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January (search for this): chapter 19
rchipelago, Syria, Barbary, and the West Indies. The Syrian or Turkish, also known as toilet sponge, is most esteemed. Next in value, and closely resembling it, is that from the Grecian Archipelago. Coarser varieties, valuable on account of their firmness and tenacity, come from Greece and Barbary. That from the West Indies is harsher, coarser, and less durable than the Mediterranean kinds. On the Barbary coast sponge-fishing is most actively prosecuted during the months of December, January, and February; at other seasons the places where the sponges grow are overgrown with sea-weeds, which are swept away by the storms occurring in November and December. The summer fisheries are conducted in shallower water by divers or by wading; the produce is less and the quality inferior. Three methods — spearing, diving, and dredging — are employed. The Greeks, who are the most skillful and successful sponge-fishers, employ small boats, carrying a rower and a spearman, the latter of
January 13th (search for this): chapter 19
ereon. Straw-drain. （Husbandry.) A drain filled with straw. Straw-fab′ric loom. A loom for making goods the weft of which is of straw. Each piece of filling is laid in separately, and looms of this character are made to work with straw, slats, splints, wands, willows, cane, rattan, palm-leaf, splints, whalebone, and what not. See slat-weaving loom, page 2203. Preparing short-cut straw for feed. See also following patents: — 37,138.Perrin, Dec. 9, ‘62. 37,409.Perrin, Jan. 13, ‘63. 45,115.Baker, Nov. 15, ‘64. 54,061.Anderson, May 15, ‘66. 56,493.Free, July 17, ‘66.69,309.Brown, Oct. 1, ‘67. 57,898.Hasecoster, Sep. 11, ‘66.70,072.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 65,266.Perrin, May 28, ‘67.70,318.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 68,695.Brown, Sep. 10, ‘67.70,945.Angell, Dec. 10, ‘67. 71,852.Chandler, Dec. 10, ‘67.127,318.Devol, May 28, ‘72. 75,500.Walkins, Mar. 10, ‘68.133,332.Murphy, Nov. 26, ‘72. 79,923.Smith, July 14, ‘68.135,427.Hasting
February (search for this): chapter 19
yria, Barbary, and the West Indies. The Syrian or Turkish, also known as toilet sponge, is most esteemed. Next in value, and closely resembling it, is that from the Grecian Archipelago. Coarser varieties, valuable on account of their firmness and tenacity, come from Greece and Barbary. That from the West Indies is harsher, coarser, and less durable than the Mediterranean kinds. On the Barbary coast sponge-fishing is most actively prosecuted during the months of December, January, and February; at other seasons the places where the sponges grow are overgrown with sea-weeds, which are swept away by the storms occurring in November and December. The summer fisheries are conducted in shallower water by divers or by wading; the produce is less and the quality inferior. Three methods — spearing, diving, and dredging — are employed. The Greeks, who are the most skillful and successful sponge-fishers, employ small boats, carrying a rower and a spearman, the latter of whom views the
February 4th (search for this): chapter 19
9, ‘62. 37,409.Perrin, Jan. 13, ‘63. 45,115.Baker, Nov. 15, ‘64. 54,061.Anderson, May 15, ‘66. 56,493.Free, July 17, ‘66.69,309.Brown, Oct. 1, ‘67. 57,898.Hasecoster, Sep. 11, ‘66.70,072.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 65,266.Perrin, May 28, ‘67.70,318.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 68,695.Brown, Sep. 10, ‘67.70,945.Angell, Dec. 10, ‘67. 71,852.Chandler, Dec. 10, ‘67.127,318.Devol, May 28, ‘72. 75,500.Walkins, Mar. 10, ‘68.133,332.Murphy, Nov. 26, ‘72. 79,923.Smith, July 14, ‘68.135,427.Hastings, Feb. 4, ‘73. 100,477.Fitts, Aug. 16, ‘70.153,417.Baldwin, July 28, ‘74. 111,343.Hastings, June 31, ‘71. Straw-cutter. Cutting-machine for hay, straw, and vegetables. Straw-hat Mak′ing. Tuscan straw is prepared by pulling the wheat while the ear is in a milky state. The wheat is sown very close, so that the straw is thin and short. The straw is spread out upon the ground for three or four days in fine hot weather to dry. It is then tied up in bundl
March (search for this): chapter 19
he same year, were superseded by lanterns. The lighting arrangements of the streets however, still continued for many years on a very imperfect footing, and travelers still found it advisable to employ men bearing links or lanterns, when going abroad after nightfall. In 1667 the lighting and police arrangements of Paris were improved; the project was that of the Abbe Laudati, and was legalized in 1662. In 1671 the lamps were ordered to be lighted from the 20th of October to the end of March, having previously been kept lighted only during the four winter months; at this time the lamps were kept burning on moonlight nights as well as others. Their number in 1771 was estimated at 6.232. Amsterdam had street lanterns in 1669; The Hague, 1678; Copenhagen, 1681; Hamburg, 1675; Berlin, 1682; Vienna, 1704; Birmingham, England, 1733. For lighting by gas, see gas. Street-lamp. In the example, the glass is in a single piece, flaring at top, and having an opening at the botto
March 10th (search for this): chapter 19
ring short-cut straw for feed. See also following patents: — 37,138.Perrin, Dec. 9, ‘62. 37,409.Perrin, Jan. 13, ‘63. 45,115.Baker, Nov. 15, ‘64. 54,061.Anderson, May 15, ‘66. 56,493.Free, July 17, ‘66.69,309.Brown, Oct. 1, ‘67. 57,898.Hasecoster, Sep. 11, ‘66.70,072.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 65,266.Perrin, May 28, ‘67.70,318.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 68,695.Brown, Sep. 10, ‘67.70,945.Angell, Dec. 10, ‘67. 71,852.Chandler, Dec. 10, ‘67.127,318.Devol, May 28, ‘72. 75,500.Walkins, Mar. 10, ‘68.133,332.Murphy, Nov. 26, ‘72. 79,923.Smith, July 14, ‘68.135,427.Hastings, Feb. 4, ‘73. 100,477.Fitts, Aug. 16, ‘70.153,417.Baldwin, July 28, ‘74. 111,343.Hastings, June 31, ‘71. Straw-cutter. Cutting-machine for hay, straw, and vegetables. Straw-hat Mak′ing. Tuscan straw is prepared by pulling the wheat while the ear is in a milky state. The wheat is sown very close, so that the straw is thin and short. The straw is spread out upo
May (search for this): chapter 19
tions of the screw, and the Alecto was built on the same lines, and with paddle-wheels, to compare the modes of propulsion. The propeller was preferred, and soon had an important place in the British navy. Captain John Ericsson's English patent is dated July 13, 1836, for a propeller containing several blades or segments of a screw, the twist of which was determined in accordance with the principle now usually adopted. His propeller, the Francis B. Ogden, was tried in April, 1837, and in May of that year was used in towing an American packet, the ship Toronto, of 700 tons burden, to sea; 4 1/2 knots an hour against wind and tide. Ericsson's second vessel, the Robert F. Stockton, was built by the Lairds of Birkenhead, and launched July 7, 1838. This vessel was built for Captain Stockton, of the United States Navy. She crossed to the United States in 1839, and was purchased by the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company. Captain Ericsson subsequently built the propeller Enterpriz
May 15th (search for this): chapter 19
straw. Straw-fab′ric loom. A loom for making goods the weft of which is of straw. Each piece of filling is laid in separately, and looms of this character are made to work with straw, slats, splints, wands, willows, cane, rattan, palm-leaf, splints, whalebone, and what not. See slat-weaving loom, page 2203. Preparing short-cut straw for feed. See also following patents: — 37,138.Perrin, Dec. 9, ‘62. 37,409.Perrin, Jan. 13, ‘63. 45,115.Baker, Nov. 15, ‘64. 54,061.Anderson, May 15, ‘66. 56,493.Free, July 17, ‘66.69,309.Brown, Oct. 1, ‘67. 57,898.Hasecoster, Sep. 11, ‘66.70,072.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 65,266.Perrin, May 28, ‘67.70,318.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 68,695.Brown, Sep. 10, ‘67.70,945.Angell, Dec. 10, ‘67. 71,852.Chandler, Dec. 10, ‘67.127,318.Devol, May 28, ‘72. 75,500.Walkins, Mar. 10, ‘68.133,332.Murphy, Nov. 26, ‘72. 79,923.Smith, July 14, ‘68.135,427.Hastings, Feb. 4, ‘73. 100,477.Fitts, Aug. 16, ‘70.153,417.Baldwi
May 26th (search for this): chapter 19
n of the ability of a steam-vessel to navigate the ocean. This ship was the Savannah. He engaged as engineer Captain Moses Rogers, who had been familiar with the experiment of Fulton. Captain Stevens Rogers, of New London, Conn., was employed to navigate the vessel. Under his command the Savannah, having been duly equipped with engine and machinery steamed out of New York Harbor on the 27th day of March, 1819, bound to Savannah on her trial trip, which was successfully made. On the 26th of May in the same year she left Savannah for Liverpool, making the trip in 22 days, during 18 of which she was propelled by steam-power From Liverpool the Savannah went to Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Cronstadt, and Arundel, and from the latter port returned to Savannah, making the passage in 25 days. The log-book of the Savannah was sent to the Navy Department in 1848. Captain Stevens Rogers died in New London in 1868. The Savannah was built by Crocker and Ficket in New York, and
May 28th (search for this): chapter 19
38.Perrin, Dec. 9, ‘62. 37,409.Perrin, Jan. 13, ‘63. 45,115.Baker, Nov. 15, ‘64. 54,061.Anderson, May 15, ‘66. 56,493.Free, July 17, ‘66.69,309.Brown, Oct. 1, ‘67. 57,898.Hasecoster, Sep. 11, ‘66.70,072.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 65,266.Perrin, May 28, ‘67.70,318.Brown, Oct. 29, ‘67. 68,695.Brown, Sep. 10, ‘67.70,945.Angell, Dec. 10, ‘67. 71,852.Chandler, Dec. 10, ‘67.127,318.Devol, May 28, ‘72. 75,500.Walkins, Mar. 10, ‘68.133,332.Murphy, Nov. 26, ‘72. 79,923.Smith, July 14, ‘68.135,4May 28, ‘72. 75,500.Walkins, Mar. 10, ‘68.133,332.Murphy, Nov. 26, ‘72. 79,923.Smith, July 14, ‘68.135,427.Hastings, Feb. 4, ‘73. 100,477.Fitts, Aug. 16, ‘70.153,417.Baldwin, July 28, ‘74. 111,343.Hastings, June 31, ‘71. Straw-cutter. Cutting-machine for hay, straw, and vegetables. Straw-hat Mak′ing. Tuscan straw is prepared by pulling the wheat while the ear is in a milky state. The wheat is sown very close, so that the straw is thin and short. The straw is spread out upon the ground for three or four days in fine hot weather to dry. It
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