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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 16 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 9 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 4 0 Browse Search
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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
of the modern parlor fountains, in which a body of compressed air above the water in the reservoir below is made the means of driving a jet of water into the air. An adjustment in two planes is given to the nozzle, so as to direct the stream in the required direction. This contrivance, which appears simple enough when exhibited in section, was one of the hydraulic marvels of the pagan priests. Fig. 2085 is a late form, which has an ice-chamber and non-conducting casing. The gardens of Montezuma were adorned and nourished by streams and fountains. For the former they were indebted to extensive aqueducts. The possession of the latter shows that they were acquainted with the principles of hydraulics. Portable fountain. Among the most remarkable fountains are the Fon- tana di Trevi at Rome, constructed for Pope Clement XII. in 1735; the Fontana Paolina, erected for Pope Paul V. in 1612; the Fontana della Acqua Felice, or Fountain of Moses. The fountains of Versailles, mad
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), H. (search)
d for floricultural purposes. Regular hot-houses are of late introduction in our botanic gardens. Ripe pineapples were first obtained in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. Linnaeus states that the first banana which flowered in Europe was in Vienna, in the garden of Prince Eugene, in 1731. The accordant accounts of Hernando Cortes, in his reports to the Emperor Charles V., of Bernal Diaz, Gomara, Oviedo, and Hernandez, leave no doubt that at the time of the conquest of Montezuma's empire, there were in no part of Europe menageries and botanic gardens which could be compared to those of Huaxtepec, Chapultepec, and Tezcuco. Hot-press. （Paper.) A means of calendering and smoothing paper by subjecting it to heavy pressure between glazed boards; a hot iron plate is placed at every 20 sheets or so, to heat the pile. Hot-saw. A buzz-saw for cutting up hot bariron, just from the rolls, into bars or into pieces for being piled, reheated, and rerolled. Hot-