. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. he W. Indies. Pop. 29,582. Halle, a French marketplace. Halliard. See Halyards. Hallier, a birding-net. Hall-Mark, in England, the official stamps,affixed by the Goldsmiths Company and the assayoflicer of particular districts, to articles of goldand silver, as a test of their legal quality. Thehall-mark of Birniingham is an anchor; of Chester,three wheat-sheaves or a dagger; Dublin, a harp,or (igure of Britannia; Edinburgh, a thistle, orcastle and lion; Exeter, a castle with two wings;Glasgow, a tree and a salm
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. he W. Indies. Pop. 29,582. Halle, a French marketplace. Halliard. See Halyards. Hallier, a birding-net. Hall-Mark, in England, the official stamps,affixed by the Goldsmiths Company and the assayoflicer of particular districts, to articles of goldand silver, as a test of their legal quality. Thehall-mark of Birniingham is an anchor; of Chester,three wheat-sheaves or a dagger; Dublin, a harp,or (igure of Britannia; Edinburgh, a thistle, orcastle and lion; Exeter, a castle with two wings;Glasgow, a tree and a salmon with a ring in itsmouth; London, a leopards head; Newcastle-on-Tyne, three castles; Sheffield, a crown; York,five lions and a cross. The date mark is a letterof the alphabet, which is changed every year, anddiffers in different companies. See StandardMark. Hallotype, same as Hellenotype. Halometer, an instrument for measuring theforms and angles of salts and crystals. Haloscope, an optical instrument invented byA. Bravais, for exhibiting the phenomena of lialos,parhelia, Fig. a- Halter, a rope or strap and headstall (Fig. )for leading or securing a horse. — A rope for hang-ing malefactors. Halvans, impure ores, which require to bewn^hid and frcfcl from impurities. Halve, to divide (jr share into equal portions. Halve-Net, in Scotland, a fixed bag-net, placedwithin water-mark, to prevent fish returning withthe tide. Halyards, ropes or tackles used for hoistingor lowering yards and sails on their respectivemasts. Ham and Bacon. The former is made fromthe hind legs of the pig, the latter from its sidesand belly. The process of curing may be effectedindifferently by the employment of salt or sugar, or both ; but the first is by far the most commonlyused. After being impregnated with salt or sugar,and allowed to remain a certain time in the solu-tion, the hams and bacon arc taken out, dried andsmoked. In Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Bal-timore, New York. etc., l
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