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The Hand- Its Mechanism and Wonderful Endowments- Engraving of The Hand

March 1st, 2008 at 5:17 am » Comments (0)

The Hand; Its Mechanism and Wonderful Endowments.
Engraving of The Hand. – to tell one that this exquisite colored engraving represents a human hand seems almost like questioning his sanity. Yet such as; but how few there are who can give an intelligent account of the hand, describe its beautiful arrangements and complex mechanism, we’re told [...]



Wonders of the Spiral Plate

March 1st, 2008 at 5:11 am » Comments (0)

Wonders of the Spiral Plate.-if this curious and artistic spiral play, which is seen to wine 2 ½ times around, could be enrolled and made to stand in an upright position, you would make a beautiful microscopic heart, that of a thousand strings, but of 3000 strings, and if it were possible to strike these [...]