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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
h and for mouth-pieces of pipes. AmmoniacumDorema ammoniacumPersia, etcUsed as a stimulant in medicine. Anime or AnimiHymenaea courbarilBrazilUsed for varnish. The Indian kind known in commerce as Indian copal. Vateria indicaIndia AsphalteTrinidad, Dead Sea, etcForms a basis of black varnishes, as Japan black, etc. Used with sand for paying material. Affords petroleum or rock oil. AssafoetidaNarthex assafoetida, etc.Central AsiaUsed as a stimulant and antispasmodic in medicine. Australhird sheet of paper comes from roll h, passes beneath roller k, and is compacted with the former sheets by rollers c c. The three-ply roofing-paper receives its final pressure between rollers d d. The material used upon the paper is coal-tar, or Trinidad pitch, with 60 per cent of earthy matter, chiefly clay, though lime and sand may be used. Fig. 4426 is a modified form in which the strips of paper are tarred, cemented, and pressed together by passage between rollers. The tarring-rollers rot
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), U. (search)
, this cost, in London, from 1/2 d. to 2 1/2 d. each, for common umbrellas and parasols; one man and four boys can put together 100 frames daily. For covering each frame, women received from 1 d. upward. A tradesman in Bristol, England, has just made a monster umbrella for an African chief. It is 65 feet in circumference, the lancewood ribs being 6 feet long, and there are 140 yards of material in it. It is covered with red, blue, and white chintz, and takes two men to expand it. In Trinidad are colonies of ants, known as parasol ants, from the fact that each individual carries a leaf in his mouth, which shades his back. These luxurious insects, on being disturbed, rush into their holes and bring out a lot of very large chaps with big heads and tremendous nippers, who at once assume an attitude of self-defence, being, in fact, the bullies of the establishment, while the gentle parasol-bearer stands aside to watch the fun. This is almost as surprising as Sir John Lubbock'
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
anking, wedges for railway chairs. Elm (red)Ulmus fulvaEastern U. S.Medium, red. Carpentry. Bark yields slippery elm. Elm (white)Ulmus americanaEastern U. S.Medium, white. Staves, hoops. Fir (red silver)Abies amabilisSierra Nevada(See also Spruce; Hemlock) Fir (Scotch)Pinus sylvestrisEuropeMedium hardness. The yellow deal used in Europe. Fir (silver)Abies grandisCalifornia. FusticMorus tinctoriaN and South AmericaDyeing, mosaic-work, and turning. GreenheartNectandra rodiaeiGuiana, TrinidadHard and very durable. Shipbuilding, wharves, bridges. Gum (sour or black)Nyssa multifloraEastern U. S.Hard, tough, white. Hubs. Gum (sweet or red)Liquidamber styracifluaEastern U. S.Inferior to the black. HawthornCrataegus oxyacanthaEurope, etcHard and white; takes a good polish. Turnery. HazelCorylus avellanaEuropeWhite; takes a good polish. Turnery, hoops, etc. Hemlock (spruce)Abies canadensisNorthern AmericaVarious. Hickory (Eastern shell-bark)Carya albaEast of AlleghaniesHard.
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 1, Chapter 12: Catholic missions. (search)
n the United States came in, these tribes were overlooked, and down to this moment they are virtually overlooked. Within the districts covered by the old Catholic Missions, there is only one small agency; a mere farm on Tule River. The Indians have neither lands nor cows; the flocks and herds which they reared under the friars have disappeared. In northern California, beyond the mission limits, there are two more agencies; one agency in Hoopa Valley, a second in Round Valley; but from Trinidad to Carmelo, on a line three hundred miles in length, till lately peopled by a gentle though a savage race, the native tribes and families are abandoned to disease and death. Even in the two agencies, little has been done. Five years ago a trapper and a trooper were employed to rule and guard these savages. The trapper failed to mend their morals, the soldier to restrain their vagabond ways. Neither trapper nor trooper could prevent them from perishing in a country full of wild game, and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 2 (search)
oman Catholic prayers. we reached a cape, which I called Cape Galea, Now called Cape Galeota, the south-east point of Trinidad. having already given to the island the name of Trinidad; and here we found a harbor, which would have been excellent, bTrinidad; and here we found a harbor, which would have been excellent, but that there was no good anchorage. We saw houses and people on the spot; and the country around was very beautiful, and as fresh and green as the gardens of Valencia in the month of March . . . . The next day I set sail in the same direction, i the Island of Trinidad formed with the land of Gracia, The coast of Cumana (South America), distant seven miles from Trinidad. a strait of two leagues width from east to west; and, as we had to pass through it to go to the north, we found some stat the end of this time we arrived at the lowest point of the island of Cuba, at the province of Homo, where the city of Trinidad now stands; so that we were three hundred leagues farther from Spain than when we left Veragua for the purpose of procee
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical: officers of civil and military organizations. (search)
armies the national authority would be enforced. Mr. Hunter said to Mr. Seward, this means unconditional surrender. The Confederate service of Judge Campbell was closed by his arrest by Federal authority and his confinement in Fort Pulaski for several months. After his release he resumed his law practice at New Orleans, 1866, enjoyed the esteem of his people, and died at Baltimore March 12, 1889. Stephen Russell Mallory Stephen Russell Mallory, secretary of the navy, was born in Trinidad, West Indies, in 1813, son of Charles Mallory, of Connecticut, who settled at Key West in 1820. He was educated at Mobile, and at Nazareth, Penn., and when nineteen years old was appointed inspector of customs at Key West. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839; was judge of Monroe county and judge of probate; and in 1845 was appointed collector of customs at Key West. He served as a soldier in the war with the Seminoles. In 1850 he made a successful contest against David L.
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
d captured seven other merchantmen. One of these was ordered to New Orleans with a prize-crew, and was recaptured. The remaining six were taken in to Cienfuegos, where they were afterward released by the Spanish authorities. During the next two months, the Sumter cruised in the Caribbean Sea, and along the coast of South America. She received friendly treatment in the neutral ports which she visited, and was allowed to stay as long as she liked. She coaled without hindrance at Curacao, Trinidad, Paramaribo, and Maranham. Only at Puerto Cabello, in Venezuela, was she required to depart after forty-eight hours. There was no concealment about her character or her movements; but none of the vessels that were sent in pursuit of her were able to find her. Among these were the Niagara and the Powhatan, from the Gulf Squadron, and the Keystone State, Richmond, Iroquois, and San Jacinto. After leaving Maranham, Semmes shaped his course for the calm-belt. Here he expected to overhaul m
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), The conflict with slavery (search)
appiness general, its crimes few, its labor crowned with abundance, with no paupers save the decrepit and aged, its people hospitable, respectful, orderly, and contented. C. Stewart, Capt. R. N. The manumitted slaves, who to the number of two thousand were settled in Nova Scotia by the British Government at the close of the Revolutionary War, ed a harmless life, and gained the character of all honest, industrious people from their white neighbors. Clarkson. Of the free laborers of Trinidad we have the same report. At the Cape of Good Hope, three thousand negroes received their freedom, and with scarce a single exception betook themselves to laborious employments. Anti-Slavery Report for 1832. But we have yet stronger evidence. The total abolishment of slavery in the southern republics has proved beyond dispute the safety and utility of immediate abolition. The departed Bolivar indeed deserves his glorious title of Liberator, for he began his career of freedom by strik
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
piness. The people were full of affections; and the objects of love were around them. They struck root in the soil immediately. They enjoyed religion. They were, from the first, industrious, and enterprising, and frugal; and affluence followed of course. When persecution ceased in England, there were already in New England thousands who would not change their place for any other in the world; and they were tempted in vain with invitations to the Bahama Isles, to Ireland, to Jamaica, to Trinidad. The purity of morals completes the picture of colonial felicity. As Ireland will not brook venomous beasts, so will not that land vile livers. One might dwell there from year to year, and not see a drunkard, or hear an oath, or meet a beggar. New England's First Fruits, printed 1643, p. 23, 26. The consequence was universal health—one of the chief elements of public happiness. The average duration of life in New England, compared with Europe, was doubled; and the human race was so v
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Executive appointments. (search)
Loss of the brig Quickstep. New York, Jan. 18. --The British brig Quickstep, from Trinidad for London, was abandoned at sea. The captain and four of the crew were brought here by the ship. Flora Southard. The rest of the crew, four in number, were washed overboard and drowned.
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