. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . especially amachine consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top,one of them being longer than the rest and called the pry-pole^ with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, &c.,for raising or moving heavy weights, lifting ore from mines, hauling cannon, and like purposes. A gin is also a machine for separating the seeds from cotton, called hence a cotton gin. GÍN, Caepentey. Fe., Chèvre ; Gee., Hebezeug ; Ital., Capra ; Span., Cabria de carpinteros, orBorr
. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . especially amachine consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top,one of them being longer than the rest and called the pry-pole^ with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, &c.,for raising or moving heavy weights, lifting ore from mines, hauling cannon, and like purposes. A gin is also a machine for separating the seeds from cotton, called hence a cotton gin. GÍN, Caepentey. Fe., Chèvre ; Gee., Hebezeug ; Ital., Capra ; Span., Cabria de carpinteros, orBorriquete. See Elevatoes. Hoists, and Lifts. GIN, Cotton Gin. Fr., Machine egreneuse ; Ger., Egrenirmaschine; Ital., Sgranatore; Span.,Máquina para desmotar el algodón. See Cotton Machinery. Gin. GLAND, OF a Stuffing Box. Fe., Chapeau dune boîte h etoupes, Couronne de la presse-éîoupe ;Ger., Stopfbüchse ; Span., Sombrerete de una caja de estopas. A gland is the cover of a stuffing box ; sometimes called a follower. A cross-piece or clutch forengaging and disengaging machinery moved by belts or bands is also called a GLASS MACHINEEY. 1669 GLASS FUBNACE. Fr., Four de verrerie ; Gee,, Glasofen ; Ital,, Vetriera ; Span., Homo devidrio. See Glass Machinery. GLASS MACHINEEY, Fe., Machines de verrerie ; Gee., Maschinen zur Anfertigung des Glases ;Ital,, Macchine da lawrare il vetro ; Span,, Maquinaria para la fabricación de vidrio. Machinery for the Manufacture of Plate Glass.—G. H. Daglish, in the P. I. M. E., 1863, observedthat -within the last ten years the production of plate glass in England has been quadrupled,whilst in the same time the price has been diminished fully one-half. The present extent of themanufacture in this country is about 85,000 sq. ft. per week, whilst about 12,000 sq. ft. per week offoreign plate glass is imported. The foreign glass has obtained a preference from its superiorlightness of colour, which arises from the greater purity of the mate
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