. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. hing1st mortgage 1% 20-year bonds, payable 1880, §25,-000; consolidation mortgage 7% bonds, 5488,183. Flushings, a kind of heavy and coarse woollencloth made in lengths of 48 to 55 yards, also calledshort-ends in England. Flute, a wind instrument which in a variety offorms (Fig. 109) has been in constant use fromthe earliest ages. In its primitve state the flutewas played like the modern flageolet, with amouthpiece at the upper end; and from theshape of this mouthpiece, which resembled thebeak of a bird, it rec
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. hing1st mortgage 1% 20-year bonds, payable 1880, §25,-000; consolidation mortgage 7% bonds, 5488,183. Flushings, a kind of heavy and coarse woollencloth made in lengths of 48 to 55 yards, also calledshort-ends in England. Flute, a wind instrument which in a variety offorms (Fig. 109) has been in constant use fromthe earliest ages. In its primitve state the flutewas played like the modern flageolet, with amouthpiece at the upper end; and from theshape of this mouthpiece, which resembled thebeak of a bird, it received the name of Jliile « this form, with slight alterations, it continueduntil the beginning of the last century, when itwas gradually superseded by they?«»/o Iraverso. ortransverse flute, so called from its being blown byan oval-shaped hole in the side, and consc(|ueiitlyheld in a horizontal position. At its intro<lnttioiithis instrument was about 18 inches in length, andhad but one key. Even in this state it was agreat improvement on the old Jhite a Uc. Shortly. Fig. 199. — Fllte op ANXirXT KcvtT. after a movable head-joint was invented, its increased, and more keys added, some flutesat the present time having more than a dozenkeys, and few less than six. By means of thesethey are enabled to execute any music, howeverchromatic, if within tlieir compass, which extendsfrom C below the treble to C in Somefew will go four notes lower, and an will reacli E flat in altissimo. Tlie picnJn,or octave flute, the E flat or tierce, the D flat oriiiiiKir nintli (transposing piccolo), X\\cjfule dumnur,a minor third below the ordinary instrument, —are all varieties of the Jfaufo trdvfrso. Fluted, grooved, furrowed, or channelled. Flutina, a musical instrument of the concertinadescription. Fluting, a piping or frill ornament to a ladyscap or dress. — One of the hollow channels cut inthe shafts of columns.—One of the longitu
Size: 2457px × 1017px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherbostonesteslauriat
