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Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 47: (search)
n port, the better I liked it. Indeed, it always puzzled me, that the gadflies should insist upon my being sent to sea so promptly, when nearly every day that the Alabama was at sea, cost them a ship. I had scarcely come to anchor, before Captain Bickford, of the Narcissus, came on board of me, on the part of the Admiral, to have an explanation. The gadfly had continued its buzzing, I found, during my late absence from the Cape. A short distance to the northward of the Cape of Good Hope, inken place at this island, in violation of British neutrality. In what the evidence consisted I did not learn, but the Consul, in his distress and extremity, had probably had recourse to some more Yankee affidavits. It was this charge which Captain Bickford had come on board to ask an explanation of. The following letter from Sir Baldwin Walker, to the Secretary of the Admiralty in London, will show how easily I brushed off the gadfly, for the second time:— With reference to my letters, da
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
e inferred that it is confined to one. The immense expenditure of grease has induced the use, in many or perhaps most of the airengines, of moistened air as suggested by Glazebrook 1797, Oliver Evans about the same time, and by Bennet 1838. Bickford, June 6, 1865. The air is compressed in the reservoir by an annular piston; entering at the valve D during the down stroke, and passing through the piston during the up stroke. It is moistened by passing through a body of water B before reaching the compressed-air reservoir A. See Aero-steam engine. Bickford's air-engine. 5. Of the fifth class is the patent of shearer, September 3, 1861; in which two cylinders are used with two pistons, the faces of which are in contact with water, which is caused to pulsate by the action of bodies of air. The air is acted upon alternately by heating and refrigerating means. Kritzer, July 29, 1862. This invention also belongs to the fifth class. The working-cylinder, shown in longitudin
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
onical tube of plaster of paris closed at top surrounded by ordinary fuse-composition, which in burning left the tube unsupported, allowing it to break when striking, so that the fire should communicate directly with the charge. Fuses which explode by percussion or concussion present no difficulty when employed with elongated projectiles for rifled guns, which strike point foremost; and a variety of such, differing slightly in details of construction, have been successfully employed. Bickford's fuse, English patent, 1831, was specially intended for miners' use. It consists of a cylinder of gunpowder or other explosive matter covered by a double layer of cord and varnished. A similar fuse covered with a waterproof composition was designed for submarine blasting. In electric fuses the heat necessary to fire the charge is imparted either by the passage of the current through a fine wire, usually platinum, or through a chemical mixture rendered conducting by containing a salt
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), K. (search)
the screw through the washer d is forced up the diagonal slot, and brings up the V-shaped cam, thus closing the space between it and the wing-cams. When closed, the needles pass below the cam without operating. By the adjustment of the cam-stops either or both of the cams may be left open or closed at the same time, so as to operate the two rows of needles separately, alternately, or together; thus forming three entirely distinct webs, — tubular web, plain flat web, and ribbed flat web. Bickford knitting-machine. As any number of needles can be moved up at the start, or be moved up or down at either end of the rows of needles at any time, so any size of web can be set up and any number of loops can be added to or taken from it at will. By thus knitting the fabric, either tubular or flat, plain or ribbed, in any desired shape, a great variety of staple and fancyknit goods may be produced. The loops are formed on precisely the same principle as in hand-knitting. The Bickf
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 9: battle of Cedar Mountain (continued). (search)
; Major Savage was mortally wounded and a prisoner; Captain Quincy and Lieutenant Millen were wounded and prisoners; Surgeon Leland (early in the action), Lieutenants Oakey, Browning, Grafton, and Robeson, were wounded; Captain Russell was a prisoner. Corporal Bassett, Bright, Dyer, Flemming, Hazelton, Livingston, and Sergeant Whitten, of Company A; Gilson and Corporal Oakes, of Company B; Brown, F. H. Cochrane, Francis, Corporal Gray, Hines, Jewell, Stonehall, and Williston, of Company C; Bickford, Corporal Fay, and Corporal Wilcox, of Company D; Ide and Sparrow, of Company E; Sergeant Andrews, Hatch, Howard, and Hoxsey, of Company G; Corporal Cahill, Corporal DeWeale, and Duffy, of Company H; Sergeant Willis, of Company I; and Conlan, Daly, Livingstone, Montague, Roberts, and Watson, of Company K,--were killed. Corporal Buxton, Gilman, and Spalding, of Company A; Stephens (J.), of Company B; Donovan, of Company C; Daniels, of Company E; Moore, of Company F; Dillingham, Greene (M.),
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., Strangers in Medford. (search)
id-servant Barton, WilliamAug. 31, 1797 Barthrick, TimothyCambridge, Apr. 4, 1753Feb. 2, 1754In family of Samuel Brooks, Jr. Cambridge, Jan. 1764Dec. 3, 1764 Baxter, ContentLexington, Apr., 1767May 1 6, Girl. Beemis, CharityWaltham, Feb. 16, 1773Maid-servant in family of Ebenezer Hall, Jr. Benjamin, AbigailConcord, May, 1766Mar. 2, 1767 Berry, SamuelLexington, April, 1767May 1 6,     Mary (wife)    Samuel, Jr. Children    Thomas Children    Mary, Jr. Children    Hannah Children Bickford, ThomasNewbury, August, 1762Jan. 1, 1763 Billings, Capt. Roger    wife and childrenPreston, N. London Co., Ct., April 12, 1760Oct. 8, 1770Tenant of Col. Royall. Blacklock, MaryStoneham, Feb., 1766Sept. 1, 1766 Blacklock, MercyStoneham July 5, 1764In family of Samuel Page. Blanchard, CalebJan. 30, 1791Brick maker. Blanchard, EbenezerMaiden, Apr. 5, 1762Jan. 1, 1763In family of his brother Heze-kiah Blanchard. Blanchard, SamuelJan. 30, 1791 Blodget ElizabethBoston, Aug
The Daily Dispatch: February 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Tour of Mr. Lincoln. (search)
hed by authority of Act of Congress in the paper having the largest circulation in the District where printed. Persons calling for letters in the List will please say they are Advertised. Ladies' list. Alley mrs Wm A 2 Austin mrs Mary C Austin mrs E B Allen mrs Martha A Alvis mrs Sally Amour mrs Wm H Allen mrs G Allen mrs Geo O Akin mrs Jas H Armislead miss Sallie C Archer miss Mary S Allen miss Lucy Brett mrs Hudson Bookin mrs Jno M Bolton mrs Florina Bickford mrs E G Barlow mrs Eliza Balley mrs J H Booth mrs Louisa Barford mrs Susan A Baur mrs A D Baldwin mrs Chas Berry mrs S A Buckannon mrs Brown mrs Eliza A Brous mrs Drucilla Bragg mrs Mary S Bragg mrs Va Boseman mrs Sarah C Beaziey miss Mary S Blatt miss Mary Bass miss Henrietta Barnes miss Fannic Bailey miss E B 2 Burwell miss Maggie Brown miss Mary T Burch miss Ellen B Burke miss Eliz'th Coleman miss Ellen Chandler miss M W Christian miss Ro
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], [by telegraph] (search)
eets, and the wing extending through to Washington street. The wing on South Division street was saved. H. Q. Chamberlain, oyster dealer, jumped from the fourth story and was almost instantly killed. Mr. Carland, of the firm of Carland &Beirne, clothiers, was burned to death. The building was owned by Orson Phelps, and valued at $90,000, upon which there is an insurance of $40,000 in New York and New England companies. The furniture, owned by Mr. Hodges, of the American Hotel, and Mr. Bickford, proprietor of the Clarendon, was mostly destroyed. Loss on furniture about $9,000; fully insured. Mr. H. Peabody, druggist, loses about $3,000 above his insurance.-- Minor losses will make the total loss not far from $120,000, upon which there is an insurance of $30,000. There was a heavy rain falling at the time, which prevented the fire from spreading beyond the building. It is rumored that four servant girls are lost, and it is thought that many strangers may have perished also. O