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Harwich, Barnstable County, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
ast40,000 Steel, cast, maximum142,000 Steel, cast, mean88,657 Steel, blistered, soft133,000 104,000 Steel, shear124,000 Steel, blister133,000 Steel, puddled, extreme173,817 Steel, puddled or semi-iron121,408 Steel, plates, lengthwise96,300 Steel, plates, crosswise93,700 Lbs. Steel, razor150,000 Tin, cast, block5,000 Tin, Banca2,122 Zinc3,500 Zinc, sheet16,000 Brick, well burned750 Brick, fire65 Brick, inferior290 100 Cement, blue stone77 Cement, hydraulic234 Cement, Harwich30 Cement, Portland, 6 months414 Cement, Sheppy24 Cement, Portland 1, sand 3380 Chalk118 Glass, crown2,346 Gutta-percha3,500 Hydraulic lime140 Hydraulic lime mortar140 Ivory16,000 Leather belts330 Limestone670 2,800 Marble, Italian5,200 Marble, white9,000 Mortar, 12 years old60 Plaster of Paris72 Rope, Manilla9,000 Rope, hemp, tarred15,000 Rope, wire37,000 Sandstone, fine grain200 Slate12,000 Stone, Bath352 Stone, Craigleth400 Stone, Hailes360 Stone, Portland857 1,0
Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
s located in a vault in the western abutment, capable of pumping 10,000 gallons of water per hour into the reservoir on Georgetown Hights, 204 feet above, supplying that part of the town which is above the level of the distributing reservoir. Illinois and St. Louis bridge (center arch). The Illinois and St. Louis Bridge, shown in Plate LXXI., and one span of which is shown in Fig. 6749, has three spans, each formed with four ribbed arches made of cast-steel. The center span has a length 2. A proprietary road, where toll is collected. The name has come to signify one which is graded and either macadamized or graveled, so as not to be mere mud. The first American turnpike act was in 1796, — the National Road from Baltimore to Illinois. See paving; road. 3. A turnstile (which see). 4. A winding stairs. 5. (Fortification.) A beam filled with spikes. A cheval de frise. Turn′pike-stair′case. A winding stair, constructed around a central newel or post. Turn-<
Wexford (Irish Republic) (search for this): chapter 20
Hellania, Arabia, to Muscat, Arabia486 1860*Muscat, Arabia, to Kurrachee, India481 1860*Barcelona, Spain, to Mahon, Minorca1981,400 1860*Minorca to Majorca35250 1860*Iviza to Majorca74500 1860St. Antonio to Iviza76450 1861Corfu to Otranto, Italy, about901,000 1861*Malta to Tripoli, Africa230335 1861*Tripoli, Africa, to Bengazi, Africa508420 1861*Bengazi, Africa, to Alexandria, Egypt59380 1861Dieppe, France, to Newhaven, England8025 1861*Toulon, France, to Corsica1951,550 1862Wexford, Ireland, to Aberman, Wales6350 1862Lowestoft, Eng., to Zandvoort, Holland12527 Date.FromLength in Miles.Greatest Depth in Fathoms. 1863*Cagliari, Sardinia, to Sicily2111,025 1864*Cartagena, Spain, to Oran, Africa1301,420 1864Gwadur, India, to Elphinstone Inlet, India357437 1864Mussendom, Persia, to Bushire, Persia39397 1864Bushire, Persia, to Fao, Persia15419 1864Gwadur, India, to Kurrachee, India246670 1864Otranto, Italy, to Aviano, Turkey50347 1865*Bona, Africa, to Sicily270250
Salcombe (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 20
69*Scilly Isles to Land's End, England2740 1869Malta to Sicily5475 1869Tasmania to Australia176 1869Scilly Isles to Land's End, England2742 1869*Corfu to Santa Maura50160 1869*Santa Maura to Ithaca7180 1869Ithaca to Cephalonia7 1869*Cephalonia to Zante1060 1869Bushire, Persia, to Jask50597 1869Brest, France, to St. Pierre2,5842,760 1869St. Pierre to Duxbury, U. S.749259 1869Moen to Bornholm, Sweden8028 1869Bornholm, Sweden, to Libau23062 1870Scotland to Orkney Isles37 1870Salcombe, England, to Brignogan, France10159 1870Beachy Head to Cape Antifer7034 1870Suez, Egypt, to Aden, Arabia1,460968 1870Aden, Arabia, to Bombay1,8182,060 1870Porthcurno, England, to Lisbon8232,625 1870Lisbon to Gibraltar331535 1870Gibraltar to Malta1,1201,450 1870*Porthcurno to Mid Channel6562 1870Marseilles, France, to Bona, Africa4471,600 1870Bona, Africa, to Malta386650 1870Madras to Penang1,4081,284 1870Penang to Singapore40036 1870Singapore to Batavia55722 1870Malta to Alexandria
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
I., who published his Counterblaste to tobacco. Its use was condemned by kings, popes, and sultans, and smokers were condemned to various cruel punishments. The manufacture of tobacco depends upon the kind of tobacco and the article required. Cigars are made of the best, which is grown on soils peculiarly adapted to produce the delicate flavor; a portion of the northwest of the island of Cuba is the best of all. The Connecticut Valley, some parts of Virginia, a few counties in Ohio and Kentucky, near Cincinnati and Maysville, respectively, are noted regions. Of the foreign regions we are not well informed. The Manilla and Hungarian are noted. Tobacco is packed in hogsheads for sale and shipment, and the different processes commence when it reaches the factory. Chewing-tobacco is put up in ropes, plugs, knots, and various other forms. The shapes and flavors are matters of taste, and the latter becomes a fashion, comparatively little of the leaf is used in its natural state.
Ovid (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
s known as a parallel file. Ta′per-vise. One whose cheeks are arranged to grasp objects whose sides are not parallel. See vise. Tap′es-try. （Fabric.) A kind of woven hangings of wool or silk, frequently raised and enriched with gold and silver, representing figures of men, animals, historical subjects, etc. The term is of somewhat indefinite meaning, and the purpose equally indeterminate. It was originally intended for hangings, to hide the wall, or make a screen or curtain. Ovid mentions human figures as worked on the curtains of theaters. For an account of ancient tapestry, see Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, article Tapes. Tapestry is described in the Book of Exodus. Plato, the comic poet, namesake of the philosopher, says: — There the well-dressed guests recline On couches rich with ivory feet; And on their purple cushions dine, Which rich Sardinian carpets meet For the art of weaving embroidered cloths was in great perfection in
Devonshire (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 20
of loss; and by blowing on the bulb, to indicate the degree of combustion that takes place in the lungs. Thermo-si′phon. A siphon attachment to hot-water heating-apparatus, invented by two engineers, — Kewley of London, and Fowler of Devonshire, England. They found that the circulation of the water was greatly increased by passing it through the two legs of a siphon, especially when the tubes were irregular in point of horizontal direction, and both above and below the level of the boileostle (which see). The twist is usually in a direction the reverse of that given to the individual yarns. Thread of fine quality was imported into England from Holland and Flanders for many centuries. The thread for making the Honiton (Devonshire, England) lace was imported from Antwerp. Long-fibered cotton, as Sea Island, or Egyptian, is best adapted for making thread. Sewing-thread undergoes the following operations in the process of manufacture:— 1. It is passed through a picker, <
Niagara County (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
6711, show several forms of trusses adopted by the principal bridge-building firms in the United States. See also iron bridge. a, Kellogg Bridge Company, Buffalo, N. Y. b, American Bridge Company. c, Phoenixville Bridge Company, Philadelphia. d, Watson Manufacturing Company, Paterson, N. J. Bridge-trusses. e, Detroit Bridge and Iron Works, Detroit, Mich. f, Baltimore Bridge Company, Baltimore, Md. g, Kellogg and Maurice, Athens, Pa. h, Niagara Bridge Works, Niagara, N. Y. i, Macdonald, New York. j, Louisville Bridge and Iron Company, Louisville, Ky. k, Patapsco Bridge and Iron Works, Baltimore, Md. Trussed Gird′er. A construction having special application in centering, as shown in the annexed cut, which exhibits a portion of the centering of one of the London Bridge arches. See truss. Trussed bridge centering. Trussed roof. One involving the principles of a truss; containing principals, purlins, struts, and ties. See roof; truss
Kent (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 20
e, when they make a feast to entertaine their friends, can furnish their cupboards with flaggons, tankards, beere-cups, wine-bowles, some white, some percell guilt, some guilt all over, others without of sundry shapes and qualities. — Heywood's Philo-cathanista, or the Drunkard opened, dissected and anatomized, quarto, London, 1635, p. 45. Drinking-pots of wood, with wooden hoops, are yet used in some parts of Britain. A large drinking-glass was found in a Roman-British barrow, in Kent, England; a stained-glass one was excavated from a similar situation. Bede, Luitpraud, and Fordem record them. The grace-cup was handed round at the end of a meal. Oil-tank car. Tank-car. （Railroad-engineering.) A large tank mounted on a platformtruck, for carrying petroleum or other liquid. They are made in many forms, either of staves or of boiler-iron, usually the latter. In the example, the cylindrical tube is bellied midway between its ends and on its lowest side. The
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): chapter 20
gainst a current of over 2 3/4 miles. Chain towage is also used on the river St. Lawrence, for propelling the tugs which bring the vessels up the rapids below Montreal. The cable of 7,000 length was laid in July, 1873. The power is obtained from a pair of long-stroke engines, 22-inch cylinder, 5 feet stroke. The chain barrelbout $3,000,000. It was first crossed by a railway train, March 1, 1850. Some other data are given under bridge (which see). The Victoria tubular bridge at Montreal, forming a part of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, was designed by Stephenson, and built under his direction by James Hodges of Montreal. It was completed inMontreal. It was completed in December, 1859, and opened for travel August 25, 1860. Broom-handle lathe. The total length of this immense structure is only 176 feet less than two miles; it is supported upon two abutments and 24 piers, having 25 spans of tubing, the center one of which is 330, and each of the others 242 feet long. The hight of the cent
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