Hidden fields
Books Books
" A most dexterous dicing box, with holes transparent, after the usual fashion, with a device so dexterous, that with a knock of it against the table the four good dice are fastened, and it looseneth four false dice made fit for his purpose. "
The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, manufactures and ... - Page 195
by Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1802
Full view - About this book

Mechanics Magazine, Volume 3

1825 - 486 pages
...(22). 90. A most dexterous dicing-box, with holes transparent, after the usual fashion, with a crevice so dexterous, that, with a knock of it against the table, the four good dice air fastened, and it looseneth four false tlice made (it for the purpose. 91. Ai artificial horse,...
Full view - About this book

Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute, Volume 1

1833 - 426 pages
...without clogging hie memory, keep reckoning of all sixes, sevens, and aces, which he hath discarded.* 00. A most dexterous dicing box, with holes transparent,...fastened, and it looseneth four false dice made fit for the purpose. 01. An artificial horse, with saddle and caparisons fit for running at the ring, on which...
Full view - About this book

The Penny Mechanic, and the Chemist, Volume 2

1837 - 800 pages
...without clogging his memory, keepr eckoning of all sizes, sevens, and aces, which he hath discarded. UO. A most dexterous dicing box, with holes transparent,...looseneth four false dice made fit for his purpose." EARLY PROMOTERS OF LOCOMOTIVE CARRIAGES. So early as the year 17-'9, Dr. Koliinson (subsequently Professor...
Full view - About this book

Inventors and inventions

Henry Dircks - 1867 - 340 pages
...memory keep reckoning of all Sixes, Sevens and Aces which he hath discarded. 90. A Dicing-box. — A most dexterous Dicing Box, with holes transparent,...looseneth four false Dice made fit for his purpose. 91. An artificiall Ring-horse. — An artificial Horse, with Saddle and Caparizons fit for running at the...
Full view - About this book

Inventors and Inventions

Henry Dircks - 1867 - 302 pages
...discarded. 90. A Dicing-box. — A most dexterous Dicing Box, with holes transparent, after the visual fashion, with a Device so dexterous, that with a knock...looseneth four false Dice made fit for his purpose. 91. An artificiall Ring-horse. — An artificial Horse, with Saddle and Caparizons fit for running at the...
Full view - About this book

The Great Inventions: Their History, from the Earliest Period to the Present ...

Franc Bangs Wilkie - 1883 - 700 pages
...there is no complaint that cheating in gaming has wholly disappeared. It is termed " a most dextrous Dicing Box, with holes transparent, after the usual fashion, with a Device so dextrous, that with a knock of it against the Table the four good Dice are fastened, and it looseneth...
Full view - About this book

Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs ..., Volume 1

William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 360 pages
...keep reckoning of .-, !l sixes, sevens and aces, which he hath discardgd." Again, the writer says: "A most dexterous dicing box, with holes transparent,...the table the four good dice are fastened, and it loosencth four false dice made fit for his purpose." Urquhart of Cromarty observes : " Verily, I think...
Full view - About this book

Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore ..., Volume 1

John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 pages
...memory keep reckoning of ; !1 sixes, sevens and aces, which he hath discarded." Again, the writer says: "A most dexterous dicing box, with holes transparent, after the usual fashion, with ft device so dexterous, that with a knock of it against the table the four good dice are fastened,...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF