which may be trumpet-shaped, of {416} perforated zinc or wire-gauze, with a device which would serve to adjust the quantum of air according to circumstances, and to exclude it at night.

Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various

Under cover of the wire-gauze curtain which veiled the window he had carefully inspected the scene before emerging.

Fire-Tongue Sax Rohmer 1921

All these pieces are made of iron wire-gauze, having the interval between its threads the twenty-fifth part of an inch.

Miracle Mongers and Their Methods 1920

In order to show how the head, eyes, and lungs are protected, the fireman put on the asbestos and wire-gauze cap, and the cuirass, and held the shield before his breast.

Miracle Mongers and Their Methods 1920

This valuable property, which has been long in practical use, he ascribed to the conducting and radiating power of the wire-gauze, which carried off the heat of the flame, and deprived it of its power.

Miracle Mongers and Their Methods 1920