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t Gwynne made fractional currency of it about 1865 or 1866. To avoid the imperfect penetration of the acid, J. J. Ott treated a number of thin sheets with the acidulous solution, and combined them into a homogeneous sheet. A. T. Schmidt added the glycerine to the acid. Thomas Taylor (England, 1869; United States, 1871) treated the paper with chloride of zinc. See, — Hudson, March 16, 1869.Schmidt, April 4, 1871. Hudson, September 27, 1870, two patents.Hanna, October 31, 1871. Sheldon, January 25, 1870. Parclose. （Nautical.) The limber-hole. Pa-renthe-sis. A mark consisting of two curved lines face to face (). They inclose matter which is cognate to the subject, but which may be omitted without impairing the grammatical construction or the substantial meaning. Par′er. In Fig. 3558, the apple, fixed on the rotary fork c, is pared by the knife k, also rotated by bevel gearing. When the knife makes a revolution, completing the paring operation, a pr<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
conquest of England by William the Conqueror, and supposed to have been worked under the supervision of his queen, Matilda. Tapestry was first made by the loom in Flanders. The manufactory at Fontainebleau was established by Francis I. in the sixteenth century; that at Gobelin's was enlarged under Louis XIV. The French ascribe the invention to the Saracens, and formerly called the workmen who were employed in its manufacture sarazins. The manufacture was introduced into England by Sheldon, in the reign of Henry VIII. It was encouraged by his successors. Hampton Court Palace yet displays their tapestry on its walls. These hangings were a very ornamental accession to the bare walls of the buildings of some centuries since. Arras, Brussels, Antwerp, and Valenciennes excelled in the manufacture, but the best known at the present day is the factory at the Gobelin's, near Paris. It is named after Giles Gobelin, a French dyer, of the reign of Francis I, and was established b
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
Year. 91,848.Hunt, 1869. 94,204.Heinnemann, 1869. 94,626.McNair, 1869. 94,704.Blanchard, 1869. 94,869.Clark, 1869. 95,473.Heinnemann, 1869. 95,474.Heinnemann, 1869. 95,583.Hayford et al., 1869. 99,186.Haupt, 1870. 100,380.Day, 1870. 100,608.De Smedt, 1870. 101,012.Hayford, 1870. 101,691.Williams, 1870. 102,725.Stevens, 1870. 103,105.Van Camp et al., 1870. 104,916.Tripler, 1870. 104,917.Tripler, 1870. 4,837.Tripler (reissued), 1872. 4,838.Tripler (reissued), 1872. 106,625Sheldon, 1870. 107,620.Nickerson, 1870. 107,854.Beach, 1870. 4,384.Beach (reissued), 1871. 107,904.Hayes, 1870. 108,659.Webb, 1870. 108,661.Westman. 1870. 109,872.Cresson, 1870. 109,873.Cresson, 1870. 112,136.Fowler, 1871. No.Name and Year. 113,338.Pelcon, 1871. 113,706.Thomas, 1871. 115,784.Tait, 1871. 115,931.Brown, 1871. 116,274.Constant et al, 1871. 118,245.Jones, 1871. 118,528.Gyles, 1871. 120,069.Sutphen, 1871. 123,009.Fawcett et al., 1872. 123,467.Fuechtwanger, 1872.