. The American artist's manual; . anufacturing* baskets of very elegantworkmanship, which they exported inlarge quantities. MAN The American Indians, in particular,are very expert and ingenious in this art :besides forming baskets of differentshapes and fashions, they colour or dyethe substance of which they are made otdifferent colours, principally obtainedfrom indigenous plants. See BartramsTravels among the Indians. Manufacture of Beer and Ale. SeeBrewing. Manufacture of Brass. See brass, cop-per, zinc. Manuf acture of Bread. See Bread. Manufacture of Brimstone. See Sul-phur. Manufacture of
. The American artist's manual; . anufacturing* baskets of very elegantworkmanship, which they exported inlarge quantities. MAN The American Indians, in particular,are very expert and ingenious in this art :besides forming baskets of differentshapes and fashions, they colour or dyethe substance of which they are made otdifferent colours, principally obtainedfrom indigenous plants. See BartramsTravels among the Indians. Manufacture of Beer and Ale. SeeBrewing. Manufacture of Brass. See brass, cop-per, zinc. Manuf acture of Bread. See Bread. Manufacture of Brimstone. See Sul-phur. Manufacture of Butter. See Butter. Manufacture of Buttons. There are se-veral kinds of buttons ; some made of goldand silver lace, others of mohair, silk, others of metal. The figure repre-sents a man who makes or stamps metalbuttons only. The process is very sim-ple, after the metal comes out of the foun-ders hands. The pieces of metal are either cast orcut to the proper size, and then sent tothe button-maker, who has dies or stamps. VOL. II, r MAN MAN according to the pattern wanted. Themachine by which they are stamped, iswell exhibited in the figure. The manstands in a place lower than the floor, bywhich he is nearer on a level with theplace on which his dies stand s by meansof* a single pulley he raises a weight, tothe lower part of which is fixed anotherdie; he lets the weight fall down on themetal, and the thing is done. After thisoperation they are to be shanked ; whichis performed by means of solder: theyare then polished by women. At Birm-ingham, (Eng.) this manufacture is car-ried on upon a very large scale. Thelate John Taylor, esq. was the inventor ofgilt buttons; and in his house, buttonshave been manufactured to the amountof 800/. per week. This manufacturewill be presently noticed. Besides those cast in a mould, thereare great quantities of buttons made ofthin plates. The plates are brought to aproper degree of thickness by the rolling-mill : they are then cut into ro
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