American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... mould- ings to coins and medals ; the latter are always in greater relief than the former , and consequently more difficult to exe- cute in perfection . Engraving on precious Stones is accom- plished with the diamond or emery . The ...
... mould- ings to coins and medals ; the latter are always in greater relief than the former , and consequently more difficult to exe- cute in perfection . Engraving on precious Stones is accom- plished with the diamond or emery . The ...
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... mould , and then lighted a fire on the surface of the mould ; though the fire was kept up by blowing , it was two hours before the board was burnt through , and the earth prevented it from flaming . The thicker the earth is laid on the ...
... mould , and then lighted a fire on the surface of the mould ; though the fire was kept up by blowing , it was two hours before the board was burnt through , and the earth prevented it from flaming . The thicker the earth is laid on the ...
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... moulds the child into various forms , and often produces defor- mities of the limbs . The head is placed downwards with respect to the mother , and the nates upwards . The usual weight of the child at the time of birth is from five to ...
... moulds the child into various forms , and often produces defor- mities of the limbs . The head is placed downwards with respect to the mother , and the nates upwards . The usual weight of the child at the time of birth is from five to ...
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... mould , whereon any thing is fashioned or wrought : as the hatter's form , the paper- makers ' form , & c . FORM , printers ' , an assemblage of let OL . V. - ters , words , and lines , ranged in order , and so disposed into pages by ...
... mould , whereon any thing is fashioned or wrought : as the hatter's form , the paper- makers ' form , & c . FORM , printers ' , an assemblage of let OL . V. - ters , words , and lines , ranged in order , and so disposed into pages by ...
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... rences occasionally offering in behalf of those brave men , who , regardless of the labours , and of the painful privations to which the beseiged are ever subject , con- While the moulds are thus preparing , the metal is FORTIFICATION .
... rences occasionally offering in behalf of those brave men , who , regardless of the labours , and of the painful privations to which the beseiged are ever subject , con- While the moulds are thus preparing , the metal is FORTIFICATION .
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