 A machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about six inches in length, and four in breadth,, is supported upon three feet, each twelve inches long. In the upper flat surface of this machine, holes or pits are formed to...  Natural history. Mollusca - Page 248by Philip Henry Gosse - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Robert Percival - Ethnology - 1803 - 504 pages
...they employ in drilling, as well as tlie dexterity with which they use it. A machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an. obtuse inverted cone, about six inches in length, and four m breadth, is supported upon three feet, each twelve inches long. In the upper flat surface of this... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...four in breadth, which is fupported upon three feet, each 12 inches long, in the upper flat furface of this machine, holes or pits are formed to receive the larger pearls, the fmaller ones being beaten in with a little wooden hammer. The drilling inltruments are fpindles of... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 848 pages
...people are wonderfully expert. The instrument they employ in drilling is a machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about six inches in length, and four in breadth, which is supported upon three feet, each 12 inches long. In the upper flat surface of this machine,... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...the spot on economical terms. A writer thus describes their operations: "A machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about...larger pearls, the smaller ones being beat in with a little wooden hammer. The drilling instruments are spindles of various sizes, according to that of... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 522 pages
...particularly in drilling and stringing them, the natives are wonderfully expert. A machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about...In the upper flat surface of this machine holes or pite are formed to receive the larger pearls, the smaller ones being beat in with a little wooden hammer.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...instrument they employ in drilling, as well as the dexterity in using it. A machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about...larger pearls, the smaller ones being beat in with a little wooden hammer. The drilling instruments are spindles of various sizes, according to that of... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 276 pages
...instrument they employ in drilling, as well as the dexterity in using it. A machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about...larger pearls, the smaller ones being beat in with a little wooden hammer. The drilling instruments are spindles of various sizes, according to that of... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1873 - 1038 pages
...obtuse inverted cone, about 6 inches in length and 4 in breadth, is supported upon 3 feet, each 12 inches long. In the upper flat surface of this machine...larger pearls, the smaller ones being beat in with a little wooden hammer. The drilling instruments are spindles of various sizes, according to that of... | |
 | A. G. F. Eliot James - Agriculture - 1880 - 438 pages
...them. Captain Percival thus describes the machine which is used in drilling, it is made of wood and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about...receive the larger pearls, the smaller ones being beaten in with a little wooden hammer. The drilling instruments are spindles of various sizes, according... | |
 | Manuela D. Domingos - National libraries - 1995 - 854 pages
...they employ in drilling, as well as the dexterity with which they use it. A machine made of wood, and of a shape resembling an obtuse inverted cone, about...larger pearls, the smaller ones being beat in with a little wooden hammer. The drilling instruments are spindles of various sizes according to that of the... | |
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