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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
secured in the interior. The following statement from the London times contains the dimensions of a number of English ironclads, with the thickness of their armor, etc. Names.Tonnage.Horse-Power.Length.Beam.Protected Guns designed for.Thickness of Armor.Thickness of Backing. Achilles6,2211,25038058264 1/218 Black Prince6,1091,85038058264 1/218 Warrior6,1091,25038058264 1/218 Agincourt6,6211,35040059365 1/210 Minotaur6,6211,35040059365 1/210 Northumberland6,6211,35040059365 1/210 Hector4,08980028056324 1/218 Valiant4,06380028056324 1/218 Defence3,72060028054164 1/218 Resistance3,71060028054164 1/218 Caledonia4,1251,00027359324 1/2Wood ship, side 29 1/2 in. Ocean4,0471,00027358324 1/2Wood ship, side 29 1/2 in. Prince Consort4,0451,00027358324 1/2Wood ship, side 29 1/2 in. Royal Alfred4,06880027358324 1/2, 6Wood ship, side 29 1/2 in. Royal Oak4,05680027358324 1/2Wood ship, side 29 1/2 in. Lord Clyde4,0671,00028059344 1/2, 5 1/2, 6Wood ship, side 31 1/2 in. Lord Ward
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), I. (search)
fort is about £ 1,000,000 sterling. See armor-plating. Fig. 2703 shows broadside views of a number of English iron-clads, and is introduced to illustrate the modes of arming and of protecting; the shaded portions indicating the partial protection only, afforded in some instances to the battery and engines, and at about the water-line. a shows the Warrior and Black Prince class of 6,039 tons. b, the Achilles, of the same size. c, the Defence and Resistance, 3,668 tons. d, the Hector and Valiant, 4,063 tons. c, the Northumberland, Minotaur, and Agincourt, 6,621 tons. f, the Prince Consort, Royal oak, Royal Alfred, Ocean triumph, and Caledonia, 4,045 tons. g, the Royal sovereign, 5-turreted vessel, 3,765 tons. h, the Prince Albert, 6-turreted vessel, 2,529 tons. i, a two-shield ship of 1,385 tons. j, the Enterprise, 990 tons. k, the Favorite, 2,186 tons. The lower portion of the figure is a midship section of a British iron-clad ship of 1,385 tons,
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
nature. The game of thimblerig occurs in a painting, and the illustration is from the work of Professor Rosellini. Egyptian toys (Museum of Leyden). Toys have been disinterred by General di Cesnola from the tombs of Golgoi and Idalium in Cyprus, — painted dolls of clay modeled with the fingers; mounted cavaliers armed with shields, or horses attached four abreast to cars. One, a horse a foot in length, rolling on movable wheels, was found in a diminutive grave, older probably than Hector and Andromache. The toys of the Roman children were of various kinds; some found at Pesaro were little leaden gods and goddesses, with altars and sacrificial instruments (Lararium puerile). They had also puppets, geometrical figures of ivory to be fitted together, dolls, terra-cotta figures with arms and legs moved by a string, like the modern patins and marionettes; popguns, blow-guns, bows and arrows, tops. Hooker, the naturalist, states that he was amused at the Monastery of Doobdi,