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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schimmelin, Alexander Oliver 1645-1707 (search)
Schimmelin, Alexander Oliver 1645-1707 Historian; born in Flanders about 1645; went to the West Indies in 1666; was a buccaneer in 1669-74; returned to Europe. He was the author of History of the adventures of the freebooters, which are remarkable in the Indies. He died in France in 1707.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
nd assume control......December, 1677 Culpeper goes to England to explain to the lords proprietors, and John Harvey, president of the council, takes charge of the government, John Jenkins, being appointed governor by the proprietors, succeeding him......June, 1680 Governor Jenkins dies and is succeeded by Henry Wilkinson......December, 1681 Seth Sothel, who had purchased the rights of Lord Clarendon, arrives as governor of Albemarle......1683 Fundamental constitutions, framed in 1669, are abrogated by the lords proprietors......April, 1693 Law passed by the General Assembly disfranchising all dissenters from any office of trust, honor, or profit......1704 First church in North Carolina built in Chowan county......1705 Lords proprietors grant to Christopher, Baron de Graaffenreidt, 10,000 acres of land on the Neuse and Cape Fear rivers in 1709. About 15,000 Swiss and a large number of Palatines follow the Baron and settle at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
vernor......1670 Settlers at Port Royal remove to the western bank of the Ashley River and found Old Charleston......1671 Settlement at Charleston increased by a small colony from Barbadoes under Sir John Yeamans. With this colony came the first slaves in South Carolina......1671 Freemen of Carolina meet at Charleston and elect representatives for the civil government of the colony......1674 Fundamental constitutions framed by John Locke, and amended by the Earl of Shaftesbury in 1669, are put into operation in South Carolina......1674 By invitation a colony of Dutch from New York settle on the southwest side of the Ashley River......1674 Settlers remove from Old Charleston to Oyster Point and found Charleston......1680 Baptists from Maine, under Mr. Screven, settle on Cooper River......1683 Scotch settlement on Port Royal is broken up and dispersed by Spaniards from St. Augustine......1686 Gov. James Colleton, in endeavors to exact arrears of quit-rents, pr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Usher, Hezekiah 1615-1676 (search)
Usher, Hezekiah 1615-1676 Patriot; born in England about 1615; established himself in Boston in 1646; was agent for the Society for Propagating the Gospel; purchased the press and type for printing Eliot's Indian Bible in 1657; and was one of the founders of the Old South Church in 1669. He died in Boston, Mass., March 14, 1676. Patriot; born in Cambridge, Mass., June 6, 1639; son of the preceding; engaged in business in Boston. During the witchcraft excitement he was arrested but allowed to escape. He died in Boston, Mass., July 11, 1679.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Dam, Rip 1662-1736 (search)
Van Dam, Rip 1662-1736 Colonial governor; born in Albany, N. Y., about 1662; engaged in trade with the West Indies. In order to oppose Lord Bellomont's commercial policy, he entered politics, and in 1669 was elected to the Assembly, where he led the opposition party; was appointed a member of the council and remained there for nearly thirty years; and was acting governor of New York from July 1, 1731, till Aug. 1, 1732. Shortly after the arrival of Gov. William Cosby a bitter dispute arose between him and Van Dam over an order which the governor exhibited for an equal division of perquisites and emoluments. Each sued the other, but no settlement was ever reached. Van Dam published Heads of complaint against Governor Cosby. He died in New York City some time after 1736.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wood, William 1580-1669 (search)
Wood, William 1580-1669 Colonist; born in England about 1580; emigrated to America in 1629; returned to England in 1633; and again came to America and settled in Lynn, Mass., which town he represented in the General Court in 1636; removed to Sandwich in 1637, where he became town clerk, and resided till his death. He published New England's Prospect; A true, lively, and experimental description of that part of America commonly called New England, etc. He died in Sandwich, Mass., in 1669. Wood, William 1580-1669 Colonist; born in England about 1580; emigrated to America in 1629; returned to England in 1633; and again came to America and settled in Lynn, Mass., which town he represented in the General Court in 1636; removed to Sandwich in 1637, where he became town clerk, and resided till his death. He published New England's Prospect; A true, lively, and experimental description of that part of America commonly called New England, etc. He died in Sandwich, Mass., in 1669.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
the bags, and by alternately raising each with the mouth open and pushing it into the calabash when closed, the contained air is forced into the tubes and a continuous blast maintained. Wooden bellows were known in Germany in the middle of the sixteenth century, but it is not certain by whom they were invented. Lobsinger of Nuremberg (1550), and Schelhorn of Schmalebuche, in Coburg (1630), are cited as having introduced them. They are described in a work by Reyner, professor at Kiel, 1669, as being pneumatic chests, and as consisting essentially of a lid moving in a closely fitting box. In another form we find that two boxes were used, one fitting closely within the other, and the two, being perhaps quadrantal segments of cylinders, were hinged together so that the movable one vibrated on the common axis. Forge-bellows. Old Roman lump. The ordinary bellows in its simplest form consists of two flat boards, usually of triangular shape, each having a projecting handle; a
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), G. (search)
n use in India from time immemorial. It is a drilling hopper attached to a plow so as to deposit the seed in the furrow. The first notice of a European graindrill is one invented by a German, and presented to the court of Spain in 1647. The same drill attracted the attention of the Earl of Sandwich, who sent one to England. Evelyn, who died in 1706, speaks of it as a machine of great merit, and the invention of a Spaniard, Don Joseph de Lescatello. Worlidge, in his Husbandry, published 1669, also recommends it. It was fastened to the tail of a plow, and dropped the seed in the furrow. It was regarded as a curiosity merely, until a man appeared who was able to appreciate it. The system of drill husbandry of Britain is the invention of Jethro Tull, a farmer of Berkshire, England, who was an original thinker and innovator. He introduced his system in 1701, and published his Horse-hoeing husbandry in 1731. His special object in drilling was to put the plants in rows, which
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), M. (search)
of force to the square inch will be required to draw them asunder. To separate them readily, it is only necessary to open the stop-cock and re-admit air. Mag′ic Lan′tern. A dioptric instrument by which the images of small figures painted in transparent varnish are exhibited, considerably magnified, upon a wall or screen. Its invention has been attributed to Roger Bacon about the year 1261, but it was first generally made known by Baptista Porta in his Natural Magick, and by Kircher, 1669-70, who described it in his Ars magna Lucis et Umbrae. Magic lanterns. Comes Mr. Reeves bringing me a lanthorn with pictures in glass to make strange things appear on a wall, very pretty. — Pepys's Diary, 1666. As at present constructed, the instrument A consists of a case having a projecting tube in front, in which are two lenses, the inner for illumination and the outer for magnifying. A strong light is placed in the center of the box, and behind it a concave mirror. A widened s<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
to the paper. The observations are taken through an eye-piece, which may be approached to or receded from the frame, according to the scale of the drawing required. Ronalds's perspective-machine, patented in England, has an eye-piece and an arrangement by which a bead traversing in the plane of delineations is made to confer a corresponding motion upon a pencil. A perspective-instrument for drawing the outlines of any object in perspective was invented by Dr. Christopher Wren, about 1669, and is described in the Abridgment of Phil. Trans., Vol. I. p. 325. Per-spec′to-graph. An instrument for the mechanical drawing of objects in perspective. The object is placed in front of the eye, which is applied to a small hole. A movable hinged bar is so adjusted as to bring a point between the eye and a certain part of the object. The bar is then folded down and the mark transferred to the paper. A series of such marks afford data for the drawing of the object. Pes′sa-ry.
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