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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 69 69 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 54 54 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 53 53 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. 20 20 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
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 6 6 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.) 6 6 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 4 4 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 4 4 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 4 4 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), G. (search)
inglass, horn, oiled paper, and thinly shaved leather were generally used instead of glass throughout the civilized world. Blue glass, colored by the addition of cobalt to the frit, was discovered about 1550 by Christopher Schurer of Platten, Bohemia. Glass was imported into England, A. D. 1177; the manufacture was established in that country, 1557. In Savoy, the same year. Plate-glass was made at Lambeth by Venetian artists, 1673. The British Plate-Glass Company was established 1773. An active manufactory of glass exists at Hebron, in the land of Palestine,—the same Hebron where is the cave of Machpelah, bought by Abraham for a sum of money of Ephron, one of the sons of Heth. The tombs are preserved in rigid seclusion from Jew and Christian; of the latter, not one lives in the town of 5,000 people. Dr. Thomson gives an account of it in his work, The land and the book, but could not reach the vault. The manufacture consists of party-colored glass bracelets for the
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
s covered with tinfoil, for mirrors, were made in Venice during the sixteenth century, but the invention of casting glass to form plates is due to Abraham Thevart. In the year 1688, plates 84 × 50 inches were cast by his process at St. Gobin, in Picardy. A plate-glass manufactory on a small scale was established at Lambeth in 1673, but the manufacture does not appear to have flourished in England until it was undertaken by the British Plate-Glass Company, chartered by act of Parliament in 1773. Their works at Ravenshead, Lancashire, are still in operation. The ingredients and their proportions, employed in making plate-glass, are kept secret as far as possible by the manufacturers. The following is given as one of the formulas: Silica, 78 parts; potash, 2; soda, 13; lime, 5; alumina, 2. The materials, in a comminuted form, are fused in crucibles or pots exposed to an intense heat in a furnace; the complete fusion requires about 20 hours. From the pots it is ladled into a ci
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
er its introduction into Europe it was regarded rather as a sovereign remedy, as its Latin name aqua vitae, perpetuated in the French eau de vie, implies. It was originally derived from wine or the mare of grapes; the distillation from grain was of later origin. Quiros distilled fresh from salt water on his ship on a considerable scale, and this has been frequently done since. Perhaps the simplest apparatus for this purpose is that employed in the Polar expedition of Captain Phipps, in 1773, otherwise principally noted from the fact that Nelson then a boy, served on one of the vessels. It consisted simply of a caldron having a spout, at the end of which a large swab or bunch of rope-yarns was suspended; this condensed the vapor free from salt, the water dripping into a vessel beneath. It is said to have furnished a sufficient supply for the ship's company. Sea-water still. Hall's sea-water still for the supply of fresh water to steamboilers, to make good the loss by the
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
ed great excellence, both in quality and taste of design; their ware was regarded with admiration, and has been preserved in England among other articles of vertu. A factory was established in England in 1557, and improved in 1635, about which time pit coal was substituted for wood. In 1670, Venetian artists were introduced into England, and established the art in that country. Casting glass was invented by Theraut, a Frenchman, in 1688, and was introduced in England, at Prescott, in 1773. The art of coloring glass was well understood in ancient Egypt, as we observed in reference to the imitation of glass. Stained glass was originally a mosaic, made up of different pieces, arranged, according to color, to form a design. About 1500, a French artist at Marseilles incorporated colors with the glass, which were baked in. Albert Durer practiced the art. Window-glass. Thickness and Weight per Square Foot. No.Thickness.WeightNo.Thickness.Weight. Inch.Oz.Inch.Oz. 12.05