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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
shing. They are of various forms, horizontal or vertical; the materials are glass, porcelain, or hard rubber. Bath-brick. A fine silicious material, found in the vicinity of Bath, England, compacted into the form of bricks, and used as an abradant. Bath-chair. （Vehicle.) A small hand-carriage with a hood. So called from the city of Bath, England, whose mineral waters are much frequented by invalids, and where the vehicle seems to have originated. For the legends of Bath, see Pickwick and the History of Prince Bladud. Bath-furnace. A furnace for heating the water supplied to a bath. Bath-heat′er. An apparatus for heating the water in a bath. It may consist of a pipe which connects with the upper and lower parts of the bathingtub, and has a middle coil which traverses a furnace. Bath′ing-ma-chine. A portable room on wheels, for the convenience of bathers. It is run down into the water, so that the person is not exposed on the beach between the untiring<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
C. Cab Caam. The weaver's reed. The sley or slaie. Caaming, the setting of the reed by the disposing of the warp-threads. Cab. 1. A two or four wheeled, one-horse, closed vehicle, adapted to seat two persons inside, and having an elevated seat for the driver in front. The hanson-cab has a seat behind for the driver. The cab of Pickwick's time had two wheels and an outside seat on the right side, over the wheel. In the one shown, the driver's seat behind the body of the cab rests on a spring, and is supported on the rear extension of the frame of the vehicle. It has a supplementary seat next the dash-board, and also an opening in the back of the cover to permit communication between the driver and passenger. Cabs were introduced into London for hire, 1823. Fifty were first started; there are now 7,000 in that city. 2. The covered part in front of a locomotive which protects the engineer and fireman, and shields the levers, etc. Cab′bling. （Metall
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
e stove, passes through an upwardly ascending pipe b into the small tank c, whence it descends through the pipe c′, and is conveyed by a horizontal pipe beneath the seats of the car, and is finally returned to the lower part of the boiler by the pipe d. Baker's car-warmer. Warm′ing-pan. A brazier with hot coals for airing and warming a bed. January 1st. Presented from Captain Beckford with a noble silver warming pan. — Pepys's Diary, 1669. Never mind the warming-pan. — Pickwick. Warn′ing-piece. （Horology.) An oscillating piece in the striking parts of a clock which is actuated by a pin on the hour-wheel, so as to release the fly which regulates the speed of striking ready for the lifting of the hawk's-bill detent in the rack. The warning-piece, by starting the fly, causes a rustling noise, which is the precursor of the striking, and is called the warning. Warn′ing-wheel. That wheel in a clock which produces an audible sound at a certain dista