. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. all its tones, it :J(12) in the Greenland and other whale (jun-haqioon is a weajmn used for tlie samepurpose, but which is disciiarged from a swivel orgun, instead of being thrown by hand. This weaponis formeil entirely of metal, and has a chain at-taclud to it. to which the usual line is joined on,as in the fornuT case. Sie Wiiale-Fisiieuv. Harpoouer, tlie seaman in a whale-boat whouses the harpoon. Harpsichord. Sec PianoForte. weight of Surat, about 7b7J lbs. avoir-duiwiis. Harrier, a sm
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. all its tones, it :J(12) in the Greenland and other whale (jun-haqioon is a weajmn used for tlie samepurpose, but which is disciiarged from a swivel orgun, instead of being thrown by hand. This weaponis formeil entirely of metal, and has a chain at-taclud to it. to which the usual line is joined on,as in the fornuT case. Sie Wiiale-Fisiieuv. Harpoouer, tlie seaman in a whale-boat whouses the harpoon. Harpsichord. Sec PianoForte. weight of Surat, about 7b7J lbs. avoir-duiwiis. Harrier, a small hound for coursing hares. Harrisburg. Sic ri;N\svi,VAMA. Harrisburg aiid Potomac runs fromBowmansdale to Jacksonville, Pa., m., witha branch to Philadelphia .and Reading Coal andIron mines, 2 m. This Co., whose offices areat Boiling Springs, Pa., was chartered in 1870 andreorganized in 1B71. The road was completed in1878. It is proposed to extend the line from Har-risburg to Waynesboro, a distance of GO m., .indfrom the main line to Kettlestown, oO m., ivith. Fig. 262. — Harpooning a Whale. refines all its modulations ; even tlie simplest ac-companiment on this melodious instrument givesa charm and training to the voice to which thepiano is an utter stranger. Harper. Harpist, a player on the harps. Harpings, in ship-building, are those planks orwales, fiiriiiln!; tlw outer skin of a ship, which bendin towards the bow, and are fastened in the stern ;they hold the timbers of the fore-and-aft cant-bod-ies till the ship is planked. They are made thickerthan other parts of the wales, to encounter thegreat resistance offered by the water as the shipcuts through it.— (at-lmrpinqs are minor ropes be-tween the tops and mastheads, employed to drawthe shrouds together and inwards towards themast. They serve to lighten the slirouds, and togive freer play to the yards and sails when bracedfor on either tack, Harplings, twisted gut-strings for harps. Harpoon, Harping
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