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ong the hills of Judea and the affluents of the Jordan till they found themselves checked by the mountains of the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The sites of Capernaum and Bethsaida would thus experience a part of the fate of Sodom, submergence in salt water, while the Dead Sea wn bases, and ten lavers on the bases; and one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; — all these vessels were of bright brass (bronze), and were cast in the plain of Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. These utensils, together with the great sea of bronze which held 2,000 baths, required great skill in carvied, and from it they are transferred to the galley. Composing-stick. Com-pos′ite. (Shipbuilding.) A vessel having a wooden skin on an iron frame-work. Jordan's system, English patent, 1849, is as follows:— The whole outer skin, including keel, stern, stern-post, and planking, is of wood, arranged as in the skin of
p to the web in two parts, sliding one over the other and varying the distance apart of the decklestraps. 1859. M. L. Keen, Roger's Ford, Pa. Paper-stock boiler for ligneous matters. Martin Nixon, Philadelphia. Boiler for treating paper-stock under pressure by the action of upward current of steam and downward current of hot alkaline solution. Crocker and Marshal, Lawrence, Mass. Combination of drying-cylinders, moistening apparatus, and calender-rolls for finishing paper. 1860. Jordan and Kiney (reissued patent). Conical grinder and case having induction and eduction pipes for rags and size. C. S. Buchanan, Ballston Spa, N. Y. Rotary boiler with cylindrical concentric strainer and hollow trunnions, for treating paper-stock. Gelston Sanford, New York. Pulper with conical ribs and serrated rubbers. A. Randel, New York. Rag-machine with differential rolls, shredding cylinder, and spiked concave. A. S. Lyman, New York. Separating fibrous matters by subjecting t
5, 1872. (Reissue.)4,786WickershamMar. 5, 1872. 125,374BakerApr. 9, 1872. 128,172RichardsonJune 18, 1872. 128,313JordanJune 25, 1872. 128,919SpringerJuly 9, 1872. 1. Machines. (continued). No.Name.Date. 130,555AsheAug. 20, 1872. 130,5 same may be said of Dan, Simeon, and other tribes for a period of nearly five hundred years after Joshua led them across Jordan. The prophecy of Balaam, about 1452 B. C., that Assyria should be destroyed by people who should come in ships from the next cut. See slat-making machine. See also splint-cutting machine patents:— 2,289.Gleason, Oct. 9, 1841.101,021.Jordan, Mar. 22, 1870. 19,971.Wheeler, April 13, 1858.115,110.Scow, May 23, 1871. 26,268.Horton, Nov. 9, 1859.138,378.Clark, Aon, October 9, 1841. No. 19,971. Wheeler, April 13, 1858. No. 26,268. Horton, November 29, 1859. No. 101,021. Jordan, March 22, 1870. No. 115,110. Scow, May 23, 1871. No. 138,378. Clark, April 29, 1873. Splint-machine. Fig.