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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
6,943LakeAug. 30, 1870. 148,182CornelyMar. 3, 1874. 159,673HillFeb. 9, 1875. 1. （b.) Reciprocating Loop-Taker. No.Name.Date. 6,437ConantMay 8, 1849. 7,369ReynoldsMay 14, 1850. (Reissue.)268Morcy et al.June 27, 1854. 16,136WatsonNov. 25, 1856. 16,387JohnsonJan. 13, 1857. 16,566GrayFeb. 3, 1857. 17,508HarrisJune 9, 1857. 17,571HarrisJune 16, 1857. 17,717SageJune 30, 1857. 17,744LathburyJuly 7, 1857. 18,071BehnAug 25, 1857. 18,823MooreDec. 8, 1857. 19,015ClarkJan. 5, 1858. aneMay 5, 1874. 152,041LoomisJune 16, 1874. 154,117BlakeAug. 18, 1874. 156,933MangusNov. 17, 1874. 22. Spools and Bobbins. 126,332ReeveApr. 30, 1872. 135,125JuengstJan. 21, 1873. 136,282ThayerFeb. 25, 1873. 23. Stitches. 16,120JohnsonNov. 25, 1856. 17,255BosworthMay 12, 1857. 23,984McCurdyMay 10, 1859. 26,906JohnsonJan. 24, 1860. 27,620DavisMar. 27, 1860. 27,999McCurdyApr. 24, 1860. 34,454WeitlingFeb. 18, 1862. 36,616HumphreyOct. 7, 1862. 39,658JewettAug. 25, 1863. 46,133Parha
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 23: Longfellow as a poet (search)
ers. Or this, How sudden and sweet are the visitations of our happiest thoughts; what delightful surprises! In the midst of life's most trivial occupations,—as when we are reading a newspaper, or lighting a bed-candle, or waiting for our horses to drive round,—the lovely face appears, and thoughts more precious than gold are whispered in our ear. The test of popularity in a poet is nowhere more visible than in the demand for autographs. Longfellow writes in his own diary that on November 25, 1856, he has more than sixty such requests lying on his table; and again on January 9, Yesterday I wrote, sealed, and directed seventy autographs. To-day I added five or six more and mailed them. It does not appear whether the later seventy applications included the earlier sixty, but it is, in view of the weakness of human nature, very probable. This number must have gone on increasing. I remember that in 1875 r saw in his study a pile which must have numbered more than seventy, and wh