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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 5 1 Browse Search
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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 0 Browse Search
the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Government, instrument of. (search)
xeter, 2; Plymouth, 2; Clifton, Dartmouth, Hardness, 1; Totnes, 1; Barnstable, 1; Tiverton, 1; Honiton, 1; Dorsetshire, 6; Dorchester, 1; Weymouth and Melcomb-Regis, 1; Lyme-Regis, 1; Poole, 1; Durham, 2; City of Durham, 1; Essex, 13; Malden, 1; Colchester, 2; Gloucestershire, 5; Gloucester, 2; Tewkesbury, 1; Cirencester, 1; Herefordshire, 4; Hereford, 1; Leominster, 1; Hertfordshire, 5; St. Alban's, 1; Hertford, 1; Huntingdonshire, 3; Huntingdon, 1; Kent, 11; Canterbury, 2; Rochester, 1; Maidstone, 1 ; Dover, 1; Sandwich, 1; Queenborough, 1; Lancashire, 4; Preston, 1; Lancaster, 1; Liverpool, 1; Manchester, 1; Leicestershire, 4; Leicester, 2; Lincolnshire, 10; Lincoln, 2; Boston, 1; Grantham, 1; Stamford, 1; Great Grimsby, 1; Middlesex, 4; London, 6; Westminster, 2; Monmouthshire, 3; Norfolk, 10; Norwich, 2; Lynn-Regis, 2; Great Yarmouth, 2; Northamptonshire, 6; Peterborough, 1; Northampton, 1; Nottinghamshire, 4; Nottingham, 2; Northumberland, 3; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1; Berwick, 1;
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall, Newman 1816- (search)
Hall, Newman 1816- Clergyman; born in Maidstone, Kent, May 22, 1816; was graduated at the University of London in 1841. He was pastor of the Albion Congregational Church in Hull in 1842-54. In the latter year he became pastor of Surrey Chapel, London. While the American Civil War was being waged, he was a strong friend of the Union, and at the conclusion of the war he made a lecturing tour of the United States for the purpose of promoting international good-will. This visit was afterwards commemorated by the construction, as a part of the new church on Westminster Road, of the Lincoln Tower, the cost of which was met by subscriptions from American and English citizens. His publications, which have met with much favor in the United States, include: The Christian philosopher; Italy, the land of the Forum and the Vatican; Lectures in America; Sermons and history of Surrey Chapel; From Liverpool to St. Louis; Pilgrims' songs; Prayer, its reasonableness and efficacy; The Lord's
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
he awn or chaff from flax or hemp. Bul′len-nail. An upholsterer's nail, with a round head, a short shank, turned and lacquered. Bul′let. (From the French boulet, diminutive of boule, a ball.) A small projectile for fire-arms. The use of round bullets dates back to the time when gunpowder was first used in ordnance. Bullets are now usually cylindrical, with conical or conoidal points. In 1418, four thousand bullets were ordered to be made of stone from the quarries of Maidstone, England. These were probably for cannon, as were the iron ones mentioned in Ryder's Foedera, 1550. The trajectory of a bullet is the line described by its center on its passage through the air. It would be a parabolic curve in a vacuum, but the resistance of the atmosphere greatly modifies this and reduces the range, so that a 24-pdr. cannon-ball, fired at an angle of 45°, with an initial velocity of 1,400 feet per second, ranges only some 2,100 yards instead of more than 20,000, as it w
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
shot, to distinguish them from hollow projectiles. They are now universally made of cast-iron, though stone was formerly employed, and was used in some instances by the Turks as late as 1827. In South America balls of copper were formerly used, this metal being there, at that period, cheaper than iron. The Foedera mentions an order of Henry V., A. D. 1418, to the clerk of the works of his ordnance, for making 7,000 stone balls for his cannon, of different sizes, from the quarries of Maidstone, in Kent. Although iron balls are noticed as being used by the French towards the close of the 14th century, yet no mention is made of them in English history before 1550, when, in an acquittance for delivering up the artillery at Boulogne, they are styled boudetz de. fer. Stone balls were not entirely laid aside in England till the civil war, time of Charles I. Elongated bullets for rifled cannon are now frequently, especially by English writers, termed bolts. These are often made fl
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), L. (search)
the exact date being undeterminable. We read of a German paper-mill at Nuremberg in 1390, one in England in 1343, in France, 1314, Italy, 1367. Linen paper, however, is yet preserved, containing documents of much older date. John Tate had a mill at Stevenage, England, in 1496, but the manufacture was much increased by Spielman in 1588. This person was a German jeweler, and established a paper-mill at Deptford during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Whatman's mill was established at Maidstone in 1770. The name is yet a famous brand. Linen-Prover. Lin′en-prov′er. A small microscope for counting the threads in linen fabrics. Its base has a square opening, which exposes a certain area of linen, and the glass above enables the number of threads to be counted. Some linen-provers are provided with four perforations, which are respectively, — 1/4 of 1 inch.1/200 of 37 inches. 1/200 of 40 inches.1/200 of 34 inches. See reed. Line-of-bat′tle ship. In Engla
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
and in Camb. 1636 and 1637. In March 1635 he sold a house and twelve acres of land on the south side of the river, to John Benjamin; and about 1638 he sold a house and four acres on the southwesterly side of Garden Street, to Thomas Parish. He rem. to Duxbury in 1638, and thence to Scituate, where he was ordained Pastor of the Second Church 2 Sept. 1645, and d. 9 Ap. 1684, a. about 84. His children were Samuel; John; Theophilus; Daniel (was born 29 Nov. 1630, at the Free Schoolhouse in Maidstone, Kent, Old England; was one of the most prominent citizens of New London, Conn., a Judge, etc., and d. 14 Ap. 1719, aged 88. No man in the county stood higher in point of talent and integrity); Mary, m. Thomas Oldham of Scituate 1656; Elizabeth, m. John Bryant of Scituate 1657; Sarah, bap. in Scituate 1645, m. Israel Hobart 1676; Hannah, bap. in Scituate 1646. See Deane's Hist. Scituate, pp. 190-194, and Hist. New London, by F. M. Caulkins, p. 363. Wood, Richard (otherwise written Wo
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, W. (search)
and in Camb. 1636 and 1637. In March 1635 he sold a house and twelve acres of land on the south side of the river, to John Benjamin; and about 1638 he sold a house and four acres on the southwesterly side of Garden Street, to Thomas Parish. He rem. to Duxbury in 1638, and thence to Scituate, where he was ordained Pastor of the Second Church 2 Sept. 1645, and d. 9 Ap. 1684, a. about 84. His children were Samuel; John; Theophilus; Daniel (was born 29 Nov. 1630, at the Free Schoolhouse in Maidstone, Kent, Old England; was one of the most prominent citizens of New London, Conn., a Judge, etc., and d. 14 Ap. 1719, aged 88. No man in the county stood higher in point of talent and integrity); Mary, m. Thomas Oldham of Scituate 1656; Elizabeth, m. John Bryant of Scituate 1657; Sarah, bap. in Scituate 1645, m. Israel Hobart 1676; Hannah, bap. in Scituate 1646. See Deane's Hist. Scituate, pp. 190-194, and Hist. New London, by F. M. Caulkins, p. 363. Wood, Richard (otherwise written Wo
the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians, Nathniel Lardner (search)
ccount of parties and opinions which he does not himself approve. Under these circumstances it is clearly impossible, in the nature of things, that we should have a history of ancient heretics that can be thoroughly depended on; but Lardner's, probably, approaches as near to it as is practicable with our present imperfect and partial sources of information. Besides this larger work, eight sermons, most of which had been transcribed and prepared for the press by the author himself, were published after his decease, with a memoir of his life and writings. The fifth and sixth of these are the sermons before referred to, preached at the Old Jewry lecture, as containing a sort of sketch of the argument of his great work, particularly of that part of it which relates to the facts occasionally mentioned in the Gospel History. Another valuable series of sermons on Philippians II. 5-11, which have already been mentioned, were first published in 1784, by the Rev. Mr. Wiche, of Maidstone.
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Charlestown School in the 17th century. (search)
that a public school, and, judging from the salary, a free school, at least for this twelve-month, was thus early established here, and on the principle of voluntary taxation. It may be worth while to remember that this date is eleven years prior to the so often quoted law of Massachusetts, compelling towns to maintain schools. A brief word on this first-named school teacher of Charlestown will not be amiss. Rev. William Witherell (the name admits of various spellings) came from Maidstone, Kent, Eng., in 1635, under certificate from the mayor of that place, where he had been schoolmaster. He was bred at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, took his degree of A. B. in 1623, and his master's degree in 1626. In the ship Hercules, which sailed from Sandwich, there came with Mr. Witherell his wife, three children, and a servant. Savage adds that, after preaching in Duxbury, he became the minister of the second parish of Scituate in 1645, that several children were born to him in this country
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Index (search)
e Washington Village, N. C.22 Long, Joshua60 Long, Michael37 Longfellow, Professor8 Lord, Joseph60 Loring, Mrs. Ernest L.22 Louis XIV.11 Lovell's Island17, 35, 39, 40 Lowden, Constable17 Lowe, Mrs. Martha Perry22 Lowe, Mrs. Martha Perry, Works of68, 69, 70, 71 Lowell, Mass.49, 51 Lowell R. R., The43 Lower Canada49 Lucas, England19 Lynde, Elizabeth61 Lynde, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph60 Lynde, Mary61 Lynde, Nicholas60 Lyons, France11 Lyrion, Jane13 Macon, Ga.23 Maidstone, Kent, England 16 Makerwhit, Elizabeth13 Malden, Mass.15, 64, 79, 81 Mallet, Andrew, Son of Andrew14 Mallet, Elizabeth, Daughter of Andrew14, 15 Mallet, Ephraim14 Mallet, Ephraim, Son of Ephraim15 Mallet Family, Gravestones of14 Mallet, Isaac, Son of Andrew14 Mallet, Jean, Legacies of14 Mallet, Martha, Daughter of Andrew14 Mallet, Mary, Daughter of Andrew14 Mallet, Michael, Son of Andrew15 Mallet, Phoebe, Daughter of Andrew.14 Manakin, Va.11 Manchester, N. H.50, 51 Mandell, John42