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" ... spots : it takes the highest polish, with a singular lustre. This part is only to be come at by digging below the spur, to the depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it, except they... "
The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of Aerostation ... - Page 91
by James Smith - 1815
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The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State ...

Edward Long - 1774 - 408 pages
...takes the higheft polifti, with a iingular luftre, fo firm as even to refledl objects like a mirror. This part is only to be come at by digging below the fpur to the depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is fo laborious an operation,...
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 4

William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...dotted like ermine with spots : it takes the highest polish, with a singular lustre. This part ig nnly to be come at by digging below the spur, to the depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it, except they arc curious in the choice of...
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Guy's Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or Miscellany of Useful Knowledge, from the Best ...

Joseph Guy - 1810 - 548 pages
...or clouds, or dotted like ermine with spots : it takes the highest polish, with a singular lustre. This part is only to be come at by digging below the...depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it. The Jamaica wood, for heauty of colouring,...
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The Dictionary of Merchandize and Nomenclature in All European Languages

C. H. Kauffman - 1815 - 460 pages
...clouds, or dotted like ermine, with black spots ; it takes the highest polish, with a singular lustre. This part is only to be come at, by digging below...depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it, except they are uncommonly curious in the...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 7

William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...and clouds, or dotted like ermine with spots: it takes the highest polish, with a singular lustre. This part is only to be come at by digging below the...depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it, except they are curious in the choice of...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 7

William Nicholson - 1821 - 408 pages
...and clouds, or dotted like ermine with spots: it takes the highest polish, with a singular lustre. This part is only to be come at by digging below the...depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it, except they are curious in the choice of...
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The Natural History of Remarkable Trees, Shrubs, and Plants

1821 - 188 pages
...or clourls, or dotted like ermine with spots: ittakes the highest polish, 'with a singular lustre. This part is only to be come at by digging below the spur, to ttie depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation,that few...
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Sketch of the Mosquito Shore: Including the Territory of Poyais, Descriptive ...

Thomas Strangeways - 1822 - 384 pages
...dotted like ermine, with black spots, and moreover takes the highest polish, with singular lustre. This part is only to be come at by digging below the...depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through, which is so laborious afi operation, that few attempt it, unless they are uncommonly curious in the...
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A Family-text Book for the Country: Or, The Farmer at Home: Being a ...

John Lauris Blake - 1857 - 508 pages
...or clouds, or dotted like ermine with spots : it takes the highest polish, with a singular lustre. This part is only to be come at by digging below the...depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it, except they are curious in the choice of...
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The Corner Cupboard of Facts for Everybody: Embracing Facts About-I. Things ...

Robert Kemp Philp - 1859 - 396 pages
...ermine with spots : it takes the highest polish, with a singu Ur lustre. This part is only to be corae at by digging below the spur to the depth of two or three feet, and cutting it through ; which is so laborious an operation, that few attempt it. The Jamaica wood, for beauty of colouring,...
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