The Encyclopaedia Britannica; .. A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . ation is from specimens at Pompeii andHerculaneum. The first explicit reference to bottles ofskin in Scripture occurs in Joshua (ix. 4), where it is saidthat the Gibeonites took old .sacks upon their asses, andwine-bottles old and rent and bound up. Skins are stillmost extensively used throughout Western Asia for theconveyance and storage of water. It is an error to repre-sent the bottles of these ancient Hebrews as being madeexclusively of skins. In Jer. xix. 1, the prophet speaks ofa potters earthen vess
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; .. A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . ation is from specimens at Pompeii andHerculaneum. The first explicit reference to bottles ofskin in Scripture occurs in Joshua (ix. 4), where it is saidthat the Gibeonites took old .sacks upon their asses, andwine-bottles old and rent and bound up. Skins are stillmost extensively used throughout Western Asia for theconveyance and storage of water. It is an error to repre-sent the bottles of these ancient Hebrews as being madeexclusively of skins. In Jer. xix. 1, the prophet speaks ofa potters earthen vessel. The Egyptians possessedvases, bottles, &c., of hard stone, alabaster, glass, ivory,bone, porcelain, bronze, silver, and gold, and also, for theuse of the people generally, of glazed pottery or commonearthenware. As early as Thothmes III., assumed to bethe Pharaoh of the Exodus (1490, ), vases existed of ashape so elegant, and of workmanship so superior, as toshow that the art was not, even then, in its infancy. Inthe annexed cut various specimens of these are Fig. 2.—Egyptian Bottles and Vases.—1, 2. Gold. 3. Cut Earthenware. 5, 7. Porcelain. 6. Hard Stone. 8. Gold, withplates and bands. 9. Stone. 10. Alabaster, with. lid. The British Museum contains a fine collection of thesearticles. The process of making glass bottles is describedunder the heading Glass. BOTTOMRY, a maritime contract by -which a ship (orbottom) is hypothecated in security for money borrowedfor expenses incurred iil the course of her voyage, underthe condition that if she arrive at her destination the shipshall be- liable for repajinent of the loan, together withsuch premium thereon as may have been agreed for; butthat if the ship be lost, the lender shall have no claimagainst the borrower eilLer for the sum advanced or for the 168 B 0 T T O ]M 11 Y premium. Tho freight may be pledged as well aj tlie ship,and, if necessary, tha cargo also. In some cases the per-sonal obligat
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