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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 45 7 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 25 11 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 24 0 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 17 3 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 2 Browse Search
Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley 6 0 Browse Search
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1865., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 4 0 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
a little larger than the bore of the tube, and when driven in it compresses the tube forcibly against the sides of the hole in the tube-sheet, making a steam-tight joint. 2. A metallic ring or sleeve on the handle of a tool or the end of a stick, to keep the wood from splitting. Ferry-boats. Fer′ry-boat. （Vessel.) A vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river or estuary. a, an elevation of the steam ferry-boat for ordinary travel crossing the Missouri River at Omaha. b is a plan-view of the same, showing the single wheel amidship, the engines and boilers. d is a transverse vertical section of the same, showing the cabins over the guards. e is a transverse vertical section of a ferry-boat for railway-cars at La Chine, river St. Lawrence. It has side-wheels and a track amidship. c is a plan-view of the same. Fer′ry-bridge. A form of ferry-boat in which the railway-train moves on to the elevated deck, is transported across the water, and<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
lower stratum of snow, compacting it on each side against that adjacent. Two-story snow-plow. In Fig. 5254, the plow is supported upon an inclined plane on a truck, and its angle is adjustable; it has two nearly vertical cutters, which cut the sides of the track, and a central one E for dividing the mass of snow which is carried up the two inclined spiral plates C C and discharged on top of the snow-bank at each side. A snow-plow for the Union Pacific Railway, built at the shops in Omaha, is probably the largest and most powerful in the world. The platform on the trucks is 22 feet long, 10 feet 6 inches wide, and is composed of solid oak timbers, held together by iron bolts 1 1/4 inches in diameter, which run crosswise. This solid bed is bolted to the transom beams. The inclined side, placed on the platform, is 22 feet long, slopes at an angle of 30°, and is bolted to the bed and supported from behind by inclined posts. The entire length, from the rear of the platform en