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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 73 73 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 27 27 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 13 13 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 8 8 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 6 6 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 6 6 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 5 5 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 4 4 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 3 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 2 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
of mercury is a float carrying a mirror, on which a pencil of light is thrown. The case is inclosed so as to exclude all other light, and the beam is reflected by the mirror upon a traveling slip of paper indicating the extent and time of barometric changes. Baro-ma-crome-ter. An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of infants. Ba-rom′e-ter. （Meteorology.) An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. Invented by Torricelli about the year 1643. Barometers are variously named from differences in construction, mounting, fitting, etc.; e. g.: — Aneroid.Minimum barometer. Holosteric barometer.Mountain barometer. Hypsometer.Pediment barometer. Long-range barometer.Self-registering barometer. Marine barometer.Sympiesometer. Maximum barometer.Wheel barometer. It is related that the pump-makers of Cosmo de Medici tried to raise water over 32 feet by means of a sucking pump, but failed to raise it over 31 feet. They applied t<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
ings. They were driven by a postilion, and where four horses were used, the man who rode the near wheel-horses drove the leaders with reins. The driver's seat was added at a later period. Glass windows were added in 1631 in the carriage of Mary of Spain, the queen of the Emperor Ferdinand III. If the carriage of Henry IV. of France had been furnished with windows in 1610, Ravaillac would have been obliged to choose another mode of assassinating him. The carriage of Louis XIV. of France, 1643, was suspended from springs. The first state coach in England was that of Elizabeth. See coach. Stage wagons were introduced into England in 1564, and coaches for hire plied in London in 1625. Stage coaches were introduced into England by Jethro Tull, about 1750, and were employed to carry the mail in 1784. Before this time it was carried on horseback. See coach. See vehicles for list of devices for land locomotion, which are treated under their respective heads. For water loc
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), E. (search)
furnishing prints; the figures have their swords, pens, etc., in their left hands in the impressions, instead of the right. Had they been engraved for the purpose of printing, the figures would have been reversed on the plate, so as to print right. Euclid was printed with diagrams on copper in 1482. The copperplate roller-press was invented in 1545. Etching on copper by means of aqua-fortis invented by F. Mazzuoli or Parmegiano, A. D. 1532. Mezzotinto engraving invented by De Siegen, 1643; improved by Prince Rupert, 1648; and by Sir Christopher Wren, 1662. Mr. Evelyn showed me most excellent painting in little [miniature]; in distemper, in Indian incke, water-colours : graveing; and, above all, the whole secret of mezzo-tinto, and the manner of it, which is very pretty, and good things done with it. — Pepys's Diary, Nov. 1, 1665. At Gresham College, the Royal Society meeting, Mr. Hooke explained to Mr. Pepys the art of drawing pictures by Prince Rupert's rule and machine
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), L. (search)
first to be utilized, as the uses of flax, hemp, and silk require peculiar preparatory processes. Bark, although used extensively by the natives of some of the islands of Polynesia, has not come into general use for raiment elsewhere; but few trees yield a bark which will make clothing equal to the tapa cloth of the Fijis. This is made from the paper mulberry, which grows wild in Oceanica and Polynesia, as well as in parts of Asia. The Fiji group is near the equator, and was discovered in 1643 by Tasman, the Dutch navigator. There are 225 islands, 80 of which are inhabited by a population estimated at 250,000. Paper is also made of the same material (Broussonetia), and specimens are in the Patent Office and Agricultural Department Museum. The masi cloth is made by the same islanders, of the bark of the malo-tree. The bark, as removed from the tree, is steeped in water, and beaten on a flat log with a grooved mallet. Two lengths of the wet stuff are beaten together at their e
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), M. (search)
w it. Mez′zo-ri-li-e′vo. The moderate prominence of a sculptured figure from the plane surface to which it is attached. It is also known as demi or half-relief, and is a grade between alto-rilievo or high-relief, and basso-rilievo or low-relief. See rilievo. Mez′zo-tint-en-grav′ing. The inventor of this art is believed to have been Colonel Ludwig von Siegen, a lieutenant-colonel in the service of the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel. Portraits executed by him exist, having the date of 1643. Prince Rupert gave so much attention to it, and was so instrumental in bringing it into favor, that he has been credited with the invention. Sir Christopher Wren has also been cited as the inventor, but his claims are antedated by Prince Rupert. Mr. Evelyn showed me the whole secret of mezzo-tinto, and the manner of it, which is very pretty, and good things done with it. — Pepys's Diary, November 1, 1665. The process consists in passing over a plate of steel or copper with an instr
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), N. (search)
e, was established by Renaudot, a physician, who obtained a royal grant of the exclusive privilege of publishing the same for himself and family. He had previously been in the habit of collecting information and circulating news-sheets among his patients. The first German newspaper was established at Frankfort in 1615. An illustrated war gazette, the Niewtijdinge, published in the Low Countries, had, however, preceded this by ten years. In Sweden, a newspaper was published as early as 1643, entitled the Ordinarie post Tidende. Journalism in Spain and Italy, owing to the lack of general education, and restrictions on the liberty of the press, has, until recently at least, remained in rather a backward state. In the former country newspapers issued at irregular intervals were published during the seventeenth century, but those appearing regularly do not seem to have been introduced until the next; and in Italy, though never entirely suppressed, their continuance under the dep