hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
Europe 998 0 Browse Search
United States (United States) 994 0 Browse Search
England (United Kingdom) 766 0 Browse Search
France (France) 692 0 Browse Search
China (China) 602 0 Browse Search
London (United Kingdom) 494 0 Browse Search
Early English 488 0 Browse Search
Department de Ville de Paris (France) 458 0 Browse Search
James Watt 343 1 Browse Search
Herodotus 256 0 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight). Search the whole document.

Found 154 total hits in 100 results.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Erasmus Ebener (search for this): chapter 25
the seventh century, mention an addition by which copper acquired a gold color. This was, undoubtedly, calamine. Albertus Magnus (1205-1280) speaks of calamine as a semimetal. The furnace-calamine, or sublimated zinc, with which the furnaces and chimneys were lined, where zinc-yielding ores were smelted, was thrown aside as useless until the middle of the sixteenth century. It had a place in the pharmacopoeia, but this use required but a small portion of the quantity produced. Erasmus Ebener, who died in 1577, used the furnace-calamine instead of native calamine for making brass. This was introduced at Rammelsberg about 1557. Its use in this connection had been previously described by Albertus Magnus. White vitriol, the sulphate of zinc, was long prepared, used, and employed before it was known that it was a salt of zinc. It is said to have been first made by Duke Julius at Rammelsberg, in 1570. Its application to make an eye-water is its first recorded use. The or
Talcott (search for this): chapter 25
he slate to receive the pin. Sax; saixe. The zax is about 16 inches long and 2 in width; it is somewhat bent at one end, and the spur is 3 inches long. Ze′nith-sec′tor. Invented by Hooke, about 1699, to ascertain whether or no the earth's orbit had any sensible parallax. As modified by Airy, it is principally used in geodetical operations. It serves to determine the zenith point and the zenith distances of stars. Ze′nith-tel′e-scope. A geodetical instrument, invented by Captain Talcott, United States Engineer, for measuring the difference of the zenith of two stars, as a means of determining the latitude. Two stars are selected which pass the meridian about the same time and at about equal distances from the zenith, but on opposite sides of it. It has adjustments in altitude and azimuth, has a graduated vertical semicircle and a level, and a micrometer for measuring the distances between the stars. Ze′nith-tube. Invented by Airy. It is used at Greenwich for
Marc Monnier (search for this): chapter 25
8,756.Jones, Feb. 24, 1852. 10,574.Renton, Feb. 28, 1854. 10,696.Jones, Mar. 28, 1854. 10,711.Trotter, Mar. 28, 1854. 12,329.Selleck, Jan. 30, 1855. 12,333.Trotter, Jan. 30, 1855. 12,418.Wetherell, Feb. 20, 1855. 12,613.Gardner, Mar. 27, 1855. 13,332.Jones, July 24, 1855. 13,416.Burrows, Extended. Aug. 14, 1855. 13,431.Jones, Aug. 14, 1855. 13,806.Wetherill, Nov. 13, 1855. 15,448.Wharton, July 29, 1856. 15,830.Wetherill, Sept. 30, 1856. 16,594.Kent, Feb. 10, 1857. 20,655.Monnier, June 22, 1858. 20,926.Wharton et al., July 13, 1858. 27,142.Millbank, Feb. 14, 1860. 32,320.Titterton, Patented in England. May 14, 1861. 33,911.Weissenborn, Dec. 10, 1861. 36,414.Lewis, Sept. 9, 1862. 37,150.Wharton, Dec. 16, 1862. 38,493.Lewis, May 12, 1863. 43,587.Jenkins et al., July 19, 1864. 67,839.Bartlett et al., Aug. 20, 1867. 69,573.Mills, Oct. 8, 1867. 72,032.Hall, Dec. 10, 1867. 73,146.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 73,147.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 83,643.Lees, Nov. 3
Hooke (search for this): chapter 25
a, of the Book of Daniel, in the Hebrew version. It was probably a syrinx with bellows, the original type of the organ. The bagpipes in the tibia utricularis of the Romans. See bagpipes. Zawn. （Mining.) A cavern. Zax. A slater's hatchet, with a sharp point on the pole, for perforating the slate to receive the pin. Sax; saixe. The zax is about 16 inches long and 2 in width; it is somewhat bent at one end, and the spur is 3 inches long. Ze′nith-sec′tor. Invented by Hooke, about 1699, to ascertain whether or no the earth's orbit had any sensible parallax. As modified by Airy, it is principally used in geodetical operations. It serves to determine the zenith point and the zenith distances of stars. Ze′nith-tel′e-scope. A geodetical instrument, invented by Captain Talcott, United States Engineer, for measuring the difference of the zenith of two stars, as a means of determining the latitude. Two stars are selected which pass the meridian about the s
September 9th, 1873 AD (search for this): chapter 25
36,414.Lewis, Sept. 9, 1862. 37,150.Wharton, Dec. 16, 1862. 38,493.Lewis, May 12, 1863. 43,587.Jenkins et al., July 19, 1864. 67,839.Bartlett et al., Aug. 20, 1867. 69,573.Mills, Oct. 8, 1867. 72,032.Hall, Dec. 10, 1867. 73,146.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 73,147.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 83,643.Lees, Nov. 3, 1868. 95,484.Jones, Oct. 5, 1869. 108,965.Burrows, Nov. 8, 1870. 138,684.Osgood, May 6, 1873. 136,685.Osgood, May 6, 1873. 139,701.Bartlett, June 10, 1873. 142,571.Lang, Sept. 9, 1873. 145,976.Trotter, Dec. 30, 1873. See also white-lead. Zir-co′ni — a light. One in which a stick of oxide of zirconium is exposed to the flame of oxyhydrogen gas. Invented by Tessie du Motay. It is said to be entirely unaltered by the heat, and to develop more intense light than any other terrous oxide. Zir-co′ni-um. A rare metal obtained from the minerals zircon and hyacinth by Berzelius in 1824. Zith′ern. An Austrian musical instrument of the lute order. It
February 20th, 1855 AD (search for this): chapter 25
a fine white powder; the lower bags receive that which is shaken into them from those above. Zinc-white apparatus. List of United States Patents for Zinc-White. No.Name and Date. 7,351.Leclaire et al., May 7, 1850. 8,308.Seymour, August 26, 1851. 8,477.Adams, Oct. 28, 1851. 8,756.Jones, Feb. 24, 1852. 10,574.Renton, Feb. 28, 1854. 10,696.Jones, Mar. 28, 1854. 10,711.Trotter, Mar. 28, 1854. 12,329.Selleck, Jan. 30, 1855. 12,333.Trotter, Jan. 30, 1855. 12,418.Wetherell, Feb. 20, 1855. 12,613.Gardner, Mar. 27, 1855. 13,332.Jones, July 24, 1855. 13,416.Burrows, Extended. Aug. 14, 1855. 13,431.Jones, Aug. 14, 1855. 13,806.Wetherill, Nov. 13, 1855. 15,448.Wharton, July 29, 1856. 15,830.Wetherill, Sept. 30, 1856. 16,594.Kent, Feb. 10, 1857. 20,655.Monnier, June 22, 1858. 20,926.Wharton et al., July 13, 1858. 27,142.Millbank, Feb. 14, 1860. 32,320.Titterton, Patented in England. May 14, 1861. 33,911.Weissenborn, Dec. 10, 1861. 36,414.Lewis, Sept. 9, 186
July 13th, 1858 AD (search for this): chapter 25
28, 1854. 10,696.Jones, Mar. 28, 1854. 10,711.Trotter, Mar. 28, 1854. 12,329.Selleck, Jan. 30, 1855. 12,333.Trotter, Jan. 30, 1855. 12,418.Wetherell, Feb. 20, 1855. 12,613.Gardner, Mar. 27, 1855. 13,332.Jones, July 24, 1855. 13,416.Burrows, Extended. Aug. 14, 1855. 13,431.Jones, Aug. 14, 1855. 13,806.Wetherill, Nov. 13, 1855. 15,448.Wharton, July 29, 1856. 15,830.Wetherill, Sept. 30, 1856. 16,594.Kent, Feb. 10, 1857. 20,655.Monnier, June 22, 1858. 20,926.Wharton et al., July 13, 1858. 27,142.Millbank, Feb. 14, 1860. 32,320.Titterton, Patented in England. May 14, 1861. 33,911.Weissenborn, Dec. 10, 1861. 36,414.Lewis, Sept. 9, 1862. 37,150.Wharton, Dec. 16, 1862. 38,493.Lewis, May 12, 1863. 43,587.Jenkins et al., July 19, 1864. 67,839.Bartlett et al., Aug. 20, 1867. 69,573.Mills, Oct. 8, 1867. 72,032.Hall, Dec. 10, 1867. 73,146.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 73,147.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 83,643.Lees, Nov. 3, 1868. 95,484.Jones, Oct. 5, 1869. 108,965.Burro
1577 AD (search for this): chapter 25
ntion an addition by which copper acquired a gold color. This was, undoubtedly, calamine. Albertus Magnus (1205-1280) speaks of calamine as a semimetal. The furnace-calamine, or sublimated zinc, with which the furnaces and chimneys were lined, where zinc-yielding ores were smelted, was thrown aside as useless until the middle of the sixteenth century. It had a place in the pharmacopoeia, but this use required but a small portion of the quantity produced. Erasmus Ebener, who died in 1577, used the furnace-calamine instead of native calamine for making brass. This was introduced at Rammelsberg about 1557. Its use in this connection had been previously described by Albertus Magnus. White vitriol, the sulphate of zinc, was long prepared, used, and employed before it was known that it was a salt of zinc. It is said to have been first made by Duke Julius at Rammelsberg, in 1570. Its application to make an eye-water is its first recorded use. The ore (calamine) whose effe
1816 AD (search for this): chapter 25
oyden. 32,840.Muller 99,145.Adams. 145,450.Richter. 16,594.Kent. 17,333.Mamier. 25,267.Kalbach. See also zinc-white. Zin′code. The positive pole of a galvanic battery. Zinc-og′ra-phy. The design is drawn on the zinc-plate with a material which resists acid. The surface of the plate being bit away leaves the design in relief to be printed from by the ordinary mode in printing from woodcuts. The process does not appear to have made much headway since its introduction in 1816, though some beautiful specimens were made in England more than thirty years back. See Panicograph; Galvanograph; Galvano-plastic process. Zinc-white. Zinc-white (oxide of zinc; ZnO.) is a white powder obtained by the sublimation of the red oxide. This is found in abundance at Mount Sterling, N. J. It is pulverized, mixed with coal, heated in brick retorts, through which blasts of air are passed. The oxygen of the air combines with the vapor of the zinc, and the flocculent oxide is
December 16th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 25
ar. 27, 1855. 13,332.Jones, July 24, 1855. 13,416.Burrows, Extended. Aug. 14, 1855. 13,431.Jones, Aug. 14, 1855. 13,806.Wetherill, Nov. 13, 1855. 15,448.Wharton, July 29, 1856. 15,830.Wetherill, Sept. 30, 1856. 16,594.Kent, Feb. 10, 1857. 20,655.Monnier, June 22, 1858. 20,926.Wharton et al., July 13, 1858. 27,142.Millbank, Feb. 14, 1860. 32,320.Titterton, Patented in England. May 14, 1861. 33,911.Weissenborn, Dec. 10, 1861. 36,414.Lewis, Sept. 9, 1862. 37,150.Wharton, Dec. 16, 1862. 38,493.Lewis, May 12, 1863. 43,587.Jenkins et al., July 19, 1864. 67,839.Bartlett et al., Aug. 20, 1867. 69,573.Mills, Oct. 8, 1867. 72,032.Hall, Dec. 10, 1867. 73,146.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 73,147.Wetherill, Jan. 7, 1868. 83,643.Lees, Nov. 3, 1868. 95,484.Jones, Oct. 5, 1869. 108,965.Burrows, Nov. 8, 1870. 138,684.Osgood, May 6, 1873. 136,685.Osgood, May 6, 1873. 139,701.Bartlett, June 10, 1873. 142,571.Lang, Sept. 9, 1873. 145,976.Trotter, Dec. 30, 1873. See also
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10