Grail
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Grail. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a term properly applied to the legendary dish used at the Last Supper, said to have been stolen by a servant of Pilate, used by him to wash his hands in before the multitude, afterward given to Joseph of Arimathea as a memorial of Christ, and finally used by Joseph to collect the blood which flowed from our Lord while hanging on the cross. GRAIN ELEVATOR. A structure designed for the manipulation and storage of grain awaiting transportation. It is usually a high rectangular or cylindrical edifice, built of steel, enforced concrete, or some other suitable material. The bins containing the grain may form with the elevators and machinery a single large building or the machinery machinery and the bins may be in separate establishments. GRAIN ELEVATOR There is in the larger establishments a working house connected with the bins or actually containing them. Other forms of elevators are those situated on railroad tracks, where a hopper receives the grain from the farmers' wagons whence it is scooped by belted buckets and conveyed to the bins. In the ordinary elevator the machinery and working rooms surmount the main building, where the storage bins are grouped. Over this main building usually lies the distributing floor, and over this again the floor containing the weighing hoppers and machinery for cleaning, and surmounting this again are the garners, leg-driving machinery and turnhead spouts. The grain is carried upward by belted buckets to the turnhead spouts and so conveyed to the garners. From the garners it passes to the main building, being cleared or otherwise treated, in the course of passage. The elevator legs are usually separated by the length of a railroad car so that the operation of transferring from the car to the elevator or from the is manufactured, and among the institu- elevator to the car may be carried on simultaneously. With similar ends in view elevators are often built over freight railroad tracks, acks, generally they alongside. have the track running Power shovels remove the grain from the car to the hoppers, whence the grain is carried upward to the topmost story to be submitted to the manipulation before described in its journey through the various floors to its proper bins. The principle is similar in the transference of grain from vessels to railroad cars, and from railroad cars to vessels. The elevator legs are so placed on the waterside that they come in connection with the vessel's hatches. The larger kind of these elevators are made of concrete, but in the smaller kind wood is largely used, and steel, brick and tile enter largely into the construction. The bins are DRIVING GEAR GARNERS WEIGHING- HOPPERS SPOUT SPOUT SPOUT ELEVATOR LEG STORAGE BINS STORAGE BINS FLOOR рок VALVES GRAIN ELEVATOR-CROSS SECTION usually of steel or concrete with the main building of brick, while the upper stories may be of steel frame. Floating elevators are used to facilitate the transfer of grain from vessels at different points in the dock. The largest elevator is at Montreal, Canada. The elevators in Chicago have a capacity for handling grain to the extent of over 50,000,000 bushels, the Armour Company having an elevator capable of handling 5,000,000 bushels.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
The Holy, the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper. According to tradition, the cup came into the hands of Joseph of Arimathea, who caught in it some of the blood which flowed from the wounds of Christ when taken down from the cross. The wonderful virtues of the cup are due to these drops of blood which represent the body of the Lord. In a time of persecution Joseph was miraculously conveyed with the Holy Grail to England, where he passed the rest of his life. The cup furnished him with food and drink in time of need, and with spiritual support. At his death he gave the cup to his successor, charging him to guard it well. It passed from generation to generation. Finally, it disappeared from view because of the sins of its custodians. The search for the Holy Grail was the object of many a knightly adventure. Only the pure in heart might ever hope to find it. It is interwoven with the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The origin of the tradition is a subject of dispute. When the Celts migrated to the French coast of Brittany they carried the traditions of the Holy Grail with them. Medieval writers had two sources of information, Wales and Brittany. French, German, and English writers have used the legend as literary material. In Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal, "a maiden knight" goes forth in search of the Holy Grail. Wagner uses the same theme in his musical drama of Parsifal. The Holy Grail is the subject of one of Tennyson's Idylls of the King .