The New National Dictionary Encyclopedia And Atlas Rev to Date volume 2
The New National Dictionary Encyclopedia And Atlas Rev to Date volume 2
Robert Hunter
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Bookbinding : A roll on the head-band of a book. 4. Architecture: (a) A round moulding, cut pr carved in short embossments, like beads in necklaces, occurring chiefly in the Corinthian and Roman orders of architecture. It is called also As- TRAOAL (q. V. ). (b) The strip on a sash-frame which forms BAYLY'S BEADS. a guide for the sash. There are inside, outside, and parting beads. fl Bead and butt (Carp. ) : Framing in which the pearls are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. Bea...d and quirk : A bead stuck upon the edge of a piece of stuff flush with its surface. 5. Astronomy. Baily's Beads. [Named after Francis Baily, an Englishman, who discovered them during the solar eclipse of 1836. (Mem. As- tron. Soc. , vol. X. ). ] Certain luminous bead-like promi- nences arranged in a curved line round the margin of the moon's disk upon that of the sun towards the commencement and towards the close of complete obscuration in a total or annular eclipse of tb latter luminary. Once attributed to the pro- jection of a range of lunar mountains on the face of the sun, they are now supposed to proceed from irradiation.
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