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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
nd the vertical circle passing through the object. The cut (Fig. 511) illustrates an equatorial dial, according to Dr. Hooker probably a Kranti-urit, or azimuth circle, in the observatory at Benares, built by Jey-Sing, Rajah of Jayanagar, upwards of 200 years ago. Dr. Hooker describes the astronomer-royal at the time of his visit as a pitiful object, half naked, with a large sore on his stomach, who represented himself as being very hungry. Science, it would seem, has not been properly appreciated in that vicinity since the decline of the Mohammedan power. See Dr. Hooker's Himalayan Journals, London, 1855. The equinoctial and equatorial sun-dials of Benares are considered under dial, where it will be seen that the former has a by him in the one set up in Jerusalem. See astronomical instruments, where the large dial of Benares, referred to by Dr. Hooker, is shown on the elevated terrace on the left. Very remarkable and interesting are these relies which carry us back to
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), D. (search)
to inquire whether it originated on the southern slope of the great backbone of the continent, or in far Cathay, by the Yellow Sea. Herodotus, whose fame grows clearer and brighter as years wax and wane, states that the Greeks received the sun-dial from the Chaldeans (see that of Berosus, infra). We may fairly judge the character of the ancient dials from those yet remaining in India, which are destitute of modern innovations, such as glass lenses and finely graduated metallic scales. Dr. Hooker, in his Notes in Bengal, Nepaul, etc, gives sketches of the sun-dials in the Observatory of Benares. This observatory was built by Jey Sing, Rajah of Jayanagar, upwards of 200 years ago. His skill in mathematical science was so great that the Emperor Mohammed Shah employed him to reform the calendar. He also built the observatories of Delhi, Matra on the Jumna, and Oujein. The Narcc-inla, or equatorial sun-dial, has a face 26 inches in diameter; the Scmrat-yunta, or equinoctial sun-dial
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
one who is struggling in spirit with a great unfulfilled wish, and, flinging herself on the floor, turns the wheel with energy as she utters her prayer for a bull child, or some other fervent desire of her heart. A praying-cylinder seen by Dr. Hooker at Simonboug in Sikkim consisted of a leathern cylinder placed upright in a frame; a projecting piece of iron struck a little bell at each revolution, the movement being caused by an elbowed axle and string. Within such cylinders are depositedhe question of precedence. Sonnettes used in churches (Bonanni, 1776). The words Om Mani Padmi Om (Hail to him of the Lotus and the Jewel) are frequently painted on the cylinders of these machines and prayers placed within. One noticed by Hooker, the naturalist, on a stream in Bhotan, was made to rotate on its axis by a spindle which passed through the floor of the building into the water, where it was terminated by a wheel. Such prayingcylin-ders are called mani by the Lamas The Jap
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eling encouraged:— Bought me two new pair of spectacles of Turlington, who, it seems, is famous for them. —Pepys' Diary, 1667. The residents in Sikkim [says Hooker], in the Himalayas, seek protection for their eyes from the glare of the newly fallen snow, some with veils, others with shades of brown paper, or of hair from th d, having its outlet near the bottom, and is discharged near the top. The mode of obtaining the attar of roses at Ghazepore on the Ganges is thus described by Hooker, the naturalist:— The rose-gardens surround the town: they are fields, with low bushes of the plant, grown in rows, red with blossoms in the morning, all of whg fastened together by strips of the same plant. Several suspension-bridges, formed of iron chains supporting loops on which planking is laid, are mentioned by Hooker in his Himalaya journals. One crossed the Mywa, a western affluent of the Tambur in Nepal; another the Newa, in which the chains were clamped to the rocks on eit<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
s, equal in value to $5,812,000, as follows:— Tea6,851,445 roubles. Brick-tea897,371 roubles. Teapots and brick-tea (Thibetan Himalaya). Fig. 6232, from Hooker's Himalayan journal, illustrates a brick of tea, two forms of teapot, and a teacup, used by the Thibetans. A tobacco-pipe, two pouches, flint and steel (which mid together, dolls, terra-cotta figures with arms and legs moved by a string, like the modern patins and marionettes; popguns, blow-guns, bows and arrows, tops. Hooker, the naturalist, states that he was amused at the Monastery of Doobdi, in Sikkim, which is on the flank of the Himalayas, by watching a child playing with a popgueptember14, 1875. 168,044.MillarSeptember21, 1875. 168,591.ThompsonOctober11, 1875. 169,215.WestcottOctober26, 1875. 169,216.WestcottOctober26, 1875. 170,372.HookerNovember23, 1875. 170,593.RichardsNovember30, 1875. Type-set′ting Tel′e-graph. One in which the message at the receiving end is set up in type. The title <
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ng. Bateau.Farcost. Becasse.Felucca. Bilalo.Ferry-boat. Bilander.Fire-ship. Bireme.Flat-boat. Bir-lin.Floating-battery. Boat.Floating-light. Bomb-ketch.Fly-boat. Brig.Fourth-rate. Brigantine.Frigate. Broad-horn.Frigatoon. Bucentaur.Funny. Budgero.Galeas. Buggalow.Galiot. Buggy-boat.Galleon. Bumboat.Galley. Bunder-boat.Gallivat. Bungo.Garkookah. Buss.Gaydiang. Cable.Gig. Caique.Gondola. Canal-boat.Grab. Canoe.Gunboat. Caper.Hawker. Carack.Hermaphrodite brig. Caracore.Hooker. Caravel.Horse-boat. Carvel built.House-boat. Catamaran.Howker. Chain-boat.Hoy. Chebec.Hulk. Chop-boat.Ice-boat. Cigar-steamer.Iron-clad. Clipper.Iron-vessel. Coaster.Jigger. Cock.Jolly-boat. Collier.Junk. Coracle.Kajak. Keel-boat.Remberge. Ketch.Scamparia. Koff.Schooner. Launch.Scow. Life boat.Sectional boat. Lighter.Settee. Light-ship.Shallop. Liner.Sheer-hulk. Long-boat.Shield-ship. Lorcha.Ship. Lugger.Skiff. Man-of-war.Skute. Marine car.Sloop. Massoulah boat
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
key-wards, somewhat in violation of the meaning of the term: ward, a guard. Lock-wards. Ward′ing-file. A flat file having a constant thickness, and only cut upon the edges. Used in filing the ward-notches in keys. Ward-room. （Nautical.) A cabin, on board large ships-of-war, for the accommodation of officers ranking as lieutenants. Ward's case. An air-tight inclosure with glass sides and top for preserving or transporting plants, etc.; named from the inventor. Mr. Hooker, the naturalist, records that in 1850 the superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens received 391 plants from North America, packed and transported in ice, in excellent order. They consisted of varieties of trees, bushes, and plants, fruit and ornamental, and were packed in Ward's cases for transportation to the English settlements in the Himalaya Mountains. Warm′er. A heating device. See list of stove and heating appliances, pages 2409, 2410. Fig. 7035 is an apparatus for w<