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Plum′met.

1. A pencil of solid lead.

2. A plug of lead for sounding. See sounding.

3. A ball of lead for a plumb-line. An ordinary and simple device for uprighting a structure, a post, or what not.

The plummet is said by Pliny to have been invented by Daedalus, 1240 B. C. The vast edifices of the plains of Shinar and the Nile, not to mention the monuments of the more eastern civilization, contradict the statement of the Roman. It is, however, interesting to know the received opinion of the literati of 1800 years ago, and to this historian we are indebted for many details which appear to have been omitted as unimportant by contemporary writers. It is mentioned by Amos, 787 B. C., and by another Scripture author, 698 B. C.

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