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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 14 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 4 0 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 2 0 Browse Search
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ed to the scene of her exploits, twice ascended the river, and her ribs upon the strand of Clarence Cove were visible but a few years since, and may yet remain. Her engines were 16 horse-power. Her weight, without engine, 33,600 pounds. The Garry Owen was the first iron vessel with water-tight bulkheads; suggested by C. W. Williams. See bulkhead. Iron vessels for America, Ireland, France, India, and China were built in Scotland and on the Mersey, 1833-39. The iron steam-vessels Nemesater, decant, and boil your ivory in this till white. It is also bleached by sulphurous acid, by chloride of lime, or by soaking in water and exposure to the sun. Ivory brought from Nineveh in a fragile and crumbling state was restored by Professor Owen to a rigid condition by boiling it in a solution of gelatine. The animal matter had decayed out of it, leaving the phosphate of lime ready to fall to pieces. A veneer of ivory was exhibited at the World's Fair in London, 1851, 41 feet lon