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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 3 3 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), G. (search)
nd keep them in place. Grape-shot are now little used, except with guns of the larger calibers, from 24-pounders upwards. Grape-shot. Quilted grape are formed by sewing the shot up in a sort of canvas bag, which is afterwards wrapped around with twine or cord, so as to form meshes; musket bullets put up in this way were formerly employed for blunderbusses, wall-pieces, and small artillery. Grape-trel′lis. A structure on which grapevines are trained. See trellis.. Previous to 1547 (time of Edward VI.) grapes were brought from Flanders to England. The vine was introduced into England in 1552. The statements of the growth of the vine in Britain (time of Julius Caesar) seem to lack confirmation. One of the largest vines in Europe is that of Hampton Court Palace, near London, the famous palace built by Cardinal Wolsey and given to Henry VIII. It is stated to have been planted in 1769, and to have produced 2,272 bunches of grapes in a season, weighing over 2,000 pounds;
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), K. (search)
the upper and lower sets of yarns, changing places, lock the weft, and form another shed for a second weft thread, and so on. See loom; also, for list of parts and appliances, see weaving. Knitting consists in making a fabric by enchaining a single thread. It is thought to have originated in Scotland about A. D. 1500. It was in use for superior articles of house in England and France in the first half of the sixteenth century. Knitted silk stockings were worn by Henry II, of France, 1547, and by Queen Elizabeth in 1560. About this time knitted worsted stockings were made by William Rider of London, after the pattern of some imported from Mantua. Silk and worsted stockings were imported from Spain and Italy into England during the reign of Henry VIII. Spain was always famous for its sheep and wool. (See merino.) In 1530 the word knit was common in England, and occurs in Palgrave's grammar. In 1577 the country folks knitted their own stockings. In 1589, William Lee, M.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
oil-tank for transportation; the valve-rod comes up through the dome to the level of the locked cover of the dome. See tank-car; oil-car. 4. The term tank is also applied to a chamber or vessel in which a liquid is stored for dispensing or occasional use, as with oil, molasses, vinegar, wine, spirits, and other articles kept in stock, for sale in measured quantities. Some of these are so large that the liquid may be dipped out, but usually it is drawn by a pump, as in Fig. 3370, page 1547, or by a faucet, as in Fig. 3385, page 1557. See oil-can; oil-tank, in which three cuts occur. Oil-tank. Fig. 6194 illustrates the cabinet oil-tank, for stores, workshops, etc. It may be placed on an upper floor of a building and filled from the casks in the cellar beneath by a pump and hose. Fig. 6195 is another form of cabinet-tank. It is provided with a sink for retaining the drippings, a pump, and a gage-rod, by which any shortage may be readily detected when the contents of a