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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 0 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 4 0 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
of glass by which the bottle adheres to the pipe, cracks it off smoothly at the mouth; the finished bottles are then placed in the annealing-furnace and allowed to cool slowly for twentyfour hours or more. Peruvian bottle. This kind of mold produces a seam down each side of the bottle, causing a rather unsightly appearance. See glass. Glass bottles were known to the Romans of the Empire, and are found in Pompeii. A glass bottle with a capacity of 112 gallons was blown at Leith, in Scotland, about 1747. Fig. 825 shows an earthen bottle from Peru, with two faces. The sectional view shows the shape of the neck and handle. Earthenware bottles. Fig. 826 shows a number of ancient bottles. a b c are from Thebes. d is Etruscan. e is from China. f from ancient Egypt. Bot′tle-boot. A leather case to hold a bottle while corking. Bottle-brushing machine. Bot′tle-brush′ing ma-chine′. A device for cleansing the interior of bottles. The brushes,
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
tansfield established a wind saw-mill at Limehouse. East London, it was destroyed by a mob. A similar mill had previously been in operation for some years at Leith, Scotland. In 1802. Oliver Evans of Philadelphia constructed a doubleacting high-pressure engine for a boat to run between New Orleans and Natchez. On reaching themortar. See grout. Smack. （Nautical.) A one-masted vessel, resembling a sloop or a cutter, as the case may be, and used in the coasting-trade. The Leith (Scotland) smacks ran as high as 200 tons. Small-arm. A term including muskets, rifles, carbines, and pistols. In the English service there were, until lately, sitain by Henry Anderson, who, about 1610, brought them from Stralsund, Pomerania, and was granted a patent for the privilege of running them between Edinburgh and Leith. Some fourteen or fifteen years afterward they had become known in England. In 1659 the Coventry coach is referred to, and in 1661 the Oxford coach, which took t