. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. acle for address, visiting,or business cards. Cards are metal teeth fixed in an elastic bandfor teasling and separating the fibres of wool. There is a beautiful enpine, Crahtrees Wire Card Sitting3f«f/imf, which inserts all the wires iu the cards by Belf-actingmovements. Wire is fed into the machine, and also the filletawhich are to form the cards The wire is cut into short pieces;each piece is held (irnily, and the two ends bent to form astaple ; a pricker makes holes in the fillet; the pi
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. acle for address, visiting,or business cards. Cards are metal teeth fixed in an elastic bandfor teasling and separating the fibres of wool. There is a beautiful enpine, Crahtrees Wire Card Sitting3f«f/imf, which inserts all the wires iu the cards by Belf-actingmovements. Wire is fed into the machine, and also the filletawhich are to form the cards The wire is cut into short pieces;each piece is held (irnily, and the two ends bent to form astaple ; a pricker makes holes in the fillet; the pieces of wireare inserted in the holes ; while supplementary parts give forceand finish to the teeth thus made The fillet travels on just asfast as those operations are completed. Card-Table, a light folding-top table coveredwith baize, for playing cards on. Card-Tray, a small salver for a servant to de-liver a card on. CAKD-WIRE 118 CARP Card-wrire Cloth, cloth in wliicli fine iron wireis insiTkii for cDiiihing anil disentangling the fibres,etc. of wool, cotton, llax, and Fig 61. —CAnDoojt.{ Ct/nara carluncitiits.) Careen, to heave a ship down on her side in or-der to examine her bottom, for cleaninft or payingit with pitch. — When a vessel lies over with thewind in sailinp;, she is said to careen. Ceireenage, a careening ground, a place suita-ble for placing a sliip higli and dry. Carga, a standard Spanish Hquid measure, equalin some parts of that kingdom to .>2| gallons, butin others only 27i gallons; a Spanish weight,ranging from lbs. to 338+ lbs. — In Candia andMilan the carga as a grain measure is equal to 41bushels. — A commercial weight in Central Amer-ica equal to 81 lbs. Cargo, the load carried by a ship or merchant-vessel; the freight; the goods, merchandise, lad-ing, or whatever is carried by a ship (human beingsexcepted). That which cannot be stowed in tliehold is termed dirk nmin. Cargo-Boat, a luggage-boat or barge for thecnnvryance
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