| 1786 - 838 pages
...fits on her hams at this' fimple machine, knots it i^rofs with fmall batted threads, at thediftanceof half an inch from each other. Though, by this method,...fufficiently impervious to the air, by filling the intcrftins; and it has the additional advantage of being fofter and more pli;ible. Their woollen '... | |
| 874 pages
...her hams at this fimple machine, knots it acrofs with frrall plaited threads, at the ditlance of naif an inch from each other. Though, by this method, it be not So cloie or firm as cloth that is "••ovfeiij tie- bunches between the knot* make it fufneiently... | |
| Voyages around the world - 1790 - 640 pages
...acrofs with fmall plaited thread, near balfan inch from each other. Though, by this method, it K not fb clofe or firm as cloth that is woven, the bunches...interftices; and it has the additional advantage of being foftcr and more pliable. Their wo<len garments, though probably manufactured in the fame manner, hive... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1796 - 380 pages
...beat into a hempen Itate. It is not fpun ; but, after being properly prepared, is fpread upon a flick, which is fattened acrofs to two others that ftand...that is woven, the bunches between the knots make it fufficieutly impervious to the air, by filling the interftices ; and it has the additional advantage... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1796 - 712 pages
...fits on her hams at this fimple machine, knots it acrofs with fmall plaited threads, at the di fiance of half an inch from each other. Though by this method...additional advantage of being fofter and more pliable. Their tafte or defign in working figures upon their garments, correfponds with their fondnets for carving... | |
| Travel - 1796 - 364 pages
...fits on her hams at this fimple machine, knots it acrofs with fmall plaited threads, at the diftauce of half an inch from each other. Though by this method...firm as cloth that is woven, the bunches between the knoti make it lulficiently impervious to the air, by filling the interftices ; and it has the additional... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...sits on her hams at this simple machine, knots it across with small plaited threads, at the distance of half an inch from each other. Though, by this method, it be not so close or firm as cloth that is woven, the bunches between the knots make it sufficiently impervious... | |
| John C. Laskey - 1813 - 146 pages
...sits on her hams at this simple machine, knots it across with small plaited threads, at the distance of half an inch from each other; though by this method it be not so close er firm as cloth that is woven, the bunches between the knots make it sufficiently imperviou*... | |
| General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...sits on her hams at this simple machine, knots it across with small plaited threads, at the distance of half an inch from each other. Though, by this method, it be not so close or linn as cloth that is woven, the bunches between the knots make it sufficiently impervious... | |
| Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 526 pages
...sits on her hams at this simple machine, knots it across with small plaited threads, at the distance of half an inch from each other. Though, by this method, it be not so close or firm as cloth that is woven, the bunches between the knots make it sufficiently impervious... | |
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