The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain: (First Selection.) ...1850 - Industrial arts - 493 pages |
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Page 38
... hammer ; he then lifts off the block , and the portion of the pattern containing one colour only is seen clearly impressed on the cloth . Having again charged his block with colour , he makes a 38 ARTS AND MANUFACTURES .
... hammer ; he then lifts off the block , and the portion of the pattern containing one colour only is seen clearly impressed on the cloth . Having again charged his block with colour , he makes a 38 ARTS AND MANUFACTURES .
Page 39
... hammer . He then takes up more colour , and makes a second impression , and proceeds in this way , always following the first printer . So much of the pattern as consists of two colours is now made out along one side of the floor ...
... hammer . He then takes up more colour , and makes a second impression , and proceeds in this way , always following the first printer . So much of the pattern as consists of two colours is now made out along one side of the floor ...
Page 12
... hammer , forceps , and anvil were all very simple , and the workmanship ( particularly in the formation of knives and spoons ) was not destitute of merit . The iron was hard and brittle , requiring much labour in the working . The The ...
... hammer , forceps , and anvil were all very simple , and the workmanship ( particularly in the formation of knives and spoons ) was not destitute of merit . The iron was hard and brittle , requiring much labour in the working . The The ...
Page 17
... hammers upon the iron , fill the neighbourhood night and day with their noise . But the iron here wrought is not everywhere of the same goodness , and in general more brittle than Spanish iron . It yields , however , no small profit to ...
... hammers upon the iron , fill the neighbourhood night and day with their noise . But the iron here wrought is not everywhere of the same goodness , and in general more brittle than Spanish iron . It yields , however , no small profit to ...
Page 29
... hammer and the roar of the furnace . At night - fall , the appearance of the Dale is peculiarly striking , being lit up by the flames of the blast furnaces of Horse Hey and Dawley , dissipating the darkness for miles around , by a ...
... hammer and the roar of the furnace . At night - fall , the appearance of the Dale is peculiarly striking , being lit up by the flames of the blast furnaces of Horse Hey and Dawley , dissipating the darkness for miles around , by a ...
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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...