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 . Molasses is also carried in bulk from the WestIndies to Portland and elsewhere. ? Fig. UU-Carrying S/iip. Oil-cellar. An oil-reservoir in the bottom of ajournnl-bn\-. Oil-cloth. A tarpaulin. Painti-il canvas for floor-covering. The latter de-scri]itiijn is prepared from cloth especially woven forthe purpose, frequently of great width, and coveredon each s
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 . Molasses is also carried in bulk from the WestIndies to Portland and elsewhere. ? Fig. UU-Carrying S/iip. Oil-cellar. An oil-reservoir in the bottom of ajournnl-bn\-. Oil-cloth. A tarpaulin. Painti-il canvas for floor-covering. The latter de-scri]itiijn is prepared from cloth especially woven forthe purpose, frequently of great width, and coveredon each side by a peculiar scries of processes, withpaint. Figures or patterns in oil-colors are after- ward printed on one side by means of woodenblocks. See Flook-clotii. Floor oil-cloth is manufactured from jute, madeprincipally at Dundee, Scotland. This is woveninto widths of frequently Ironi 18 to 24 feet, inlooms at which two men, one on each side, are em-ployed in throwing the shuttle. The length of often 100 yards. The pieces are cutto the desired size, and these smaller ])ieces arestretched upon upright wooden frames, each ofwhich has a series of scaflolds, readied by a ladderat one end of the frame. When the canvas is perfectly stretched, a weaksolution of size is laid on with a brush, and whileyet da
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