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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
in the Edinburgh Review in partially describing the complex action of the machine, and gave up other features as hopeless without a mass of illustrative diagrams, we shall be pardoned for not occupying space by attempting farther description. Harper's Magazine, Vol. XXX. pp. 34-39, gives some account of it, accompanied by a cut. G. and E. Scheutz, Swedish engineers, constructed a working machine, 1837-43, after studying the Babbage machine; it was brought to England in 1854. It is statets of the printing process. See printing. With the games this work has nothing to do, and perhaps, but for M. I. Brunel, the subject would not have been referred to here. A good article on the subject of cards and dice may be consulted in Harper's Magazine, Vol. XXVI., pp. 163-176. Card′board. Cardboard is produced by pasting a number of sheets of paper together. Bristol board is all white paper, and is made of two or more sheets according to the thickness required. Other qualit
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), G. (search)
of gold are arrested and amalgamated. The bank of auriferous earth is washed into the sluice, thus prepared, by means of a powerful stream conducted through and directed by a pipe in the manner of a fire-engine. The water is brought to the scene of operations from immense distances, in some cases over one hundred miles, and the flumes and canals which form a network over the country are among the most remarkable local features (see flume). To quote from the description of A miner of 1849, Harper's Magazine, April, 1860: — To shovel a mass of several millions of tons of earth into this sluice for washing would be too expensive. By means of water directed through hose and pipe the labor of many men is cheaply performed, and the hill torn down to its base. The water is led through india-rubber or double canvas hose, and generally from a great hight above the scene of operations. It is consequently thrown with such force as to eat into the hillside as if the latter were sugar or s
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), H. (search)
ft an object a short distance, so as to get it on to a store truck. Suspensory lever-hoist. The bars slide longitudinally upon each other, and are supported by a connecting chain which passes over a pulley. A lever on one bar acts by raising and returning stirrups upon the rack teeth of the other to raise and depress them relatively, and the rack-bar actually. The lever is locked by a stop which restrains its motions. Hoisting-machine, St. Catharine's Convent, Mt. Sinai. (from Harper.) Hoist′ing-ma-chine′. A machine for hoisting ore, merchandise, miners, passengers, etc., in mines, warehouses, hotels, etc. A primitive hoisting-machine, which resembles the modern capstan, is used in the Convent of St. Catharine, at the foot of Mt. Sinai, to raise travelers to a door in the second story. This is a somewhat inconvenient and tedious operation, but is used in a land where robbers goon horseback. It is also worthy of remark, that the people of the land have no idea
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), M. (search)
in brick chambers. For detailed description of the process and apparatus, we must refer the reader to Ure's Dictionary and chemical treatises, as the subject is not so clearly within the scope of this work that it can be treated at any length. The extensive quicksilver mine of New Almaden is twelve miles from San Jose in California, and has had the benefit of energy, skill, and capital in its development. A good description of the place and the works was written in 1857, and given in Harper's Magazine, June, 1863. Changes may have since taken place. The mode of mining and breaking into pieces suitable for the furnace has nothing peculiar to offer, but the condensing-furnaces are worthy of notice. They are sixteen in number, arranged side by side, and extend a distance of several hundred feet beneath a spacious roof. They stand 8 feet apart, are 40 feet in length, 10 in hight, and 8 in breadth. The ore is cleaned, broken, and dumped into the receiving-chamber, which is next
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), O. (search)
They vary in depth from 100 to 1,100 feet. After a spot is decided upon, a derrick is built, having four diverging posts planted upon a base of about 12 feet square, and having a hight of 40 feet. So great interest has been felt in the subject, and so frequently has the matter been described in the magazines and journals of the day, that we do not deem it advisable to afford much space to the description of the modus operandi. We give a condensation of the description given by a writer in Harper's magazine. Oil-flowing well. Drilling-tools. The engine-house being erected and the necessary machinery all ready therein, sections of iron pipe, 6 inches in diameter, are driven into the ground by means of a pile-driver until the first layer of rock is reached, which, in most cases, is found at a depth of 35 or 40 feet below the surface of the ground. Great care is taken that this iron pipe is driven plumb. After the rock is reached and the earth within the pipe is removed, a bl
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
Apr. 26, 1870. 105,123PepperJuly 5, 1870. 106,032CoonAug. 2, 1870. 106,249BennorAug. 9, 1870. 106,307BarnesAug. 16, 1870. 107,041HarlowSept. 6, 1870. 108,020HarperOct. 4, 1870. 109,828MacaulayDec. 6, 1870. 111,359MackJan. 31, 1871. 111,452HigginsJan. 31, 1871. 112,033HancockFeb. 21, 1871. 114,197RehfussApr. 25, 1871. 117,002SherwoodJuly 11, 1871. 117,262CraneJuly 25, 1871. 120,815HarperNov. 14, 1871. 121,186MeriamNov. 21, 1871. 121,896RehfussDec. 12, 1871. 123,493MackFeb. 6, 1872. 123,892HallFeb. 20, 1872. 128,640LambJuly 2, 1872. 130,715Hoppe et al.Aug. 20, 1872. 131,735BrownOct. 1, 1872. (Reissue.)5,046BrownSept. 3, 1872. 132,3naces. （Stratton, 1817 and 1822.) Sexton, in 1856 (p, Fig. 5920), had a covered fuel-cylinder in the fire-chamber. Magazine-stoves. （Nott, 1830) (Mott.) (Harper and Walker, 1839.) Cantelo's U. S. patent in 1859 (Fig. 5921) shows a petticoat fuel-cylinder projecting downward into the fire-pot. Magazine-stoves. (Can
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
1860. 34,265.RayJanuary28, 1862. 36,991.BrownNovember25, 1862. 38,955.FeltJune23, 1863. 52,073.PauldingJanuary16, 1866. 52,254.Allen and MackayJanuary23, 1866. 57,034.BaerAugust7, 1866. 59,786.Van GiesonNovember20, 1866. 04,200.Coney and HarperApril30, 1867. 71,610.HarperDecember3, 1867. 75,681.HoustonMarch17, 1868. 84,273.FosterNovember24, 1868. 85,251.SlingerlandDecember22, 1868. 91,988.UmstadterJune29, 1869. 95,853.ThomeOctober12, 1869. 97,801.DelcambreDecember14, 1869. 100,3HarperDecember3, 1867. 75,681.HoustonMarch17, 1868. 84,273.FosterNovember24, 1868. 85,251.SlingerlandDecember22, 1868. 91,988.UmstadterJune29, 1869. 95,853.ThomeOctober12, 1869. 97,801.DelcambreDecember14, 1869. 100,366.BrownMarch1, 1870. 102,183.ThompsonApril19, 1870. 104,236.Westcott and RiderJune14, 1870. 105,855.SlingerlandJuly26, 1870. 108,813.MorganNovember1, 1870. 108,980.De la PenaNovember8, 1870. 110,077.ShipleyDecember13, 1870. 113,912.Neff and ScruggsApril18, 1871. 114,850.PlunkettMay16, 1871. 115,777.SlingerlandJune6, 1871. 115,796.WestcottJune6, 1871. 120,398.RayOctober31, 1871. 122,744.ThompsonJanuary16, 1872. 126,262.BrownApril30, 1872. 126,944.FarnhamMay21, 1872. 130,485.CoreyA
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
11 Dec 63; 20 Aug 65. —— Richmond, Va. Green, Frank W. 17, sin.; laborer; Woburn. 28 Sep 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Hamilton, Henry 24, sin.; farmer; Pittsfield. 15 Dec 63; died 4 Aug 65 Post Hos. Charleston S. C. accidental gunshot wound. $325. Harper, John W. Corpl. 23, mar.; barber; Zanesville, O. 5 May 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Fort Meade, Dak. Harris, Moses. 22, sin.; laborer; Lancaster, Pa. 8 May 63.; 20 Aug 65. $50. Hazard, William 23, mar.; farmer; New York. 3 May 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. ease. Henry, Thomas 17 Jan 65; 11 Mch 65 Hilton Head, S. C. $325. Newport, Fitz Henry —— 22 May 64 New York. Smith, Henry —— 25 Dec 63 Morris Id. S. C. Fever. Final Record cannot be established. Dickerson, Wesley 15 Feb 64 —— —— Harper, Henry 30 Jan 64 —— —— Jackson, William 28 Nov 64 —— —— Johnson, George 26 Apl 63 Kaine, William 12 May 63 —— —— Lewis, George W. 20 Oct 63 —— —— Lewis, Richard 21 Jan 64 —— ——
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 8: sword in hand. (search)
Chapter 8: sword in hand. The train that left Harper's Ferry carried a panic to Virginia, Maryland, and Washington with it. The passengers, taking all the paper they could find, wrote accounts of the Insurrection, which they threw from the windows as the train rushed onward. At daylight the news spread in Harper's Ferry that the town was in the hands of Abolitionists and the slaves. A terrible panic ensued. Report magnified the numbers of the Invaders forty-fold. The public buildings were already in the hands of the Liberators, and at the bridges, and the corners of the principal streets, armed sentinels, wrapped in blankets, were seen stationed, or walking up and down. Every man who appeared in the street was forthwith arrested and imprisoned in the Armory. Captain Brown and his sons Oliver and Watson, Stevens and two others, were stationed inside of the Armory grounds; Kagi, with Leeman, Stewart Taylor, Anderson, (black,) and Copeland, (colored,) held the lower part of t
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: State evidence. (search)
es, The jury must be satisfied that such conspiracy was done within the State of Virginia, and within the jurisdiction of this Court. If it was done in Maryland, this Court could not punish the act. If it was done within the limits of the Armory at Harper's Ferry, it was not done within the limits of this State, the Government of the United States holding exclusive jurisdiction within the said grounds. Attorney General Cushing had. decided this point with regard to the Armory grounds at Harper's Furry, which opinion was read to the jury, showing that persons residing within the limits of the Armory cannot even be taxed by Virginia, and that crimes committed within the said limits are punishable by Federal Courts. 3. Over murder, (he argued,) if committed within the limits of the Armory, the Court had no jurisdiction ; and, in the case of Mr. Beckham, if he was killed on the railroad bridge, it was committed within the State of Maryland, which claims jurisdiction up to the Armor
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