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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 28 26 Browse Search
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant 22 2 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 10 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 8 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1860., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 3 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), M. (search)
ar as to make it an excellent working machine. Subsequent improvements by Roberts, Mason, and others have brought it to its present state, in which it is automatic, and is known in some parts of England as the iron man, in allusion to its singularly deft and delicate action. The combination which gave rise to the term mule was the junction of the drawing-rollers of Arkwright with the jenny of Hargreaves. The hybrid scarcely came within the definition of a mule, which is declared by Senator Nesmith of Oregon to be a being without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity. The object of the machine is to deliver the roving with the required degree of attenuation and twist it as delivered. For this purpose, the spindles, instead of being stationary, are placed on a movable carriage, which is wheeled out to twist the threads and wheeled in again to wind on the spindles. Mr. Kennedy, the friend and biographer of Crompton, states:— The great and important invention of Crompton was
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
icrometer being now entered, the observation is complete. Wire-nail. A nail made from wire with a swaged head and point, or one forged in imitation thereof. Chests and boxes from the Continent of Europe and from Asia are found to be fastened with nails of this character. See nail. Wire-nail′ing ma-chine′. A machine for closing shoes with wire. See nailing-machine, pages 1507, 1508. Wire-net′ting ma-chine′. A machine for weaving wire-netting. See patents:— 10,743.Nesmith, April 4, 1854.133,951.Powers, Dec. 17, 1872. 121,831.Weber, Dec. 12, 1871. Wire-peg′ger. A machine for fastening bootsoles with wire. Also called a wire-nailing machine. The kind of wire used is twisted so as to constitute it a screw, and is known as cable-screw wire. The thread gives it a better hold in the leather. See nailing-machine, Figs. 3283-3285. Wire-point′ing ma-chine′. The wire is slipped through the hollow mandrel of a lathe-head and secured. The en