This led him to the invention of the machine for pricking " twilled " cards, by which the labor of a man for fifteen hours could be performed in as many minutes.
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Earlier, she correctly spelled " acrocyanosis, " the discoloration of the extremities due to inadequate oxygen in the blood supply; " herringbone, " referring to a specific pattern on a twilled fabric; and " vagary, " which is an erratic or unpredictable action or type of conduct.
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Recently she took a steamer at Jersey City for Liverpool, and the goods she carried with her wore thus inventoried :-One guitar, with two strings; two old cane-seated chairs, one with two legs; three empty four-gallon demijohns, uncorked two peacocks and a black-and-tan, in a box; two broken children's cribs of mahogany, one without rockers; one cross-breed hound of English birth; one champagne bucket, covered with dust; one broken painter's easel; three rickety deckchairs, with varnish scraped off; one bag of tin ware; one six by three pedestal, without statuette, cracked; four plain square Irish chests, two painted rod and two black, locks broken and hanging, each marked in white letters, " Countess D .; " two mammoth chests, cross-tied with half-inch clothes-line, with same mark; those contained the Countess'numerous hats; fifteen very ancient-looking trunks, tied across the sides and double-knotted at the back; one tray for mixing dough; two tin berth room trunks; one bundle loose clothing; two portable hat racks, rather worn; six cases of mysteriously packed bottles, supposed to be ale; Huge crates of sauces, mixed pickles, and catsups, put up in every conceivable shape; one copper-coloured work-box done up in oil; seven heavy treble-twilled English travelling shawls tied with twine; thirteen gray woolen blankets made in form of " shake down; " seventeen packages of files of newspapers.
