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 . FlouT-Bolt Knockers. KNOCK-OFF. 1240 KNOTTING AND STOPPING. three ijualities, hiwkiiuj.^, raidlings, and fell. Theforraer are large scraps, wliicli are picked out. The ri(hliiu/s are what reniaiu in tlie sieve. The/ell is tiie sniaUest, and falls through. 2. {Masonnj.) The small pieces broken olF fromstone by hamnieriug or chiseling. Large pieces arespalh. Knock
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 . FlouT-Bolt Knockers. KNOCK-OFF. 1240 KNOTTING AND STOPPING. three ijualities, hiwkiiuj.^, raidlings, and fell. Theforraer are large scraps, wliicli are picked out. The ri(hliiu/s are what reniaiu in tlie sieve. The/ell is tiie sniaUest, and falls through. 2. {Masonnj.) The small pieces broken olF fromstone by hamnieriug or chiseling. Large pieces arespalh. Knock-off. (KnitUruj-inachinc.) The piecewliicli, at the proper moment, removes the loopsfrom tile tirr of needles. Knock-stone. (Miniiuj.) A block on wliichore is brokrn. Knot. 1. (XaiUkal.) a. A device formed by in-tertwining a rope or cord so as to attach one part ofit to another part of itself, to another rope, or to anyotherobject. The kinds of knots eniployeil, especiallyby nautical men, are too numerous to admit of de-Fig. Knou. scription, aad we content ourselves with exhihitiniV few of the raore prominent. Those shown are generally in open position, so asto more clearly explain the way in which the parts•of the rope run previous to being drawn taut in or-der to join them together and )n-event slipping. Some kinds of knots are called Mtclies antX lirnds,wdiich terms usually indicate that they are chiefly«mployeil for making the rope fast to another object,or for seeuiiug two objects togethei-. 1, simple overhand knot. 25, larks head. 2, slip-knot, seized. 2t), simjile boat-knot. 27, lixip-knot. 28, double Flemish knot. 29, running knot, checked. 30, crossed running-knot. 3, single bow-knot. 4, stpiare or reef knot,.i, scjuare , weavers knot. 7, German, or hgure-of-S 31, lashing-knot,knot. 32, rosette. 8, two half-hitches, or 33, chain-knot,artiticers knot. 34, double chain-knot. 9, doubles artificers knot. 35, double running-knot 10, simple galley-knot. w
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