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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 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 2 0 Browse Search
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House 2 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 2 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 14, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
ledges around the hatchway of a vessel. See also shot-rack. Shot-gun. A smooth-bore fire-arm for shooting small game. Shot-guns are frequently made doublebarreled, and of late years the breech-loading principle of Lefaucheux and others has been extensively introduced. Some breech-loaders, as Maynard's, are provided with interchangeable rifle and shot barrels. Parker shot-gun. Fig. 5033 is the Parker double-barrel, breech-loading gun, made by Messrs. Parker Brothers, West Meriden, Conn. A C show the barrels and mechanism in loading, and B in firing, position. For loading, the breech of the piece is placed under the right arm; by pressing on the finger-piece a, the lifter b is raised, and its beveled side, coming in contact with the screw c, draws the bolt d from a mortise in the lug e, releasing the barrels, which, turning on the joint j, are ready for the insertion of the cartridges. In this position, a small hole in the under side of the bolt comes directly over
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
aste, come from Germany, whereas waxen occiputs are molded and tinted in Paris. Wigmaking for dolls employs three separate trades, namely, makers of human hair wigs, of wigs manufactured from the Thibet goat, and those of lamb skin. Dolls' shoes have a trade to themselves. It appears that combs for these inanimate coquettes are only to be found in the Rue Acunaire, where is a fabrique of dolls' combs. — London Star. The tin toys used in this country are now nearly all made in Meriden, Connecticut, where large quantities of tin household goods are also manufactured. Wooden toys, of the less fragile kind, are largely manufactured in several Connecticut towns, and in New York and Philadelphia. These consist of children's wheelbarrows, drums, rocking-horses, carriages, carts, blocks, rail-cars, hoops, sleds, etc. The patentees of the new sensation toys, as the dancing negro, the returning ball, and Quaker popgun, are said to have made fortunes. The railway train, and sever