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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 0 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 12 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 0 Browse Search
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Debates of Lincoln and Douglas: Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each Party at the times of their Delivery. 6 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 4 4 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1861., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography 2 0 Browse Search
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glish ships had its gudgeons in windlass-bitts, and was furnished with pawls of wood or iron which fell into notches in the periphery of the windlass. These notches, being eight in number, sustained the strain on the cable at every seven inches hauled in. Afterwards the pawl and half-pawl arrangement was introduced, which sustained the cable at every 3 1/2 inches. William Falconer was the son of a barber, born at Edinburgh, 1730; he published the Shipwreck, 1762. He was appointed purser of Aurora frigate, which sailed from England, September 30, 1769, and after touching at Cape of Good Hope was never heard from. Supposed to have foundered in the Mozambique Channel. The windlass is more powerful than the capstan, in proportion to the men employed, as a man can exert a power of about 150 pounds on a windlass-handspike, but about 35 pounds on a capstan-bar. A greater number of men, however, can reach the capstan. A combination of the capstan and windlass is shown in Coffin's pa