item: #1 of 45 id: 12443 author: Woodhouse, Thomas title: The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth date: None words: 26751 flesch: 68 summary: The disposition of the cops in the winding operation is vertical, but while in some machines the tapered nose of the cop is in the high position and the spinning bobbin from which the yarn is being drawn is in the low position, in other machines these conditions are opposite. At other times, or rather in other machines, the water is distributed on the two sides of the cloth by means of two rapidly rotating brushes which flick the water from two rollers rotating in a tank of water at a fixed level. keywords: advertisement; bales; beam; bobbin; cloth; co.; drawing; fibre; fig; frame; illustration; jute; jute fibre; ltd; machine; messrs; number; operation; pins; rollers; spinning; threads; warp; winding; yarn cache: 12443.txt plain text: 12443.txt item: #2 of 45 id: 12694 author: Jerome, Chauncey title: History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome Barnum's Connection with the Yankee Clock Business date: None words: 31845 flesch: 77 summary: This was the richest looking and best clock that had ever been made, for the price. Mr. Terry was at that time making more clocks than any other man in the country, about two hundred in a year, which was thought to be a great number. keywords: bristol; business; case; city; clock; clock business; company; day; dollars; good; haven; house; jerome; making; man; men; money; new; place; terry; time; way; work; years cache: 12694.txt plain text: 12694.txt item: #3 of 45 id: 14600 author: Wolfensberger, Arnold title: Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics date: None words: 10917 flesch: 89 summary: A repeat in the foundation weaves comprises the same number of warp-threads as of _picks_ or filling threads, and if this number is 8, for [Page 16] instance, the weave is called an 8-shaft or an 8-harness weave. Silk fabrics move with very few exceptions within the limits of 50 and 90 dents per inch. keywords: draw; ends; fig; illustration; lbs; page; satin; shafts; warp cache: 14600.txt plain text: 14600.txt item: #4 of 45 id: 17021 author: Anonymous title: Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology date: None words: 67927 flesch: 74 summary: The sliding center _I_ can be held in the V-shaped groove by two light friction springs, as indicated at the dotted lines _s s_, Fig. 115, or a flat plate of No. 24 or 25 sheet brass of the size of _H_ can be employed, as shown at Figs. 116 and 117, where _o_ represents the plate of No. 24 brass, _p p_ Drawing a line from point _n_ to point _s_ we define the impulse face of the pallet. keywords: action; angle; arc; b b; balance; center; cylinder; degrees; draw; drawing; escape wheel; escapement; face; fig; fork; half; half degrees; illustration; impulse; jewel; lever; line; pallet; pin; point; roller; set; tooth; wheel; wheel tooth cache: 17021.txt plain text: 17021.txt item: #5 of 45 id: 17730 author: Holmes, William Henry title: A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) date: None words: 18270 flesch: 58 summary: 195 Form in textile art. 201 Color in textile art. keywords: art; basket; color; combination; construction; design; features; fig; figures; form; illustration; ornament; series; surface; textile; textile art; work cache: 17730.txt plain text: 17730.txt item: #6 of 45 id: 17740 author: Smith, Watson title: The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association date: None words: 45686 flesch: 74 summary: You will find all give you water as a condensate--the vegetable fibre, acid water; the animal fibres, alkaline water from the ammonia. It is based on the fact that metallic iron has a greater tendency to combine in water solutions, with the acids of copper salts, than the copper has in those salts. keywords: 10d; 8vo; acid; black; blue; boiling; chemical; coal; colour; copper; cotton; demy; dyeing; fibre; form; fur; german; hair; heat; home; hydrogen; illustrations; iron; lead; light; lime; net; price; process; red; salts; silk; soap; soda; solution; sulphate; tar; water; white; wool; yellow; | | cache: 17740.txt plain text: 17740.txt item: #7 of 45 id: 17855 author: Dewey, Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie) title: Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material date: None words: 11091 flesch: 63 summary: In these operations sand and clay are often driven up into the hollow at the base of the stalks, and this dirt, which often clings tenaciously, may constitute all objectionable feature in the use of hemp hurds for paper stock. It would be difficult to collect them at a cost which would permit their use for paper stock. keywords: cent; fiber; hemp; hemp hurds; hurds; machine; material; paper; stock; tests; use; wood; | | cache: 17855.txt plain text: 17855.txt item: #8 of 45 id: 20282 author: Juthe, K. A. (Kristian A.) title: The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel date: None words: 77006 flesch: 70 summary: OF ALLOY STEELS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \Manganese,/ \Chromium,/ |Elastic|Tensile |Elongation|Reduction Carbon,\ per /Nickel,\ per /Vanadium,|limit, |Strength,|in 2 in., | of area, per | cent | per | cent |per cent |lb. Those using pyrometers will find this and the preceding conversion table of great convenience: TABLE 33.--COMPARISON BETWEEN DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Degrees | Degrees | Degrees | Degrees | Degrees | Degrees | Degrees ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------------- F.| C. | F.| C. | F.| C. | F.| C. | F.| C. | F.| C. | F.| C. ---|-----|---|-----|---|-----|---|-----|---|-----|---|-----|-----|------- -40|-40.0| 3|-16.1| 46| 7.7| 89| 31.6|132| 55.5|175| 79.4| 275| 135.0 -39|-39.4| 4|-15.5| keywords: air; alloy steel; annealing; carbon content; carbon steel; carbon tool; carbon |; carburizing; case; cent carbon; cent chromium; cent nickel; chromium steel; cold; cooling; e. |; fig; forging; furnace; gas |; good; hardening; hardness; heat; heat treatment; heating; hot; illustration; iron; low; manganese steel; material; metal; nickel steel; oil; parts; piece; point; quenching; speed steel; steel heat; steels; sulphur; surface; temperature; test; time; tool steel; tools; use; water; work; | +; | cent; | diameter; | manganese; | maximum; | |; ° c; ° f cache: 20282.txt plain text: 20282.txt item: #9 of 45 id: 20317 author: Hall, Eugene Edward title: A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material date: None words: 10568 flesch: 73 summary: The first requisite is a true taper chuck; and it is well to purchase an extra one to be used solely for this purpose, so that you will be prepared at all times for staff work. Of course, the brass shell can be removed and placed in position again without in any way affecting the truth of the center, and any number, shape and size of shells can be made to fit the one taper, and these shells will be found very useful for holding a variety of work, aside from balance staffs. keywords: balance; chuck; end; fig; graver; pivot; staff; wax; work cache: 20317.txt plain text: 20317.txt item: #10 of 45 id: 26598 author: Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard) title: Seasoning of Wood date: None words: 89162 flesch: 70 summary: These substances, for the most part of the nature of sugar, have a strong attraction for water and water vapor, and so retard drying and absorb moisture into dried wood. The Electrical Transmission of Energy 8vo, *$5 00 ---- keywords: 12mo; 16mo; 8vo; = =; air; bark; birch; black; brown; car; case; cedar; cells; cent; circulation; color; common; conditions; construction; cross; cut; drying; end; evaporation; feet; fibres; fig; figure; grain; green; growth; gum; hard; heartwood; heat; hickory; humidity; illustration; kiln; large; light; long; lumber; maple; material; medium; method; moisture; oak; piece; piling; pine; place; point; pressure; quercus; red; rings; sapwood; science; seasoning; section; series; shrinkage; species; states; steam; stock; structure; surface; temperature; timber; time; trans; tree; truck; united; use; water; weight; white; wood; wood fibres; wood light; work; yellow cache: 26598.txt plain text: 26598.txt item: #11 of 45 id: 27137 author: Cooper, Grace Rogers title: The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines date: None words: 5464 flesch: 66 summary: The Scholfield Machines The first record of Arthur's sale of carding machines appeared in the _Pittsfield Sun_ in September 1803. With both carpenters and machinists working under his direction, he soon abandoned completely the carding of wool and devoted his full time to producing carding machines. keywords: arthur; card; cylinder; fibers; hand; john; machine; new; scholfield; wool cache: 27137.txt plain text: 27137.txt item: #12 of 45 id: 28058 author: Wade, Frank Bertram title: A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public date: None words: 50708 flesch: 69 summary: If light of all the rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet) is equally absorbed, so that there is the same relative amount of each in the light that comes out as in the light that went into a stone, we say that the stone is a _white_ stone; that is, it is not a _colored_ stone. The Minas Geraes district of Brazil, famous for all kinds of gem stones, furnishes most of the aquamarine of commerce. keywords: blue; brilliant; case; color; corundum; cut; diamond; emerald; fine; garnet; gems; glass; green; hardness; lesson; light; luster; material; mineral; pearls; quartz; red; rubies; ruby; sapphire; species; stones; surface; topaz; tourmaline; use; water; weight; white; yellow; zircon cache: 28058.txt plain text: 28058.txt item: #13 of 45 id: 28109 author: Wheeler, Candace title: How to make rugs date: None words: 20520 flesch: 67 summary: The colour effects and methods of weaving will be the same whether old or new rags are used; but in making a study of rag rug weaving from the point of view of building up an important industry, it is necessary to consider only the use of new rags and how to procure the best of them at the cheapest rates. An unlimited supply and large variety of cheap and reliable colour in rag filling, and a few strong and brilliant colours in warps, are conditions for success in rag rug weaving, but these colours must be studiously and carefully combined to produce the best results. keywords: black; blue; border; colour; cotton; dark; filling; inch; light; rags; red; rug; rugs; use; warp; weaving; white; wool; woven cache: 28109.txt plain text: 28109.txt item: #14 of 45 id: 29586 author: Wilkinson, Frederick title: The Story of the Cotton Plant date: None words: 44320 flesch: 67 summary: Daily in the early mornings he is to be seen casting his eyes down the pod-laden rows of cotton plants, to see if he can count a few ripe open bolls as he stands at the head of a row. Bamia Cotton, 62. Bedding of cotton plants, 44. Bobbin and Fly Frames, 84, 105. keywords: arkwright; bobbin; cotton; cotton fibres; cotton plant; cotton production; cotton spinning; cotton thread; cotton yarn; crompton; cultivation; day; drawing; fig; form; frame; image; inches; india; lap; machine; means; mule; number; order; present; process; rollers; roving; seed; spindle; states; thread; time; use; winding; work; yarn; years cache: 29586.txt plain text: 29586.txt item: #15 of 45 id: 32414 author: Fulton, A. W. (Albert Watson) title: Home Pork Making date: None words: 37925 flesch: 82 summary: For every nine pounds of raw pork add an equal amount of boiled salt pork and an equal amount of raw veal. Put 1 cup cold fried salt pork (cut in dice) and 3 tablespoons sweet milk on back of stove to simmer, then beat 6 eggs and 1 teaspoon salt until just blended. keywords: bacon; boil; brown; cloth; cold; cover; cut; dish; dry; fat; feet; fig; fine; fire; flour; good; half; hams; head; hogs; illustration; lard; lbs; lean; meat; pan; pepper; pieces; pig; place; pork; salt; salt pork; sausage; slices; smoke; time; use; water; work cache: 32414.txt plain text: 32414.txt item: #16 of 45 id: 33287 author: Curling, H. Onslow title: Hints on the Use and Handling of Firearms Generally, and the Revolver in Particular date: None words: 7400 flesch: 66 summary: At ball practice men should refrain from talking, joking, and that ungentlemanly pastime known as _horse-play_. The many deplorable accidents resulting from the incautious handling of firearms is terrible to contemplate; and sportsmen and military men have frequently fallen victims to carelessness, to say nothing of novices. keywords: firing; man; muzzle; piece; practice; revolver; target; use; weapon cache: 33287.txt plain text: 33287.txt item: #17 of 45 id: 33424 author: Lincoln, Francis L. title: Instruction book on ring spinning date: None words: 4070 flesch: 96 summary: 39 /$ +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | No. of | Square | No. of | Square | No. of | Square | | Yarn | Root | Yarn | Root | Yarn | Root | +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | 1 | 1.000 | 31 | 5.567 | 61 | 7.810 | | 2 | 1.414 | 32 | 5.656 | 62 | 7.874 | | 3 | 1.732 | 33 | 5.744 | 63 | 7.937 | | 4 | 2.000 | 34 | 5.830 | 64 | 8.000 | | 5 | 2.236 | 35 | 5.916 | 65 | 8.062 | | 6 | 2.449 | 36 | 6.000 | 66 | 8.124 | | 7 | 2.645 | 37 | 6.082 | 67 | 8.185 keywords: yarn; | | cache: 33424.txt plain text: 33424.txt item: #18 of 45 id: 35001 author: Lewis, W. T. (William T.) title: Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology date: None words: 22539 flesch: 74 summary: | IN 10 DAYS. ------------+----------------+----------------- Neat's foot | .0875 keywords: -------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+--------------+------- |; = =; co. |; f. |; friction; melon |; mineral |; oils; s. |; superfine |; surfaces; w. |; watch |; | -------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+--------------+-------; | animal; | clock; | d.; | new; | oil; | porpoise; | |; | |kelley cache: 35001.txt plain text: 35001.txt item: #19 of 45 id: 35510 author: Morgan, Sidney title: The Preparation of Plantation Rubber date: None words: 106884 flesch: 63 summary: CONTENTS PART I _FIELD OPERATIONS_ PAGE CHAPTER I PLANTING Seeds--Seed selection--Strain improvement by bad propagation-- Nurseries--Stumps--Seed at stake--Basket plants--Preparation of land--Danger of disease--Clean clearing--Loss of top-soil-- Silt-trenches on slopes 1 CHAPTER II FIELD MAINTENANCE Clean weeding--Selective weeding--Loss of top-soil--Grass ridges--Lallang eradication--_Mimosa gigantea_ (_M. invisa_)--Green cover-plants--Connection between weeding, soil conservation, and soil improvement 13 CHAPTER III THINNING OF AREAS Original planting per acre--Ultimate stand per acre--Close- planting _versus_ wide-planting--When to commence thinning operations--How to select in preliminary rounds-- Later selections based on yields of individuals--Yields per tree, present and future--Trees per acre 19 CHAPTER IV TAPPING SYSTEMS Former methods--Former systems--Tendency to reduce number of tapping cuts and frequency of tapping--Period allowed for bark-renewal--Modern systems--Superimposed cuts--Single cuts, etc.--Tapping experiments--R.G.A. experiment--Alternate-daily _versus_ daily tapping 28 CHAPTER V TAPPING AND COLLECTING Tapping knives--Personal equation in use of knives--Choice of latex cups--Cleaning of cups--Water in cups--Premature (spontaneous) coagulation--Prevention of spontaneous coagulation--The use of anti-coagulants in the field-- Collecting pails--Payment by result--Methods for calculation of yields per coolie--Tree-scrap, oxidation of--Prevention of oxidation--Bark-shavings--Collection and storage of shavings-- Treatment of shavings--Collection of earth-scrap 38 CHAPTER VI TRANSPORT OF LATEX AND COAGULUM Percentages of first latex and other grades--Early collection of latex--Transport, nature of--Light railways-- Motor-lorries--Bullock-carts--Care of transport vessels--Use of an anti-coagulant during transport--Transport by coolie-- Coagulation centres (stations)--Transport of coagulum 59 PART II _FACTORY OPERATIONS_ CHAPTER VII PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF LATEX Reception at store--Receptacles--Jars--Tanks--Necessity for close supervision--Need for utmost cleanliness--Straining of latex--Strainers--Facilitation of straining--Bulking of latex --Standardised dilution of latex--Facilities for receiving and handling latex--Reception verandahs--Receiving vessels--Types of installations 65 CHAPTER VIII COAGULATION Choice of coagulant--Strength of acid solution--Making stock solution--Quantity for use--Quantities under modern requirements--Care in mixing--Method of mixing with latex--Use of sodium bisulphite as an anti-oxidant--Quantities for use-- Formulæ--Abuse of the chemical--Residual traces in the dry rubber--Use of sodium sulphite as an anti-coagulant, quantities for use--Formulæ--Use of Formalin as anti-coagulant --Formulæ for use 74 CHAPTER IX PREPARATION OF SHEET RUBBER Pale (air-dried) sheets--Uniformity of product--Pans _versus_ tanks--The ideal tank--Modern installations--Care of tanks-- Standardised dilution of latex--Variation in dimensions and density of coagulum--Standardising instruments--Method of using--Skimming latex--Style of sheets--Standard sheets-- Rolling and marking--When to work the coagulum--Hand-rolling-- Power smooth-rolling--Marking rolls--Preparation for smoke- curing--Caution against accumulation of wet sheets--Hot-water treatment--Dripping in the open air--When to place in smoke- house 89 CHAPTER X PREPARATION OF CREPE RUBBER First consideration, fine pale crepe--Standardised dilution of latex--Coagulation and coagulant--Quantities of coagulant-- Colour of rubber--Sodium bisulphite (use of)--Evaluation and deterioration of the bisulphite and sulphite of sodium--To distinguish between these two chemicals--Care of sodium bisulphite--Mixing solution with latex--Former methods of making pale rubber--Working the coagulum--Lower grades of crepe--Naturally coagulated lump--Skimmings and washings-- Tree-scrap--Bark-shavings--Earth-scrap--Fibrous matter in low- grade rubbers--Scrap-washers--Compound crepes--Increased care with lower grades--Block rubber from crepe--Smoked crepe _versus_ sheet clippings 110 CHAPTER XI DRYING OF RUBBER Air-drying of crepes--Artificial driers for crepes--Vacuum drying--Hot-air driers--Michie-Golledge system--Rate of air- drying--When drying takes place--Increase in weight of drying crepe--Differences in weight--Aids to normal drying--Smoke- curing of sheet rubber--Instruments for recording temperature --Temperatures of smoke-house--Period of drying--Fuels for smoking--Sun-drying of sheet rubber--Artificial driers for sheet rubber 132 CHAPTER XII SORTING, GRADING, AND PACKING Reducing number of grades--Reduction carried too far--R.G.A. recommendations--Care in sorting--Choice of packing cases-- Bags--Bales--Folding of crepe--Mechanical folders--Care in assembling--Methods of packing--Weight of contents--Short weights 150 PART III _MACHINERY AND BUILDINGS_ CHAPTER XIII MACHINES Quality of metal in rolls--Nature of roll-bearings--Brass liners--Liners of alloy or of cast-iron--Adequacy of machines --Arrangement of battery--Speed of machines--Gear ratios-- Grooving of rolls--Heating of rolls--Sheeting machines-- Lubrication--Trays--Position of battery--Drainage of battery-- Access to back of machines--Engines--Power 159 CHAPTER XIV FACTORIES General construction--Plenty of light--Floors--Drainage of-- How many storeys--Verandahs--Tanks, situation of--Designs and lay-out--Drains--Water supply 172 CHAPTER XV OTHER BUILDINGS Drying-houses for crepe rubber--How many storeys--Ventilation --Windows--Effect of light--Effect of direct sun-rays--Hot-air houses--Smoke-houses--Various types--Ordinary smoke-houses-- General ventilation--Windows--Racks of supports--Floors-- Furnaces in general--Pit-fires--Pot-fires--Iron stoves-- Horizontal drum-furnaces--Rate of combustion--Brick stoves-- Pataling type of--Consumption of fuel--Floor of furnace room-- Roof--Brick built houses--Third Mile type--Jackson cabinet-- Devon type--Detailed description of--Barker patent design 178 CHAPTER XVI OTHER BUILDINGS (_continued_), AND SITUATION OF BUILDINGS Sorting-room--Packing room--Store rooms--Storage of rubber-- Need for special accommodation--Floor of store room--Local conditions--Temperature and humidity--Incidence of moulds-- Effect upon smoked sheets--Tool-sheds and stores--Situation of buildings--Position with respect to points of the compass-- Choosing a factory site--Centralisation--Decentralisation 211 PART IV _THE FINISHED RUBBER_ CHAPTER XVII DEFECTS IN CREPE RUBBERS General style of finish--Dirty edges--Iron-stains--Rust-stains --Oil-marks--Trays--Dirt--Holes--Greenish and tacky streaks-- Not due to oil _per se_--Tackiness and copper--Cotton and other fibre--Bark and grit--Sand--Oxidation streaks--Yellow streaks--Bisulphite streaks--Spot disease--Cause of--Influence of rate of drying--Percentage of moisture--Humidity of atmosphere--Prevention of disease--Infection by contact-- Outbreak of dormant spores--Rules to be observed--Surface moulds or mildew--Tackiness in general--Full discussion of-- Experimental reproduction--Lack of uniformity in colour-- Defects in block rubber 223 CHAPTER XVIII DEFECTS IN SHEET RUBBER Defective coagulation--Coloured surface blotches--General darkening of surface--Soft coagulum--Spongy underface--Tearing --Pitting of surface--Thick ends or edges--Mis-shapen sheets --Thick patches--Torn sheets--Dog-ears--Creases--Greasiness of surface before smoking--Surface blemishes--Uneven appearance--Variation due to oxidation--Colour when dry-- Surface gloss--Dull surface--Moist glaze and greasiness-- Virgin spots--Surface moulds or mildew--Black streaks or spots --White or grey streaks--Rust--Theories on formation of-- Prevention of--Two methods--Other views on causation--Bubbles --Causes of formation--In the field--In the factory--Blisters --Spot disease in sheet rubber--Support marks--Stickiness-- Surface pattern--Sheet clippings--Other infrequent defects-- Dirt--Ash--Bark--Splinters 249 PART V _GENERAL_ CHAPTER XIX CHOICE OF COAGULANT Acetic acid in general use--Is a coagulant necessary?--Acetic acid--Formic acid--Citric acid--Tartaric acid--Oxalic acid-- Sulphuric acid--Hydrochloric and nitric acids--Hydrofluoric acid--Alum--Pyroligneous acid--Smoked water--Chinese vinegar-- Sulphurous acid--Sugars--Various salts--Proprietary compounds --Carbonic acid gas--Alcohol--Vegetable extracts 278 CHAPTER XX SPECIAL METHODS OF PREPARATION Da Costa process--Byrne curing process-- keywords: acid; air; bark; case; coagulation; coagulum; conditions; crepe rubber; cut; drying; effect; estates; factory; form; general; grade rubber; house; latex; machines; matter; method; number; pale; period; plantation rubber; practice; preparation; present; process; quantity; rate; result; rolls; rubber; rubber content; rubber growers; rubber preparation; scrap; sheet rubber; sheets; smoke; sodium; solution; standard; surface; tanks; temperature; time; trees; type; use; water; working; | | cache: 35510.txt plain text: 35510.txt item: #20 of 45 id: 36092 author: Watkins, C. Malcolm title: North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century date: None words: 14903 flesch: 68 summary: Archeological evidence, however, provides a sufficient record of North Devon wares and the tastes and customs they reflected. North Devon wares occur in the majority of sites at Jamestown, but it is not always possible to date them from contextual evidence because precise archeological records were not always kept in the early phases of the excavations. keywords: 17th; barnstaple; bideford; century; colonial; devon; diameter; earthenware; england; figure; gravel; height; house; illustration; jamestown; john; national; north; north devon; oven; park; pottery; rim; sgraffito; sherds; site; virginia; ware cache: 36092.txt plain text: 36092.txt item: #21 of 45 id: 36815 author: Mitchell, David M. title: Advanced Toy Making for Schools date: None words: 12686 flesch: 77 summary: Designs for Wheels.#--Suggestions for wooden toy wheels are shown in Fig. On account of the unfailing interest on the part of the pupils in toys and because of the unlimited educational possibilities contained in toy making, this work is rightfully taking an increasingly important place in the manual arts program in the schools. keywords: air; colors; cut; fig; illustration; making; material; paint; plate; saw; shop; time; toys; use; water; wheels; work cache: 36815.txt plain text: 36815.txt item: #22 of 45 id: 37239 author: Orpen, Adela E. (Adela Elizabeth Richards) title: Stories About Famous Precious Stones date: None words: 46674 flesch: 70 summary: Men who write carefully enough about other diamonds, launch out into the wildest conjectures about the Great Mogul. This is the common belief in India with regard to large diamonds, which are supposed to possess magic virtues; but Edwin Arnold, than whom there exists no better authority about Indian legends, distinctly states that according to a Hindoo tradition a baleful influence was ascribed to the Koh-i-nûr. keywords: blue; carats; cardinal; charles; court; crown; cut; day; diamond; dollars; emperor; europe; fact; france; french; gem; gems; hands; head; henry; history; jewels; king; koh; life; little; louis; man; nã»r; order; orloff; prince; queen; regent; royal; ruby; saint; sanci; says; set; shah; son; stone; tavernier; throne; time; weight; years cache: 37239.txt plain text: 37239.txt item: #23 of 45 id: 38301 author: Howard & Bullough American Machine Company title: Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery date: None words: 20669 flesch: 82 summary: Lap Calender Roll Gear, 24 T. R1 Back Lap Calender Roll, 9 in. C1 Clutch Driving Gear, 15 T. D Large Clutch Gear, 35 T. D1 Small Clutch Gear, or Bottom Shaft Driving Gear, 17 T. E Bottom Cross Shaft Driven Gear, 96 T. E1 Front Lap Calender Roll Driving Gear, 12 T. E2 Bottom Cross Shaft Gear, driving Calender Rolls and Top Cross Shaft, 14 T. keywords: beater; calender; cotton; cylinder; dia; driving; frame; gear; gearing; illustration; machine; motion; pulley; roll; roll gear; shaft; table; teeth; twist cache: 38301.txt plain text: 38301.txt item: #24 of 45 id: 38340 author: Kleinlein, Walter J. (Walter John) title: Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches date: None words: 29174 flesch: 67 summary: The same designations used as referring to position rates, or results to be expected in positions should be interpreted to mean with the individual facing the dial side of the watch. If it is what it should be, about ninety per cent of the necessary work required for obtaining close position rates will have been completed. 56. keywords: --------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |; --------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |; balance; d |; position; rate; seconds; spring; temperature; time; u |; variation; watch; watches; | +; | p; | | cache: 38340.txt plain text: 38340.txt item: #25 of 45 id: 38953 author: Arnoux, Léon title: British Manufacturing Industries: Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. date: None words: 59915 flesch: 59 summary: These designs are all engraved upon the table, and communicate their patterns to the soft glass; but the smooth surface of such glass which comes in contact with the roller is slightly undulating, though polished. If such glass as this be heated to too high a temperature, as when it is used in the manufacture of stained glass windows, the ruby colour is in part, and sometimes altogether, destroyed, for the oxide of gold loses its oxygen, and metallic gold is left behind, which does not yield a colour to the silicate. keywords: acid; action; art; case; clay; colour; cut; form; french; furniture; glass; hard; heat; inches; iron; kind; lead; making; manufacture; material; messrs; oxide; painting; pieces; plate; plate glass; porcelain; pottery; process; quantity; red; sand; silicate; soda; state; surface; temperature; time; use; ware; water; way; white; wood; work; years cache: 38953.txt plain text: 38953.txt item: #26 of 45 id: 38973 author: Goldenberg, Samuel L. title: Lace, Its Origin and History date: None words: 18829 flesch: 66 summary: Felkin, in his history of embroidery and lace, says that when pillow lace was invented--about the middle of the sixteenth century--the various kinds of point lace then in use had reached a high state of perfection. Among these are Point d'Angleterre, called such for mistaken reasons only, as it is not point lace nor made in England; and Duchesse, a name of comparatively recent date, though the style itself is of earlier origin, and was called Guipure façon Angleterre. keywords: century; design; france; ground; hand; illustration; lace; lace machine; machine; manufacture; needle; net; pattern; pillow lace; point; point lace; real; silk; thread; valenciennes; work cache: 38973.txt plain text: 38973.txt item: #27 of 45 id: 39780 author: Brigham, William Tufts title: Baltimore Hats, Past and Present date: None words: 27997 flesch: 57 summary: American manufacturers had a long and tedious struggle in their efforts to overcome the prejudices of the people existing in favor of foreign productions, but steady endeavors to win the approval of Americans for American made hats have scored a genuine success, and the American gentleman of to-day may take a just pride in wearing a straw hat of Baltimore make--one not to be excelled. While Baltimore hat makers clung tenaciously to the old ways, whereby labor and expense were incurred unnecessarily, those at the North were readily adopting the various new methods by which improvements in the art of hat making were constantly being made; thus, with the use of newly invented machinery, the cost of making hats was greatly lessened, and the Northern manufacturer constantly gained in competition with those of Baltimore. keywords: article; baltimore; baltimore street; brigham; building; business; city; co.; cole; day; factory; firm; fur; goods; hat; hat business; hats; hatter; hopkins; mackinaw; making; manufacture; manufacturing; new; place; present; rogers; south; straw; straw hat; street; style; time; trade; year cache: 39780.txt plain text: 39780.txt item: #28 of 45 id: 41192 author: Bennett, Hugh Garner title: Animal Proteins date: None words: 92909 flesch: 65 summary: To obtain firmness and plumping it is necessary that the early liquors in tanning should be more acid than for other leathers. It will be clear from the above that types of upper-leather tannages are less typical than for other leathers, but nevertheless the more progressive manufacturers have for some years now been working on sounder lines, economically and scientifically. keywords: acid; action; adsorption; bark; bath; butts; case; cent; chrome; colour; days; drying; effect; etc; extract; fat; flesh; gelatine; glue; goods; grain; grease; heavy; hides; leather; leather manufacture; light; lime; liming; liquor; machine; manufacture; material; method; oil; pelt; pit; process; processes; salt; section; skins; soda; sol; sole; solution; surface; tannage; tanning; temperature; time; type; use; value; vegetable; water; weeks; weight; work cache: 41192.txt plain text: 41192.txt item: #29 of 45 id: 41925 author: Warren, George Henry title: The Pioneer Woodsman as He Is Related to Lumbering in the Northwest date: None words: 36657 flesch: 72 summary: There were not many men living on government lands in that part of Wisconsin. Many men interested in the ownership of timber lands, have been aware of this fact and have been desirous of preventing the unlawful killing of moose and deer. keywords: camp; canoe; country; cut; day; days; feet; fire; forest; government; indian; lake; land; man; men; miles; minnesota; morning; near; new; night; office; party; pine; point; river; shore; timber; time; trees; use; water; white; woods; work cache: 41925.txt plain text: 41925.txt item: #30 of 45 id: 44022 author: Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox title: On the Development and Distribution of Primitive Locks and Keys date: None words: 19346 flesch: 78 summary: 15B to 20B. Reproduction of Roman tumbler lock (Mainz Museum) (Lindenschmit). Those who desire to prosecute the subject further will find a variety of modern tumbler locks in my collection introduced during the latter half of the last and commencement of the present century. keywords: bar; bolt; century; end; fig; figs; form; india; iron; key; keys; lock; longitudinal; means; museum; padlock; plate; roman; section; spring; tumbler; view cache: 44022.txt plain text: 44022.txt item: #31 of 45 id: 44501 author: Baxter, Leon H. title: Toy Craft date: None words: 28122 flesch: 87 summary: [Illustration: _Plate 1._ _METHOD OF JOINTING WOOD_] Place the work in clamps, if available, protecting the edges of the wood from the iron of the clamps with small pieces or blocks of soft wood. When used with this side up it is for the purpose of sawing off small pieces of wood with the back saw, and when used with the other side up, on which the long cleat is attached, it is for the purpose of planing the end of a piece of wood across the grain. keywords: board; cut; drawing; edge; end; ends; glue; head; hole; illustration; legs; piece; plate; round; screws; size; wood cache: 44501.txt plain text: 44501.txt item: #32 of 45 id: 44838 author: Arthur, James title: Time and Its Measurement date: None words: 22399 flesch: 75 summary: The above table shows the variation of the sun from mean or clock time, by even minutes. One rotation of the earth in 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds, nearly, of clock time. 3rd. keywords: clock; date; day; days; dial; earth; fig; half; hand; hours; illustration; japanese; line; night; noon; point; seconds; sun; time; watch; watches; year cache: 44838.txt plain text: 44838.txt item: #33 of 45 id: 45775 author: Polkinghorne, M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford) title: Toy-Making in School and Home date: None words: 69926 flesch: 89 summary: Now make holes, D, in the front legs, and nail them to the body so that holes D are on a level with the axle C. Make a hole through the body A, midway between the front legs, through which the string, E, will pass. Cut part of the cover of a match-box as in =Fig. 131= to form the back of the sledge, B. Gum a brown-paper hood round this. keywords: axle; b c; box; c d; cardboard; chapter; children; cork; cut; end; ends; fig; fold; form; glue; gum; half; holes; illustration; inches; length; making; match; paper; piece; roof; round; saw; sides; size; square; strips; stripwood; toy; toys; way; wheels; wire; wood; work cache: 45775.txt plain text: 45775.txt item: #34 of 45 id: 45883 author: Benson, James W., active 1857-1887 title: Time and Time-Tellers date: None words: 37757 flesch: 63 summary: The Equation of Time shows how many minutes are to be added to, or subtracted from, sun-dial time in order to show clock time. 'Time is, time was, time's past' seems to comprise a whole world of hopes, fears, and lost opportunities, and sounds like a little condensed history of all that ever has happened or ever can happen. keywords: ----------------------------------------------------------------------+; arbor; balance; barrel; bell; case; clock; day; days; dial; escapement; hands; hour; illustration; invention; iron; lever; means; minute; motion; pallet; pendulum; piece; place; power; rack; set; spring; sun; teeth; time; train; use; watch; watches; weight; wheel; work; year; | +; | | cache: 45883.txt plain text: 45883.txt item: #35 of 45 id: 46376 author: Mumford, John Kimberly title: Outspinning the Spider: The Story of Wire and Wire Rope date: None words: 23500 flesch: 69 summary: Wire rope to the multitude is simply wire rope. Without wire rope no insurance company would let an elevator get higher than the second story, and you couldn't signal the elevator anyway, for the annunciator operates only by an ingenious system of wires, and the control is even more complex. keywords: bridge; brooklyn; business; cables; company; copper wire; day; feet; john; life; making; man; manufacture; men; mill; new; plant; production; river; roebling; sidenote; steel; steel wire; strength; time; town; use; war; way; wire rope; wires; work; world; years cache: 46376.txt plain text: 46376.txt item: #36 of 45 id: 46449 author: Sindall, R. W. (Robert Walter) title: The Manufacture of Paper With Illustrations, and a Bibliography of Works Relating to Cellulose and Paper-Making date: None words: 23419 flesch: 70 summary: | Fast red A. | Rhodamine. | Benzopurpurin. keywords: 8^o; acid; arts; berlin; blue; book; case; cellulose; cent; chemical; class; coal; colour; der; des; die; dye; dyes; esparto; fibres; gas; heat; hour |; iron; length |; london; machine; making; manufacture; material; matter |; mechanical; methods; paper pulp; paper |; paris; power; presence; processes; pulp; quality |; sheet; solution; sur; und; use; water; wood; yellow; | p.; | steam; | | cache: 46449.txt plain text: 46449.txt item: #37 of 45 id: 47090 author: Thomson, John, hatter title: A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting Including a Full Exposition of the Singular Properties of Fur, Wool, and Hair date: None words: 17354 flesch: 57 summary: Acid aids fulling, 21 Alkali stiff, 33 Analysis of hair, 12 Ancient hats, 26 Basket, hat, 40 Battery for sizing, 41 Bleaching of hair, 14 Block for hats, 47 Blocking, 47 Blowing machine, 35 Body making, 41 Bowing, 39 Bow-pin, 39 Broadcloth, properties of, 19 Cardinal's hats, 26 Carroting, 29 Cassimere hats, 48 Chemical analysis of hair, 12 Cloth hats, 63 Coloring, 47 Conclusion, 65 Construction of hair, 16 Cotton, why it does not felt, 17 Description of furs, wools, hair, &c., 11 Dressing, 56 Dyeing, 47 Dyes, 48 Elizabeth, Queen, patent, 28 Familiar proofs of felting, 17 Fashions, 28 Felting, 14 familiar proofs of, 17 inventor of, 27 when invented, 22 Felt made by Turcomans, 21 uses of, 22 Festival of hatters, 29 Fine wool, introduction into the United States, 23 Finishing, 49 First account of hatters, 27 Flowing nap, 43 Forming, 56 machines, 57-59 Fulling, 14 acid aids, 21 mill, 24 oil prevents, 21 process of, 25 soap aids, 21 Fur, kinds of, 20 qualities of, 14 Furs, description of, 11 how prepared, 29 inferior articles employed with, 22 low prices of in early times, 23 Gaiters of felt, 60 Glue, pelts used for, 31 Goods, shrinking of, 15 Gordian knot, 19 Gossamer hats, 53 Grease prevents fulling, 21 Hair balls in the stomach, 19 bleaching of, 14 chemical analysis of, 12 construction of, 16 description of, 11 how it grows, 12 peculiar properties of, 15 why it felts, 14 Hairs, number of, 17 Hat basket, 40 block, 47 bow, 39 iron, 49 Hats, ancient, 26 cardinal's, 26 cassimere, 48 cloth, 63 history of, 25 manufacture of, 36 scarlet, 26 Spanish, 28 Hatters' festival, 29 first account of, 27 kettles, 46 Hatting, history of, 25 in the United States, 27 silk, 52 History of hats and hatting, 25 How hair felts, 14 hair grows, 12 to judge of the quality of wool, 23 Inferior articles employed with furs, 22 Introductory remarks, 9 Introduction of fine wool into the United States, 23 Invention of felting, 22 Inventor of felting, 27 Kettles, 46 Kinds of fur, 20 Manufacture of hats, 36 Materials, preparation of, 29 for hats, 20 Nap, flowing, 43 Napping, 45 Number of hairs, 17 Oil prevents fulling, 21 Patent, Queen Elizabeth's, 28 Peculiar properties of hair, 15 Pelts used for glue, &c., 31 Planking, 42 Pneumatic process, 58 Polishing, 56 Pouncing, 48 Preparation of materials, 29 Prices of furs in early times, 23 Printers' sheets, 61 Process of fulling, 25 Properties of broadcloth, 19 Pulling, 29 Pumicing, 48 Qualities of fur, 14 Quality of wool, how judged, 23 Quantity of stuff for a hat, 38 Queen Elizabeth's patent, 28 Receipts for stiffs, 34 Ruffing, 45 Scarlet hats, 26 Secretage, 29 Shaving, 44 Shellac-stiff, 33 Shoes of felt, 60 Shrinking of goods, 15 Silk hatting, 52 Sizing, 42 Soap aids fulling, 21 Spanish hats, 28 Stiffening, 31 process, 44 Stiffs, 31, 33, 34 Stockings, wool, 18 Stomach, hair balls in, 19 Stuff, quantity of for a hat, 38 Turcomans, felt made by, 21 United States, hatting in, 27 Uses of felt, 22 Water-proofing materials, 31 When felting was invented, 22 When fine wool was introduced into the United States, 23 Why cotton does not felt, 17 hair felts, 14 Wire hoop for brims, 51 Wool, fine, introduction into the United States, 23 Wool, how to judge of the quality, 23 Wools, description of, 11 Wool stockings, 18 * * In the manufacture of the finest kinds of fur hats, namely, those with a flowing nap, the stuffs of which they are made must be thoroughly refined. keywords: block; body; brim; cloth; crown; felting; fur; hair; hat; hats; hatting; making; operation; piece; stiffening; time; water; wool cache: 47090.txt plain text: 47090.txt item: #38 of 45 id: 4759 author: United States Rubber Company title: The Romance of Rubber date: None words: 6605 flesch: 75 summary: Finally, the Hevea, the very tree the Frenchman wrote about, proved to be the best, and, although by no means the only rubber tree of commercial value, it is acknowledged the greatest of rubber trees. How Brazil, possessing in her vast forests millions of rubber trees of the finest quality, has been forced by unfavorable conditions to permit the Far East to sweep from her in this short time the crude rubber supremacy of the world is one of the most unusual chapters in modern industrial history. keywords: brazil; day; men; plantation; rubber; rubber trees; seeds; trees; u.s; way; wickham; world; years cache: 4759.txt plain text: 4759.txt item: #39 of 45 id: 47816 author: Gee, George E. (George Edward) title: The Silversmith's Handbook Containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver date: None words: 49275 flesch: 62 summary: Fine silver 1 0 0 Shot copper 1 9 0 Nickel 1 1 0 ------------- 3 10 0 ============= Another-- oz. dwts. Fine silver 1 0 0 Shot copper 1 15 0 Nickel 1 5 0 ------------- 4 0 0 ============= Another-- oz. dwts. keywords: = =; alloys; articles; copper; cost; crucible; dwts; fig; filigree; fine; grs; iron; lead; metal; mixture; parts; process; silver; silver alloy; silver solder; silver work; solder |; solution; time; tin; water; wire; work; zinc; | | cache: 47816.txt plain text: 47816.txt item: #40 of 45 id: 52227 author: Blanco, A. E. title: Piece Goods Manual Fabrics described; textile, knit goods, weaving terms, etc., explained; with notes on the classification of samples. date: None words: 49997 flesch: 71 summary: Bedford Cords may be woven as either an all-cotton, all-wool, or wool and cotton fabric. In cotton fabrics it is confined to diced or diamond reversible patterns on a small scale. keywords: class; cloth; coloured; cotton cloth; cotton fabric; cotton warp; fabrics; fibres; filling; grey; inches; length; loom; material; piece; pile; pile fabric; plain; process; silk; surface; term; threads; twill; twill weave; warp threads; weave; weave fabric; weaving; weft; weft threads; weight; white; width; wool; wool fabric; woollen; woven; yards; yarn cache: 52227.txt plain text: 52227.txt item: #41 of 45 id: 54090 author: Routledge, Thomas title: Bamboo, Considered as a Paper-making Material With remarks upon its cultivation and treatment. Supplemented by a consideration of the present position of the paper trade in relation to the supply of raw material. date: None words: 9087 flesch: 37 summary: these _Fibres_ would mainly have to compete, seeing that with its large consumption and widely extended use for most classes of Paper it now rules the Market. MAIZE LEAVES and RICE STRAW, both of them _raw materials_, from which a fair quality of paper is produced in the countries where these plants are cultivated; but, as in their natural condition after being harvested they are far too bulky to permit of transport to this country, they would have to be reduced to a portable form where they grow, and even then, owing to the small yield of _true fibre_, their economical conversion is somewhat doubtful, unless under favourable conditions. keywords: bamboo; esparto; fibre; fibrous; material; paper; plant; stems; stock; supply; tons cache: 54090.txt plain text: 54090.txt item: #42 of 45 id: 6464 author: Taylor, Frederick Winslow title: Shop Management date: None words: 48774 flesch: 58 summary: When work men once understand that the time study is being made to enable them to earn higher wages, the writer has found them quite ready to help instead of hindering him in his work. On the other hand, the tendency of the men to soldier on new work which is started, and on such portions as are still done on day work, is even greater under the Towne-Halsey plan than under piece work. keywords: average; case; class; class men; day work; elements; good; labor; machine; man; management; men; number; piece work; planning; rate; shop; speed; system; task work; time; time study; wages; work; workmen; writer cache: 6464.txt plain text: 6464.txt item: #43 of 45 id: 7969 author: Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips) title: Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon date: None words: 50319 flesch: 68 summary: In welding metals which conduct the heat very rapidly it is necessary to use a much larger nozzle and flame than for metals which have not this property. It is the purpose of this explanation to state the fundamental principles of the application of the electric arc to welding metals, and by applying the principles the following questions will be answered: What metals can be welded by the electric arc? keywords: acetylene; air; carbide; carbon; copper; current; end; figure; fire; flame; form; gas; gas pressure; generator; heat; inch; iron; metal; oxygen; parts; piece; point; pounds; pressure; steel; temperature; torch; use; valve; water; way; welding; welding flame; welding heat; work cache: 7969.txt plain text: 7969.txt item: #44 of 45 id: 7981 author: Grasser, Georg title: Synthetic Tannins, Their Synthesis, Industrial Production and Application date: None words: 40154 flesch: 51 summary: DIGALLIC ACID Whereas, until recently, tannin had been considered to be gallic acid anhydride, or digallic acid, closer investigations have revealed that neither is tannin digallic acid nor is the synthetically prepared digallic acid identical with tannin. Soc._, 1905, 21, 212.] obtained a substance very similar to ellagic acid by electrolysis of gallic acid in sulphuric acid solution; on oxidising gallic acid in concentrated sulphuric acid solution, Perkin and Nierenstein keywords: acid; acid solution; addition; brown; c.c; cent; chloride; colour; concentrated; condensation; condensation product; ellagic acid; extract; following; footnote; formaldehyde; gallic; gelatine; hide; insoluble; leather; neradol; neradol d; pelt; phenolsulphonic; precipitate; product; properties; reaction; salts; solution; substance; sulphuric; tannage; tanning; water; yields; | | cache: 7981.txt plain text: 7981.txt item: #45 of 45 id: 9954 author: Bore, Henry title: The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by Which They Are Produced date: None words: 16332 flesch: 65 summary: In these days of Public Schools and extended facilities for popular education it would be difficult to find many people unaccustomed to the use of steel pens, but although the manufacture of this article by presses and tools must have been introduced during the first quarter of the present century, the inquirer after knowledge would scarcely find a dozen persons who could give any definite information as to when, where, and by whom this invention was made. This interesting fact does not contribute anything toward solving the question, Who was the first manufacturer of steel pens by mechanical appliances? keywords: article; birmingham; following; gillott; hand; london; making; manufacture; mason; mitchell; perry; present; process; sheffield; silver; slit; steel pens; street; time; trade; use; writer; writing; year cache: 9954.txt plain text: 9954.txt