Biography of Zadock Pratt, of Prattsville, N. Y.: To which are Appended a Portion of His Addresses, Letters, Congressional Reports, and SpeechesNahum Capen 1852 - 506 страници |
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... millions are either directly or indirectly guided or controlled , and who have succeeded to the places once held by barons and other wielders of the sword , men like the founder of the house of Medici , like Ango , Gresham , Peel , and ...
... millions are either directly or indirectly guided or controlled , and who have succeeded to the places once held by barons and other wielders of the sword , men like the founder of the house of Medici , like Ango , Gresham , Peel , and ...
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... millions of dollars , he has in no case ever taken more than legal interest . In speak- ing of the subject of usury , he said : " Why should I conspire with another , that he may be robbed with impunity , because it is by his own ...
... millions of dollars , he has in no case ever taken more than legal interest . In speak- ing of the subject of usury , he said : " Why should I conspire with another , that he may be robbed with impunity , because it is by his own ...
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... million sides of sole leather . One other tablet , containing the names of Colonel Pratt's son and daughter , completes these interesting sculp- tures . " ― Colonel Pratt has more than once been heard to say , that when his earthly life ...
... million sides of sole leather . One other tablet , containing the names of Colonel Pratt's son and daughter , completes these interesting sculp- tures . " ― Colonel Pratt has more than once been heard to say , that when his earthly life ...
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... million of dollars for it ; have used or worn out some 500 horses , 1000 oxen ; have used up 200,000 bushels of oats , 120,000 tons of hay , 30,000 barrels of beef and pork , nearly 100,000 barrels of flour , and potatoes without number ...
... million of dollars for it ; have used or worn out some 500 horses , 1000 oxen ; have used up 200,000 bushels of oats , 120,000 tons of hay , 30,000 barrels of beef and pork , nearly 100,000 barrels of flour , and potatoes without number ...
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... , and Speeches Nahum Capen. View of Prattsville Tannery , on the Rocks , 1844 . at which a million sides of sole leather were Tanned in 20 years , by Hon . Z. Pratt , A. M. action , what it lacked in moral powers , high.
... , and Speeches Nahum Capen. View of Prattsville Tannery , on the Rocks , 1844 . at which a million sides of sole leather were Tanned in 20 years , by Hon . Z. Pratt , A. M. action , what it lacked in moral powers , high.
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Страница 320 - The tanning of leather, more than almost any other manufacture, is a chemical process, the success of which depends almost wholly upon the skill and judgment with which its complicated manipulations are conducted. To attain the requisite skill in the laboratory of the chemist is evidently impossible ; it can only be acquired in the tanning itself, by long and careful attention and observation; and perhaps there is no description of manufacture where so much depends upon practical knowledge, and so...
Страница 315 - Salted hides do not require more than two-thirds the time to soak, but generally rather longer to sweat. After the hides are prepared for tanning, the next process is what is commonly called " handling," which should be performed two or three times a day in a weak "ooze," until the grain is colored. New liquors, or a mixture of new and old, are preferable for Spanish or dry hides, — old liquor for slaughter.
Страница 317 - ... in the admission of air in drying, when first hung up to dry. No more air than is sufficient to keep the sides from moulding should be allowed. Too much air, or, in other words, if dried too rapidly in a current of air, will injure the color, giving a darker hue, and rendering the leather harsh and brittle. To insure that the thick parts, or butts, shall roll smooth, and even with the rest of the piece...