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GRO 40
naxles upon his hands, and fetters on his feet, encompafied with
a ferpent gnawing his left fide, and he feeming to be very me*
lancholy.—The fetters denote the intellects, that difcourfe and
produce irregular effects, being {heightened by perplexity, and
cannot attend to their accuttomed operations ; the ferpent fig-
nifies misfortunes and evils, which occafion deftruction, which
is the chief caufe of Grief.
GRINDING glafs, for looking-glaffes, &c. is performed af-
ter the following manner:
In the new method of working large plates of glafs, for look-
ing-glaffes, &c. by moulding, and as it were catting them fome-
what after the manner of metals, that you will find under the ar-
ticle GLASS. The furface being left rough, it remains to be
ground and polifhed.
In order to this, the plate of glafs is laid horizontally on a large
ftone, in the manner of a table, and, to fecure it the better, plaif-
tered down with plaifter of Paris, &c, that the effort of the work-
man, or of the machine ufed in Grinding, may not difplace or
loofen it: This ftone table is fuft ained by a wooden frame. The
bottom or bafe of the Grind ins: machine is another rough glafs,
about half the fize of the glafs defigned principally to be ground ;
on this upper glafs is a plank of wood, cemented to it, and upon
this are fet weights, to promote the triture or wearing of the
furface of the rough caft glafs.
This table or plank is fometimes fattened to a wheel, which
gives it a motion.
This wheel, which is at leaft five or fix inches in diameter, is
made of a very hard but light wood, and is wrought by two
workmen, placed againft each other, who pufh and pull it al-
ternately; and fometimes, when the work requires it, turn it
round.
By fuch means, a conftant mutual attrition is produced be-
tween the two glaffes, which is a flitted by water and fands of
feveral kinds, which are caufed to pafs between them ; fand being
applied ftill finer and finer, as the Grinding advances, till at latt
emery is ufed.
As the upper or incumbent glafs polimes and grows fmooth,
it is fhifted from time to time, and others put in its place.
But only the largeft-fize glaffes are thus wrought with a wheel
or machine; the middling and fmaller forts being wrought by
the hand.
GROSSNESS, is reprefented, in painting, by a grofs cor-
pulent woman, holding an olive branch in her right hand bear-
ing fruit without leaves ; in her left a crab.—The olive branch
denotes fatnefs; the crab, as much fubjeif. to fatnefs while
the moon increafes, either from the particular quality of the
moons
naxles upon his hands, and fetters on his feet, encompafied with
a ferpent gnawing his left fide, and he feeming to be very me*
lancholy.—The fetters denote the intellects, that difcourfe and
produce irregular effects, being {heightened by perplexity, and
cannot attend to their accuttomed operations ; the ferpent fig-
nifies misfortunes and evils, which occafion deftruction, which
is the chief caufe of Grief.
GRINDING glafs, for looking-glaffes, &c. is performed af-
ter the following manner:
In the new method of working large plates of glafs, for look-
ing-glaffes, &c. by moulding, and as it were catting them fome-
what after the manner of metals, that you will find under the ar-
ticle GLASS. The furface being left rough, it remains to be
ground and polifhed.
In order to this, the plate of glafs is laid horizontally on a large
ftone, in the manner of a table, and, to fecure it the better, plaif-
tered down with plaifter of Paris, &c, that the effort of the work-
man, or of the machine ufed in Grinding, may not difplace or
loofen it: This ftone table is fuft ained by a wooden frame. The
bottom or bafe of the Grind ins: machine is another rough glafs,
about half the fize of the glafs defigned principally to be ground ;
on this upper glafs is a plank of wood, cemented to it, and upon
this are fet weights, to promote the triture or wearing of the
furface of the rough caft glafs.
This table or plank is fometimes fattened to a wheel, which
gives it a motion.
This wheel, which is at leaft five or fix inches in diameter, is
made of a very hard but light wood, and is wrought by two
workmen, placed againft each other, who pufh and pull it al-
ternately; and fometimes, when the work requires it, turn it
round.
By fuch means, a conftant mutual attrition is produced be-
tween the two glaffes, which is a flitted by water and fands of
feveral kinds, which are caufed to pafs between them ; fand being
applied ftill finer and finer, as the Grinding advances, till at latt
emery is ufed.
As the upper or incumbent glafs polimes and grows fmooth,
it is fhifted from time to time, and others put in its place.
But only the largeft-fize glaffes are thus wrought with a wheel
or machine; the middling and fmaller forts being wrought by
the hand.
GROSSNESS, is reprefented, in painting, by a grofs cor-
pulent woman, holding an olive branch in her right hand bear-
ing fruit without leaves ; in her left a crab.—The olive branch
denotes fatnefs; the crab, as much fubjeif. to fatnefs while
the moon increafes, either from the particular quality of the
moons