WHERE DID THE NAME "PHILADELPHIA ROD" COME FROM. ( Its a civil engeneering instrument)?
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one legged porn star from 1976
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I come across this while studying the old mob gangs !\n\nThe Cincinnati Bow Tie or Columbian Neck Tie is from when the mobs or mafia would cut a victims throat, then cut out there tounge and jam it back into the cut throat.\n\nThis would normally be resevered for people who would " rat out " gang members to the cops.
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Lightning rod http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/images/rod.jpg\n\nFranklin Stove\nhttp://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/images/franklinstove.jpg\n\nOdometer\nhttp://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/images/odometer.jpg
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The oak came from islands off the coast of Georgia.\nThe masts came from Unity, Maine.\nThe pine decking came from South Carolina.\nThe keel was provided by New Jersey\nPaul Revere (of Boston) provided the spikes and copper sheathing.
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If it is more than 100 (1845-1871) years old it was built in Boston, Mass.  Otherwise ( and more likely ) It was a Chicago based company made by Straube, at Hammond, Ind.  (1895-1949) Do you have a serial # or any other info?  And I wouldn't consider it rare besides the fact that many of them have since been destroyed probably.
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Nobody actually knows where that phrase comes from.  There is an urban legend about where it came from that can be found here: http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.htm
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In the 50ies, the Basler Stueckfaerberei Company, when seeking a replacement for the traditional wooden rollers used in their textile machinery, tried to produce cylinders with a smooth surface made from glass fiber reinforced polyester resin.\n\nThe filament winding process, already established at that time, was found to be unsuitable because the outside surface produced was not smooth enough. This was the time when the idea of manufacturing the cylinders by centrifugal casting was born.\n\nThe company in Basel was flexible enough to develop a new manufacturing technology for CC-GRP pipes from this idea and to make patent applications for the centrifugal casting process.\n\nJohn
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Are you referring to Leon Todd...\n\nCalstar Rods
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It is a shortening of Philadelphia.  It would be like the San Francisco team to be called the Friscos or the Cincinnati team being called the Cincies.
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hooker Look up hooker at Dictionary.com\n    "prostitute," often traced to the disreputable morals of the Army of the Potomac (American Civil War) under the tenure of Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker (1863), and the word probably was popularized by this association at that time. But it is said to have been in use in North Carolina c.1845 ("If he comes by way of Norfolk he will find any number of pretty Hookers in the Brick row not far from French's hotel."). One theory traces it to Corlear's Hook, a disreputable section of New York City. Perhaps related to hooker "thief, pickpocket" (1567), but most likely an allusion to prostitutes hooking or snaring clients. Hook in the figurative sense of "that by which anyone is attracted or caught" is recorded from 1430; and hook (v.) in the figurative sense of "catch hold of and draw in" is attested from 1577; in reference to "fishing" for a husband or a wife, it was in common use from c.1800. All of which makes the modern sense seem a natural step. The family name Hooker (attested from c.975 C.E.) would mean "maker of hooks," or else refer to an agricultural laborer who used a hook (cf. O.E. weodhoc "weed-hook").
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I put "wire rope" + 1848 into the Yahoo search engine and came up with John A. Roebling, a German immigrant and engineer who invented wire rope and had a factory in Trenton, NJ. The famous landmark would be the Brooklyn Bridge.\n\nIf you need more info, try what I did in your search engine. There is a lot of information, plus the building of the Brooklyn Bridge is a fascinating story, particularly with regard to Roebling himself. Some great old photos, too. Thanks for this interesting question.  I learned something new today.
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I think it is probably actually a mace or sceptre. These are used in lots of parliaments all around the world as a symbol of sovereign power. This dates back to the middle ages when Kings used them as a symbol of absolute power.
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its brass because its made of brass.  it's not a woodwind because it doesn't have a reed....its just a plain wind instrument because you blow into it
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new york city. by 1791 the capitol had been moved to Philadelphia.
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It is a mixture of two of the above.\nFirstly it was made to roll up above the knee when scrubbing the deck. It also doubled as a float by tieing the legs and using it as a lifejacket.
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It's latin.\n\nIt's about the metal vessel of ancient design with the legend ITI SAPIS POTANDA TINONE on it. \n\nThere aren't many hits if googled, but some of them come up with the alternative ITI SAPIS POTANDA BIGONE, which a) doesn't look Latin enough, b) seems more of a giveaway in any case.
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flame. its christian rap =)