. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. a brit-tle ve wish-white metal, of a foliated textureand peculiar odor and bp. B-- 9^;^;, ^Fhardness it stands between copper and lead, isscarcely malleable, breaks under the hammer, andcanno b drawn into wire. B. is a very raremetal- it is principally obtained m a combineda e from the mines of Schneeberg, in met with in commerce, it s impure, gen-pr^llv containing iron and arsenic, and probablyerally coniamiiig nr„.=f mpt»llin substnncea. same purposes asthe feathers of theostrich. The skinsa
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. a brit-tle ve wish-white metal, of a foliated textureand peculiar odor and bp. B-- 9^;^;, ^Fhardness it stands between copper and lead, isscarcely malleable, breaks under the hammer, andcanno b drawn into wire. B. is a very raremetal- it is principally obtained m a combineda e from the mines of Schneeberg, in met with in commerce, it s impure, gen-pr^llv containing iron and arsenic, and probablyerally coniamiiig nr„.=f mpt»llin substnncea. same purposes asthe feathers of theostrich. The skinsand plumage ofthese birds areimported almostwholly from , and realize ahigh price. In pre-paring them for themarket, the birdis disembowelled,smoked, and de-prived of its true wings tt is us^ed as a pigment and as a ^--tn. «=x^«-slvely used bv ladies both on and oft the sta^ is Imported from France, and cost in average mNew York S8 per lb. Imp. duty: (metal), free;foxUle) 0 per lent.; (sub-nitrate), 40 per cent.^Bistort-Root, is the root of Folygona bulorta,a powerful astringent. . , -f „f ™l,;,.V, Bistouri, a surgeons incision knife, of whichthere are several forms. , , <. » . Bistre, is a brown pigment useful <f Jf^^color drawings; it is made from the soot of van- ^glI^c^tlSr^ingi-trument which fiU^ie true wings. I j-S\kdl^^;e%S-;;nS^ ^^I^li «e other feathers, are rough picking^ °\„iie of which there are sev- also frequently re- f-VX-BmiK curbs, small silver :^n, formerly circulatin
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