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Blackstone oil engine A restored Blackstone Swath Turner and Collector No. 2C (a.k.a. kicker, tedder) at Woolpit Steam Rally 2009, Suffolk, England; a reaper-binder partly visible on the left. Examples of Blackstone engines can be seen at the Anson Engine Museum near Manchester.
The Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic District encompasses the "New City" or "High Rocks" area of Blackstone, Massachusetts, an industrial village associated with the Blackstone Manufacturing Company, which began operations in 1809. It includes an area roughly surrounding Butler, Canal, Church, County, Ives, Main, Mendon, Old Mendon ...
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Harry Bouton Blackstone (born Henry Boughton; September 27, 1885 – November 16, 1965) was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton [1] in Chicago, Illinois. [2] He began his career as a magician in his teens and was popular through World War II as a USO entertainer. [3]
Model 1885 (M1885) may refer to: 3.2-inch gun M1885, a rifled breech-loading fieldgun; M1885 Remington–Lee, a bolt-action box-magazine repeating rifle longgun; Mannlicher M1885, a prototype predecessor to the bolt-action rifle longgun Mannlicher M1886; Springfield Model 1855, a rifled musket; Winchester Model 1885, a single-shot rifle longgun
The Buffington rear sight raised on a model 1884 Model 1884 lock work. The most dramatic change to the rifle design, which is often considered to be the identifying feature of the model 1884, was a new rear sight which had been designed by Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert R. Buffington of the U.S. Army Ordnance Department. This sight however was not ...
November 25 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st vice president of the United States from March to November 1885 (born 1819) December 8 – William Henry Vanderbilt, entrepreneur (born 1821) December 21 – George S Patton, General (born 1885) December 13 – Benjamin Gratz Brown, politician (born 1826)
Chicago (1885–1928) Alton (1928–1936) Namesake: City of Chicago, Illinois; City of Alton, Illinois; Ordered: 3 March 1883: Awarded: 26 July 1883: Builder: Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania: Cost: $889,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) Laid down: 29 December 1883: Launched: 5 December 1885 ...