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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 61 61 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 34 34 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 19 19 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. 10 10 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) 7 7 Browse Search
the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians 4 4 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. 4 4 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 4 4 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 3 3 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 2 2 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
en, when, nearly a century after Moxon, the necessities of the times caused the revival of the invention to be made with special ref- erence to iron. In the year 1751, the engineer of the Marly Water-Works on the Seine, France, contrived and put in execution a machine for planing out the wrought-iron pump-barrels employed in thathe ware is fired in an enamel kiln. Printing on porcelain, or the transferring of printed impressions to biscuit, was introduced by Dr. Wale of Worcester about 1751. The Prussians refer the discovery of the process to the year 1757. Porch. （Architecture.) A covered entrance to a building. With a row of columns it is Mohammed Effendi, in 1721; the first press in Annapolis, Md., was in 1726; Williamsburg, Va., 1729; Charleston, S. C., 1730; Newport, R. I., 1732; Halifax, N. S., 1751; Newbern, N. C., 1755; Portsmouth, N. H., 1756; Savannah, Ga., 1763; Quebec, Canada, 1764. The first press west of the Alleghany range was in Cincinnati, 1793. T
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
an bridges, showing the forms and proportions of arches. 1. Vielle Brionde, over the Allier. 2. Holy Trinity, over the Arno. 3. Pont-y-Prydd. over the Taaf. 4. Mantes, over the Seine. 5. Blackfriars, over the Thames. 6. St Mascence, over the Oise. 7. Waterloo, over the Thames. 8. Gloucester, over the Severn. 9. London, over the Thames. 10. Chester, over the Dee. 11. Great Western Railway, over the Thames at Maidenhead. A remarkable bridge (3) was built in 1751 across the Taaf, in Glamorganshire, Wales, by William Edwards, a country mason. He had previously erected two bridges on the same spot: the first was carried away by a sudden and extraordinary flood; the second by the crowding up of the crown of the arch by overloading its haunches before the parapet was finished. Peronnet could have taught him better, but Edwards was a skillful and persevering man, and ultimately succeeded. The present bridge has a span of 140 feet, rise of 35 feet, a