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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), D. (search)
minster in the mode of weaving, but exposing the warp instead of the weft. Dam′ask-een. The name is derived from Damascus, where the art is held to have originated. It means to ornament one metal by another by inlaying or incrustation, as, for instance, a swordblade of steel, by figures of gold. The metal to be ornamented is carved or etched, and the hollows or lines filled in with the gold or silver, and united by hammering or by solder. It was practiced as early as 617 B. C. by Glaucus of Chios. The analogous operation of inlaying bronze and stones with gold or silver was practiced at remote periods by the Egyptians, as the statues and scarabaei witness. This mode of decoration of metal is principally applied to the ornamentation of swords and other weapons, and has three forms among the Persians, where the art is principally practiced. a. The design is drawn by a brush, engraved, wires laid in so as to project, and fastened at points by golden nails. The surface of
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), I. (search)
y; parquetry; mosaic, etc. In-lay′ing. A species of ornamentation in which choice woods, metal, ivory, mother-of-pearl, etc., are inserted within portions of groundwork which are sunken to receive them, thus forming a sort of mosaic. We find specimens of inlaying of metals in the articles recovered from ancient Babylon. Overlaying was practiced by the same people. Herodotus states that Glaucus the Chian was the man who invented the art of inlaying steel. The salver made by Glaucus was offered by Alyattes the Lydian at the oracle of Delphi. It is described by Athenaeus as covered with representations of plants and animals. Alyattes was the father of Croesus, who reigned till defeated by Cyrus, 556 B. C. Under this head we may fairly refer to the Taj at Agra, the most beautiful building in the world. It is thus described by Sir Charles Dilke: — On the river bank [the Jumna], a mile from Akbar's palace, in the center of a vast garden entered through the nobl
James Russell Lowell, Among my books, Milton. (search)
t serves to indicate that the pronunciation was not heroes as it had formerly been. That you may tell heroes, when you come To banquet with your wife. Chapman's Odyssey, VIII. 336, 337. In the facsimile of the sonnet to Fairfax I find Thy firm unshak'n vertue ever brings, which shows how much faith we need give to the apostrophe. In the possessive singular of nouns already ending in s Mr. Masson tells us, Milton's general practice is not to double the s; thus, Nereus wrinkled look, Glaucus spell. The necessities of metre would naturally constrain to such forms. In a possessive followed by the word sake or the word side, dislike to [of] the double sibilant makes us sometimes drop the inflection. In addition to for righteousness' sake such phrases as for thy name sake and for mercy sake, are allowed to pass; bedside is normal and riverside nearly so. The necessities of metre need not be taken into account with a poet like Milton, who never was fairly in his element till he g
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
urgeon. Burner, Charles W.,Prussia.Mass.Mass.June 7, 1864.Actg. Master's Mate.Glaucus.East Gulf.June 29, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. Mar. 27, 1865.Actg. Enst Asst. Engr. Calden, James H.,Me.Mass.Mass.Aug. 7, 1863.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.Glaucus; Daylight.North Atlantic.Aug. 31, 1864.Dismissed.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Caldwesst. Surgeon. Golden, James H.,Me.Mass.Mass.Aug. 7, 1863.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.Glaucus.North Atlantic.Aug. 31, 1864.Dismissed.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Cole, John P., ds, Shubael P., Credit. Brookline.Mass.Mass.Mass.July 11, 1863.Actg. Ensign.Glaucus; Sarah Bruen.No. Atlantic; So. Atlantic.Sept. 6, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. EMaster's Mate. Parker, Scollay,Ga.Mass.Mass.Sept. 9, 1863.Actg. Asst. Surgeon.Glaucus; Yucca; Rattler.No. Atlantic; E. Gulf; Mississippi.June 19, 1868.Hon. discharsigned.Mate. Ryder, Reuben T.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Apr. 6, 1864.Actg. Master's Mate.Glaucus.North Atlantic.May 3, 1865.Resigned.Mate. Ryder, Stephen A.,-Mass.Mass.Oct. 3