Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . all, of ditterent materialfrom its inner portion. b. The enveloping masonry of (which .see). 3. {Ilidranlie Eiigineering.) Aninclosed chute which leads the waterfrom a fore-bay to a water-wheel. 4. A cloak or wrapper. Mantlet. {Fortifiaition.) A bul-let-proof shield which is sus])endedin an to ])rotect the gun-ners, or used as a movabl
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . all, of ditterent materialfrom its inner portion. b. The enveloping masonry of (which .see). 3. {Ilidranlie Eiigineering.) Aninclosed chute which leads the waterfrom a fore-bay to a water-wheel. 4. A cloak or wrapper. Mantlet. {Fortifiaition.) A bul-let-proof shield which is sus])endedin an to ])rotect the gun-ners, or used as a movable shield toprotect sappers in the trenches. SeeMantelet. Man-trap. A trap for catchingtresp^xssers. It usually has two jaws,like a spring rat-trap, and those withsmooth or toothless jaws are knownas humane man-tra])s. It is not an American insti-tution, either indigenous or imported. Manu-al. (.Uiisic.) The key-board of an organ,adapted to be operated by the hand, in contradis-tinction to the pedals, which are operated by thefeet of the organist. Manu-al-key. An organ-key in the manual,played liy the /lands; the pedal keys are played bythe feet. Mauu-mo-tor. A wheeled carriage adapted tobe driven by the hands of the _^^^ Manure-Desiccator. Ma-nure-desic-cator. A furnace set withina brick chamber over which is an air-tight vesselforming a desiccating and mixing pan. Surmount--iiig the mixing-pan is a hopper fitted with slopingbottoms ]irovided with valves. Connected with themixing-pan by a tube is a provided with a falsebottom, charged with some suitable absorbent, andinto which the unabsorbcd gases are conducted. Airis caused to circulate in the ]ian bj means of an air-pump. The materials are stirred by oscillating pad-dles operated by a reciprocating rod passing througha stutfing-bdx. Ma-nure-dis-tribu-tor. A machine (Fig. 3051)having a cylinder a, consisting of a series of ringswith proji-ctiiig surfaces, to which the manure is de-livered irom the 6. A serie
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