The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain: (First Selection.) ...1850 - Industrial arts - 493 pages |
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... consist of twelve membranous rings , which contract and elongate as the animal moves . It is furnished with sixteen legs , in pairs ; three pair in front , under the first three rings , are covered with a shelly or scaly substance . The ...
... consist of twelve membranous rings , which contract and elongate as the animal moves . It is furnished with sixteen legs , in pairs ; three pair in front , under the first three rings , are covered with a shelly or scaly substance . The ...
Page 48
... consists of a brush ; but , in order to remove knots and irregularities , the cleaner con- sists of a bar of metal , containing a small notch or hole , capable of being adjusted to a certain size . The thread is dragged from its bobbin ...
... consists of a brush ; but , in order to remove knots and irregularities , the cleaner con- sists of a bar of metal , containing a small notch or hole , capable of being adjusted to a certain size . The thread is dragged from its bobbin ...
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... consisting of black sarsnets , gal- loons , doubles , and Italians . Handkerchiefs Bandanas , plain or figured , Barce- lonas and fancy and gauze handkerchiefs , of entire silk , are manufactured chiefly at Manchester , Mac- clesfield ...
... consisting of black sarsnets , gal- loons , doubles , and Italians . Handkerchiefs Bandanas , plain or figured , Barce- lonas and fancy and gauze handkerchiefs , of entire silk , are manufactured chiefly at Manchester , Mac- clesfield ...
Page 56
... ( consisting chiefly of silk and cotton ) are spread over the whole kingdom . There are considerable manufactures of poplins at Manchester and Paisley , and also of shawls at Paisley , Edinburgh , and Norwich . The manufac- tures of ...
... ( consisting chiefly of silk and cotton ) are spread over the whole kingdom . There are considerable manufactures of poplins at Manchester and Paisley , and also of shawls at Paisley , Edinburgh , and Norwich . The manufac- tures of ...
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... consisting chiefly of his relatives , who esteemed it so high an ho- nour to belong to the new craft , that they wore their working needles with ornamented silver shafts , sus- pended from a silver chain at their breasts . The death of ...
... consisting chiefly of his relatives , who esteemed it so high an ho- nour to belong to the new craft , that they wore their working needles with ornamented silver shafts , sus- pended from a silver chain at their breasts . The death of ...
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Page 5 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 5 - Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thce, " And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one brcaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again : and they shall bury them in tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Page 62 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
Page 3 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 71 - Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows; the well-depicted...
Page 43 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
Page 42 - I observed a custome in all those Italian cities and townes through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels ; neither do I think that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy.
Page 4 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter : so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Page 17 - So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan : but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
Page 27 - From the first appearance of this ground may be dated the origin of the modern pillow lace trade ; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that the...