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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), D. (search)
th, used for hanging on walls of chapels and halls. Do′ry. （Nautical.) A small, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with very sloping sides, extensively employed in the British fisheries. Dos′el. See Dorsel. Dos′sil. （Surgical.) A small roll or pledget of lint of a cylindrical or ovoid form, to keep open a wound. A tent. (Printing.) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copper-plate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines. Dotch′in. The Chinese steelyard. In Hong Kong, and other ports where Europeans trade, the beams are doubly graduated with circles of brass pins to mark British and Chinese weights. Dots. （Plastering.) Nails driven into a wall to a certain depth, so that their protruding heads form a gage of depth in laying on a coat of plaster. Dot′ting. A form of engraving in which geographical divisions on maps are shown by interrupted lines or series of dots. Done by a roulette. Dottingpen. Dot′ting-pen. A pen hav
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
ea to Iviza430 1871Majorca to Minorca3593 1871Villa Real to Gibraltar15584 1871Marseilles, France, to Algiers, Africa4471,625 1871Singapore to Saigon, Cochin China62060 Date.FromLength in Miles.Greatest Depth in Fathoms. 1871Saigon to Hong Kong975630 1871Hong Kong to Shanghai1,10042 1871Shanghai, China, to Nagasaki, Japan1,200135 1871Nagasaki to Vladivostock, Siberia80 1871Rhodes to Marmarice22 1871Latakia to Cyprus86 1871Samos to Scala Nuova1182 1871Myteleni to Aivali1333 187Hong Kong to Shanghai1,10042 1871Shanghai, China, to Nagasaki, Japan1,200135 1871Nagasaki to Vladivostock, Siberia80 1871Rhodes to Marmarice22 1871Latakia to Cyprus86 1871Samos to Scala Nuova1182 1871Myteleni to Aivali1333 1871Khania to Retimo32200 1871Retimo to Khandia41152 1871Khandia to Rhodes201600 1871Khios to Chesmeh633 1871Zante to Corfu150 1871Zante to Cephalonia18203 1871Lowestoft, England, to Greitseil, Germany22323 1871Anjer, Java, to Telok Betong, Sumatra5550 1871Banjoewangie, Java, to Port Darwin, Australia1,0821,580 1871St. Thomas to St. Kitts1331,170 1871St. Kitts to Antigua90130 1871Antigua to Demerara, connecting the West India Windward Islands1,028 1871Porto Rico to Jamaica582 1872Liza