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Austria (Austria) (search for this): chapter 15
essarily at a standstill. M. Bruet, the inventor of the new register, has now overcome this difficulty by a contrivance, by means of which, as soon as the wheels cease to act on the indicator, the clock which forms part of the machine keeps the tell-tale hand moving at a rate which credits the driver with eight kilometers (about five miles) an hour, or two francs, according to the Parisian tariff. Table of Lengths of Foreign Road Measures. Place.Measure.U. S. Yards. ArabiaMile2,146 AustriaMeile (post)8,297 BadenStuden4,860 BelgiumKilometre1,093.63 BelgiumMeile2,132 BengalCoss2,000 BirmahDain4,277 BohemiaLeague (16 to 1°）7,587 BrazilLeague (18 to 1°）6,750 BremenMeile6,865 BrunswickMeile11,816 CalcuttaCoss2,160 CeylonMile1,760 ChinaLi608.5 DenmarkMul8,288 DresdenPost-meile7,432 EgyptFeddan1.47 EnglandMile1,760 FlandersMijle1,093.63 FlorenceMiglio1,809 France 1, 60931 miles = 1 kilometre. Kilometre1,093.6 GenoaMile (post)8,527 GermanyMile (15 to 1°）8,1
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 15
taffs and visible from various points on Long Island Sound, Sandy Hook, and the inland waters of the Hudson and Harlem rivers. In the building is a large map, displaying the territory throughout which the service has its stations, reaching from Mexico to Canada, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. The state of the weather is indicated by dials at each of these stations on the map, from which reports are received every five hours. Ob-stet′ri-cal chair. One capable of affording coeceStadium1,083.33 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 NaplesMiglio2,025 NetherlandsMijle1,093.63 Place.Measure.U. S. Yards. NorwayMile12,182 PersiaParasang6,076 PolandMile (long)8,100 PortugalMitha2,250 PortugalVara3.609 PrussiaMile (post)
Norfolk (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
spoiled by the box of whistles. This instrument was nearly 30 feet high, 18 wide, and 8 deep. About 1680, the barrel-organ used by itinerant musicians was introduced. The early builders were fond of employing outre materials in their organs, and of decorating them with precious metals and stones, or with grotesque carvings; animals, birds, and angelic figures moved by mechanism were also introduced, the latter playing on the trumpet or beating big drums. The old organ at Lynn, in Norfolk, had a figure of King David playing on the harp and larger than life, cut from the solid wood; likewise several moving figures, which beat time, etc. We are told that the Emperor Theophilus, 829-41, had two great gilded organs, embellished with precious stones and golden trees, on which a variety of little birds sat and sung, the wind being conveyed to them by concealed tubes. The Duke of Mantua had an organ in which the pipes and other parts were made of alabaster. A pair of organs
Bristol (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 15
Zuinglius and some of the early reformers, the German churches were, during the sixteenth century, generally provided with organs. During this century, the German builders introduced the register and the stopped pipe. The key-board also was extended to four octaves. England, also, was well provided with artists of this class, and possessed some fine instruments. In 1634, we are informed that the organ in the cathedral of Durham cost pound1,000. Those of York, Litchfield, Hereford, Bristol, and other cathedral towns were also noted. During the civil war, the Puritans, particularly the parliamentary soldiers, destroyed many fine organs, breaking them in pieces and selling the pipes for old metal. Few or none being built during this period, the art became almost forgotten in England, so that Pepys records, under date of July 8, 1660: To White-Hall Chapel, where I got in with ease by going before the Lord Chancellor with Mr. Kipps. Here I heard very good musique, the first
Amsterdam (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
mithy. Om-brom′e-ter. A rain-gage (which see). Omni-bus. 1. (Glass-making.) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing-arch, in order to protect them from drafts of air. 2. (Vehicle.) A large four-wheeled vehicle to carry passengers; the seats being usually arranged on each side, the passengers facing, and the door at the rear. Established in Paris by a decree of Louis XIV., 1662, and made to hold eight persons. Re-established, 1819. In England in 1829. Amsterdam, 1839. Om′ni-graph. A pantograph (which see). On′a-ger. An ancient military engine for hurling stones out of a cup-shaped receptacle. Ooze. A solution of tannin obtained by infusing or boiling oak-bark, sumac, catechu, or other tanninyielding vegetable. There are many ways of extracting the ooze: — 1. By cold water. 2. By hot water, steam being conducted to the vats. 3. By boiling, the spent or weak liquor from the pits being employed. 4. By hydrostatic pr
Solomons Temple (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
s at least contributed the timber of their vessels, another the cordage, another the sails, another the oars, others the ivory, ebony, and sandalwood for adorument; Palestine contributed its iron. Copper from the same land and the Caucasus was mingled with the tin from the far-off Cassiterides, the first contribution of Britain to the common stock of the world's merchandise, and which had the honor of forming with copper the alloy which made the brazen (bronze) laver and furniture of Solomon's Temple. Though littoral Tyre was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and insular Tyre by young Ammon, the rough he-goat, the king of Grecia, yet she survived in her colonies until the Roman maelstrom drew them all into its vortex and swamped the distinctiveness of many nations. The best picture of the time is that given in Ezekiel XXVII. (which see). Machines are made for dressing, planing, riving, and splitting oars, but do not differ so specially from machines for getting out and dressing
South America (search for this): chapter 15
l used in India for cooking, burning, anointing, etc. Elsewhere used in lamps and for making soap. Shea butter or oilBassia parkiiW. AfricaSeeds afford an oil used in Europe for candle and soap making, etc. Souari-nutCaryocar nuciferum, etc.South AmericaContains a sweet oil. Much used in South America. SunflowerHelianthus annuusEurope, etcSeed yields an oil. Used in making fancy soaps, etc. Tallow (vegetable).Pentadesma butyraSierra LeoneTallow, a term often applied to solid fatty substancSouth America. SunflowerHelianthus annuusEurope, etcSeed yields an oil. Used in making fancy soaps, etc. Tallow (vegetable).Pentadesma butyraSierra LeoneTallow, a term often applied to solid fatty substances obtained from plants. That produced from the seeds of the Stillingia sebifera is used for candles by the Chinese. Stillingia sebiferaChina Bassia butyraceaeN. India WalnutJuglans regia, etcEurope and AmericaAn oil often sold as nut-oil. Used in the arts and to adulterate other oils. Wax (bees)Beeswax, although not strictly a vegetable production, is primarily derived from the pollen of flowers Wax (insect)Fraxinus sinensisChinaA kind of wax deposited by an insect, the coccus pe-la, on
Vara (Italy) (search for this): chapter 15
nyMile (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 NaplesMiglio2,025 NetherlandsMijle1,093.63 Place.Measure.U. S. Yards. NorwayMile12,182 PersiaParasang6,076 PolandMile (long)8,100 PortugalMitha2,250 PortugalVara3.609 PrussiaMile (post)8,238 RomeKilometre1,093.63 RomeMile2,025 RussiaVerst1,166.7 RussiaSashine2.33 SardiniaMiglio2,435 SaxonyMeile (post)7,432 SiamRoenung4,333 SpainLeague legal4,638 SpainLeague, common6,026.24 SpainMilla1,522 SwedenMile11,660 SwitzerlandMeile8,548 TurkeyBerri1,828 TuscanyMiglio1,809 VeniceMiglio1,900 O-don′ta-gra. A form of dental forceps. O-don′to-graph. （Gearing.) An instrument for marking or laying off the teeth of gear-wheels; invented
Lancaster (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 15
l. of the blades receives an oscillation in a vertical plane, while the sleeve to which its hub is secured is oscillated in a horizontal plane, so that it receives a double oscillation, once around its own axis and also around the axis of the vertical shaft. In another form, the blades are oscillated with their rockframe, and are feathered, so as to move forward edgeways and move backward flatways to propel the boat. A canal-boat, propelled by oars, was used on the Sankey Canal, Lancashire, England, in 1797. The oars made 18 strokes per minute, and were operated by a steam-engine. Oar-swiv′el. A pivotal device for an oar on the gunwale. A rowlock. In the example, the oar is hung in gimbals, which allow it vibration in any plane, and it has besides a capacity for rotation on its own longitudinal axis in feathering. See rowlock. Oast. A hop-drying kiln. Oast. The kiln has an upward draft, the floor being perforated and the hops lying upon hair-cloth. In the
Dutch (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
r from Angelo Politiano to his friend Francesco Casa, as seen by the former at Florence in the fifteenth century. The inventor was one Lorenzo of Florence, and the apparatus was constructed to illustrate the Ptolemaic theory of the heavens. The various parts were moved by trains of cog-wheels. Life of A. Politiano, published by Cadell and Davis, London, about 1800. A planetary clock was made by Finee, 1553, and a planetarium by De Rheita in 1650. Or′se-dew. Leaf metal of bronze. Dutch metal. Or′tho-graph. A drawing representing a structure in elevation, external or internal. The internal orthograph is usually termed a vertical section or sciagraph. The ground plan is the ichnograph. The view of the whole building, the scenograph. Or-tho-scop′ic lens. （Optics.) An arrangement of two achromatic compound lenses, separated by an interval. Or-tho-pae′dic Ap-pa-ra′tus. （Surgical.) A device to correct the deformities of children, such as curve
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