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Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 3 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 3 3 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 2 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 2 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. 2 2 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 1 1 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
lent and by all physitians approved China drink, called by Chineans Tcha, by other nations tay, alias tee, is sold at the Sultana Head Coffee-house, London. I did send for a cup of tee, a China drink, of which I had never drunk before. — Pepys, 1660. In 1667 the British East India Company gave their agents an order for teas of the best kind to the amount of 100 dollars. In 1678 they imported 4,713 pounds, a quantity which appears to have glutted the market for several years. In 1721 thea, and the native name indicates that it is of the common stock. The genus Nicotiana belongs to the Solanaceoe, which includes the nightshade, potato, and tomato. The name Nicotiana is derived from Jean Nicot, the minister of France in Portugal, 1660, who first made the plant known in France. It has been conjectured that the Asiatic variety is derived from China, which has been regarded as another center of production. The probabilities are against the supposition. It was introduced int
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), U. (search)
. Variation or declination is the horizontal angle which a needle makes with the meridian. The changes of declination are of three kinds. 1. Secular. That which takes place in cycles. At London, in 1550, the variation was 11° 17 E; about 1660 it was 0°. It then began to deviate to the west till it attained its maximum in 1815, 24° 17′ 18″. In 1865 it was 20° 38. 2. Annual. This was first remarked at Paris by Cassini. 3. Diurnal. First remarked at London, by Graham, 1722. The chavirgina's, manichords, clavichords, harpsichords, and spinets had their day, the piano came forth, beyond all question the first of musical instruments. — Thalberg. The virginall and printed virginall-book are several times mentioned by Pepys, 1660-63. Took Aldgate Street on my way, and there called upon one Hayward that makes Virginalls, and there did like of a little espinettes [spinet] and will have him finish them for me; for I had a mind to a small harpsichon, but this takes up
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
ce the term wig. One form consisted of three-thread tresses which were sewed to ribbons; these were then stretched out and sewed together on blocks cut into the shape of the head. Frizzing the wigs was introduced by one Ervais. Periwigs first worn in England about 1590. Judges wore full-bottomed wigs 1674. I bought two periwigs, one whereof cost me £ 3 and the other 40 s. — Pepys, 1663. The peruke was an Italian device, first worn at the French court, 1620; introduced into England, 1660. Louis XIV., to hide his shoulders, which were not matches, introduced the long wig, and then no gentleman of quality at court could wear his own hair. Wig′an. An open, canvas-like fabric, used as a stiffening in the lower ends of the legs of pantaloons, and as a skirt-protector on the lower inside surface which drags on the pavement. It is sometimes sold in strips, fluted, and attached to a band. Wig-block. A shaped piece of wood for fitting a wig upon. Wig′ging. See Wi
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), Y. (search)
Y. Yacht. A decked pleasure-vessel. There are about 1,300 yachts in Great Britain, averaging 30 tons. The rigs are various, and many American and European yachts now have steampower as an accessory, or for use during calms. The name yacht first occurs in English naval records, 1660. The thalamegus of the ancients. Yan′kee gang. An arrangement in a sawmill (Canada) adapted for logs of 21 inches diameter and under. It consists of two sets of gang-saws, having parallel ways in the immediate vicinity of each other. One is the slabbing-gang, and reduces the log to a balk and slab-boards. The balk is then shifted to the stock-gang, which rips it into lumber. See slabbing-gang; stock-gang. Yard. 1. (Nautical.) A spar slung from a mast and serving to extend a sail. Square sails on yards are shown in the paintings of Eleythya, and elsewhere in Egypt. Yards are either square, lateen, or lug-sail. Yards for square sails are suspended across the mast
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