The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . hisson Karl Wflhelm Bottiger (1790-1862), for some time professorof history at Erlangen, and author of several valuable histories{History of Germany, History of Saxony, History of Bamria,Universal History of Biographies). BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta,a flask; cf. Eng. butt ), a vessel for containing hquids, gener-ally as opposed to one for drinking from (though this probably isnot excluded), and with a narrow neck to faciHtate closing andpouring. The first bottles were
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . hisson Karl Wflhelm Bottiger (1790-1862), for some time professorof history at Erlangen, and author of several valuable histories{History of Germany, History of Saxony, History of Bamria,Universal History of Biographies). BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta,a flask; cf. Eng. butt ), a vessel for containing hquids, gener-ally as opposed to one for drinking from (though this probably isnot excluded), and with a narrow neck to faciHtate closing andpouring. The first bottles were probably made of the skins ofanimals. In the Iliad (iii. 247) the attendants are representedas bearing wine for use in a bottle made of goats skin. Theancient Egyptians used skins for this purpose, and from thelanguage employed by Herodotus (ii. 121), it appears that a bottlewas formed by sewing up the skin and leaving the projectionof the leg and foot to serve as a vent, which was hence termediroSewv. The aperture was closed with a plug or a string. Skin 3IO BOTTLE-BRUSH PLANTS—BOTTOMRY. Roman Skin Bottles, from specimensat Pompeii and Herculaneum. bottles of various forms occur on Egyptian monuments. TheGreeks and Romacs also were accustomed to use bottles made ofskins; and in the southern parts Europe they are still usedfor the transport of wine. The first of explicit reference to bottlesof skin in Scripture occurs in Joshua (ix. 4), where it is said that the Gibeonites took oldsacks upon their asses,and wine-bottles old andrent and bound up. Theobjection to putting newwine into old bottles(Matt. ix. 17) is that theskin, already stretchedand weakened by use, isliable to burst under thepressure of the gas fromnew wine. Skins are stillmost extensively usedthroughout western Asiafor the conveyance andstorage of water. It isan error to represent the bottles of the ancient Hebrews asbeing made exclusively of skins. In Jer. xix. i the prophetspeaks of a potters earthen vessel.
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