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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight)	6	0	Browse	Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 13, 1862., [Electronic resource]	4	0	Browse	Search
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States	4	2	Browse	Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories	4	0	Browse	Search
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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739.	2	0	Browse	Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones)	2	0	Browse	Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3	2	0	Browse	Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)

ufacture.) The machine in which cotton or other fiber is beaten to rid it of dust, and to loosen it so that it may make a bat suitable for farther operations in course. See Fig. 601. Beat′ing-machine′. （Cotton, etc.) A machine in which the bale-cotton is opened and loosened out so as to rid it of the dirt and trash, and deliver it in a comparatively loose bat. The machine has many modifications and names: wolf, devil, opener, willower, scutcher, etc. See cotton-cleaning machine. Beaver. （Fabric.) A heavy, milled woolen cloth for overcoats. Bea′ver-teen. （Fabric.) a. A cotton twilled goods in which the warp is drawn up into loops, forming a pile. This is left uncut, which distinguishes the fabric from velvet, in which the pile is cut. b. A strong cotton twilled goods for men's wear. It is a kind of smooth fustian shorn after being dyed. If shorn before dyeing, it is called moleskin. Be-casse′. （Nautical.) A large Spanish boat. Beche.

Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)

ola.Buke-muslin. Arbaccio.Bunting. Arlienanse.Burdett. Armozine.Burlap. Armure.Cacharado. Atlas.Cadence. Baetas.Caffa. Baft.Calamanco. Baftas.Calico. Bagging.Cambayes. Baize.Cambria. Balmoral.Camlet. Baluster.Camptulicon. Balzarine.Cannequin. Bandanna.Cangan. Bandannois.Cantaloon. Bangra.Canton flannel. Barege.Cantoon. Barmillians.Canvas. Barracan.Carpet. Barrage.Cashmere. Barras.Cashmerette. Barretees.Cassimere. Batiste.Cassimerette. Barutine.Castor. Bauge.Cauthee. Beaver.Chainwork. Beaverteen.Challis. Bengal.Chambray. Bengal-stripes.Charkana. Bergamot.Check. Bezan.Check-mak. Binding-cloth.Chenille. Birrus.China-grass cloth. Blancard.Chinchilla. Blanket.Chine. Blunk.Chintz. Bobbinet.Chitarah. Bocasine.Cloth. Bocking.Coburg-cloth. Bombazine.Cog-ware. Bonten.Collar-check. Book-muslin.Coothay. Bootee.Cordillas. Boquin.Corduroy. Borders.Cossas. Borel.Cotillion. Cottonade.Holland. Crape.Huckaback. Crape-morette.Hum-hum. Crash.India-rubbe

Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), H. (search)

ulphuric acid, to which beer-grounds or wine-lees are added, and then worked upon an inclined plane at the side of the kettle until it is shrunk to half its former size and much increased in thickness, the operation being completed by the aid of a rolling-pin which smooths and compacts the felt. The body is then dried in a stove, and sized with a brush dipped in shellac dissolved in alcohol, and again dried; any superfluous sizing is removed by dipping in an alkaline solution and scraping. Beaver fur is applied to the exterior by being mixed with fine cotton, and the two are felted, in manner similar to that described, into a thin sheet, which is affixed to the exterior of the body by manipulating it in the boiler and on the plank; in this process the cotton separates. The body is yet of a conical shape, and is partially brought into proper form by hand, and then stretched upon a cylindrical block, after which it is dyed by boiling in a solution of copperas, verdigris, gall-nuts, an

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