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Sculpt′ure-cop′i-er.

An instrument or machine on the principle of the pantograph, for copying statuary.

James Watt was working upon a machine for taking reduced copies of busts and statues when he was attacked by his final sickness. He had produced some good specimens of his work, and had distributed them among his friends.

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