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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 11 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
morning with as perfect a feeling of security as I ever did in my own house. Mr. Lough (of St. Louis) was my room-mate and bed-fellow. I waked up about daylight, a soon after heard cheering such as you have heard from our troops on the cars. Lough observed, There is a regiment going up, meaning toward Jackson, where there hadvalry — real, wild, butternut-colored fellows, yelling like Indians. Said I to Lough: Get up, the town is full of secesh! Lough jumped up, took one glance. Wing, Lough jumped up, took one glance. Wing, we're gobbled, by Judas!! [I never heard him swear before or since.] We commenced washing and dressing. I concluded to try the virtue of a clean shirt with the ras in my wallet. I arranged my papers, destroying some and putting others away. Lough called to the old darkey woman to bring us some cold meat and bread; we put on ife and Mrs. Grant. He looked at me very sharply and said: Is that true, sir? Lough says: Yes, sir, when we tell you lies it will be for ourselves and not for othe
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
ta′ble. A table heated with hot water, in which are depressions forming pans to hold joints of meat. Car—wheel. One adapted for the uses of cars, or the trucks of railway cars. They were originally like those in ordinary use, and were guided by flanges on the rails, as in the case of the Sheffield Colliery Railroad, 1767. At this time the rails were of cast-iron. In 1789, car-wheels were made with flanges, to run on the edge-rail, which was first made of castiron and used at Lough borough, England. In Stephenson and Losh's patent, 1816, car-wheels were made with wrought-iron spokes, the hub and rim being cast on to them. A wrought-iron tire was shrunk on to the rim, and secured in its seat by a dovetailed depression. In Fig. 1170 are shown a few examples of the numerous inventions of this class. a a′ represent the famous Washburn wheel so familiar to us all. It has an arch at the central portion adjacent to the hub, and the apex of the arch is connected by a<