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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 38 0 Browse Search
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 18 0 Browse Search
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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 12 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 12 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 8 0 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 6 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 6 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 6 0 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), E. (search)
brushed with a wire brush, and rubbed with paper to brighten them, after which they are brushed with ammoniacal acetate of copper, and finally polished with a hard brush well waxed. By this process many of the cast-iron monuments in the city of Paris have been copper-plated, and also the street lamp-posts. Cast-iron lamp-posts weighing 4 1/2 cwt. plated in this way cost about $40, while those of bronze of similar pattern, though weighing but 2 3/4 cwt., cost $150. Herr W. Licke, of Hanover, deprecates the use of the acid bath, and advocates the use of a tartrate with either a soda or a potash salt, especially for coppering iron by means of galvanism. The best results were obtained with a solution of 20 parts of crystallized sulphate of copper in 160 parts of water, which solution is mixed with 50 parts of neutral tartrate of potash dissolved in 650 parts of caustic soda solution of 1.12 specific gravity. E-lectro-po′i-on—bat′ter-y. （e)lektron-poie/w, Gr., electricity-
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), O. (search)
ty, after contending with great hardships for 10 years, accomplished their mission, as Frenchmen in pursuit of an idea will do, if anybody can. Since the work of the French Academicians, measurements have been taken in India, France, England, Hanover, Lithmania, and Sweden. One curious discovery resulted, as stated by Sir John Herschel: — The earth is not exactly an ellipsoid of revolution. The equator itself is slightly elliptic, the longer and shorter diameters being respectively 41,8yptFeddan1.47 EnglandMile1,760 FlandersMijle1,093.63 FlorenceMiglio1,809 France 1, 60931 miles = 1 kilometre. Kilometre1,093.6 GenoaMile (post)8,527 GermanyMile (15 to 1°）8,101 GreeceStadium1,083.33 GuineaJacktan4 HamburgMeile8,238 HanoverMeile8,114 HungaryMeile9,139 IndiaWarsa24.89 ItalyMile2,025 JapanInk2.038 LeghornMiglio1,809 LeipsieMeile (post)7,432 LithuaniaMeile9,781 MaltaCanna2.29 MecklenburgMeile8,238 MexicoLegua4,638 MilanMigliio1,093.63 MochaMile2,146 Naple
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
ce. The sections folded on each other; the middle one had two waxen surfaces; the outer ones but one each, on the inside. The Latin writing on one set of tablets was still visible, and was a copy of a document whose date determined it to be of A. D. 169. The inscription on the inner tablet was in Greek and nearly illegible. For important purposes, such tablets were carefully inscribed and fastened consecutively by a cord; or for letters, the boards were covered with a linen cloth. In Hanover and Geneva schedules of this kind are yet preserved. Leaves were also very generally employed in the early stages of society, and with some previous preparation are still in common use in the East. In the University of Gottingen is still preserved a Bible containing 5,376 pieces of leaf, formed into 45 sheets. A large number of such books, principally Asiatic, are found in various museums. The Syracusians and Athenians used olive-leaves for writing sentences of banishment upon,--a
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
lving table. After removal from the molds, the bricks are annealed in a kiln or furnace, and are ready to be used for any of the purposes to which common brick are applied. The fracture is said to be close and firm, and they are capable of standing an intense heat. They resist a crushing force of 3 to 4 tons to the inch, and it is claimed can be made at less than half the cost of common brick, though there is considerable loss by breakage. In another process, invented by Hartmann in Hanover, the slag is granulated by allowing it to flow into a shallow pit, through which a stream of water runs. The material may then be ground fine and used as a building sand. For making bricks, it is mixed, in its coarsely granular state, with half its bulk of water, in a kind of pug-mill. The bricks are molded by machinery, and dried in the open air; in about six weeks they are ready for use. They are said to be stronger than ordinary bricks, and peculiarly adapted for receiving mortar, owi
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
4Mussendom, Persia, to Bushire, Persia39397 1864Bushire, Persia, to Fao, Persia15419 1864Gwadur, India, to Kurrachee, India246670 1864Otranto, Italy, to Aviano, Turkey50347 1865*Bona, Africa, to Sicily270250 1865Trelleborg to Rugen, Germany5580 1865South Foreland, England, to Cape Grinez, France2530 1866Ireland to Newfoundland1,8962,424 1866Ireland to Newfoundland1,8522,424 1866Lyall's Bay to White's Bay4150 1866Crimea to Circassia40 1866Colonia to Buenos Ayres304 1866England to Hanover22427 1866Cape Ray, Newfoundland, to Aspee Bay, Cape Breton91200 1866Leghorn, Italy, to Corsica65100 1866Persian Gulf160110 1866*Khios to Crete2001,200 1867South Foreland, England, to La Panne, France4728 1867Malta to Alexandria, Egypt9252,000 1867Havana to Key West, Florida12520 1867Key West to Punta Russia, Fla12020 1867Placentia, Newfoundland, to St. Pierre11276 1867St. Pierre to Sydney, Cape Breton188250 1867Arendal, Norway, to Hirtshalts, Denmark66110 1868Italy to Sicily540