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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
uth, England, to Guernsey6658 1870Guernsey to Jersey1532 1870Porto Rico to St. Thomas11022 1870Santiago, Cuba, to Jamaica140 1870Portpatrick, Scotland, to Donaghadee, Ireland25160 1871Javea to Iviza430 1871Majorca to Minorca3593 1871Villa Real to Gibraltar15584 1871Marseilles, France, to Algiers, Africa4471,625 1871Singapore to Saigon, Cochin China62060 Date.FromLength in Miles.Greatest Depth in Fathoms. 1871Saigon to Hong Kong975630 1871Hong Kong to Shanghai1,10042 1871Shanghai, China, to Nagasaki, Japan1,200135 1871Nagasaki to Vladivostock, Siberia80 1871Rhodes to Marmarice22 1871Latakia to Cyprus86 1871Samos to Scala Nuova1182 1871Myteleni to Aivali1333 1871Khania to Retimo32200 1871Retimo to Khandia41152 1871Khandia to Rhodes201600 1871Khios to Chesmeh633 1871Zante to Corfu150 1871Zante to Cephalonia18203 1871Lowestoft, England, to Greitseil, Germany22323 1871Anjer, Java, to Telok Betong, Sumatra5550 1871Banjoewangie, Java, to Port Darwin, Australia1
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
in, who, it has been claimed, devised it in 1669. M. le Duc says he found mention of them in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth century Mss., and gives an illustration taken from a vignette of a Ms. of the thirteenth century, of a man propelling a wheelbarrow, the form of which differs but slightly from those now in use. The Chinese wheelbarrow has but one wheel, but it is large, and placed in the center of the bed of the vehicle; the entire load rests on the central wheel. In Shanghai, thousands of these vehicles ply for hire. The usual load is two persons, who sit on a wooden platform on each side of the wheel, resting one arm each upon the framework which rises above the top of the wheel, and planting one foot in a stirrup made of rope. Dumping-barrow. Wheel-case. （Pyrotechnics.) A stout paper case, similar to a rocketcase or sun-case. It is filled with composition, which is driven into it with a drift, and is tied to the rim of a wheel or rotating piece