The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain: (First Selection.) ...1850 - Industrial arts - 493 pages |
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... thick , strong , consolidated cord , spun of the same materials from the bowels of the animal . The cocoon is of an exact ހއ 125-16 oval shape , and very firm in texture ; in it the animal remains dormant , and perfectly protected ...
... thick , strong , consolidated cord , spun of the same materials from the bowels of the animal . The cocoon is of an exact ހއ 125-16 oval shape , and very firm in texture ; in it the animal remains dormant , and perfectly protected ...
Page 44
... thickness . It is usually considered that the filaments of three fresh cocoons , added to two half- wound ones , make a thread equal to that from four fresh cocoons . The cocoons are not entirely wound off , but the husk containing the ...
... thickness . It is usually considered that the filaments of three fresh cocoons , added to two half- wound ones , make a thread equal to that from four fresh cocoons . The cocoons are not entirely wound off , but the husk containing the ...
Page 50
... thickness , strength , and durability , are greatly increased . The thick silken cord used for making purses often con- sists of thirty threads laid side by side and twisted . Doubling is performed in the following manner : - A woman ...
... thickness , strength , and durability , are greatly increased . The thick silken cord used for making purses often con- sists of thirty threads laid side by side and twisted . Doubling is performed in the following manner : - A woman ...
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... thicker than the rest , called gimp , so interwoven within the meshes as to form flowers , curves , & c . This kind of lace was made on a hard stuffed pillow or cushion , previously covered with the pattern drawn out upon a piece of ...
... thicker than the rest , called gimp , so interwoven within the meshes as to form flowers , curves , & c . This kind of lace was made on a hard stuffed pillow or cushion , previously covered with the pattern drawn out upon a piece of ...
Page 41
... thicker thread or gimp being wrought into the desired pattern by means of a Jacquard apparatus attached to the frame . ( See Frontispiece , p . 22. ) When the desired pat- tern consists of a series of separate flowers , sprigs , & c ...
... thicker thread or gimp being wrought into the desired pattern by means of a Jacquard apparatus attached to the frame . ( See Frontispiece , p . 22. ) When the desired pat- tern consists of a series of separate flowers , sprigs , & c ...
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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...