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Fifteenth Century Wooden Composing Stick Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

“Standing in front of the case, the compositor held in his left hand a wooden “composing-stick,” in which a rectangular trench had been cut to receive the letters. Reading and keeping in his mind a fe [...]

Keywords: printing, tools, typography, diagrams, hands, greyscale

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Added: 2006-09-17

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15.—Holding a Ruling Pen. A Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

“13. Inking.—For drawing ink lines other than arcs of circles, the ruling pen (or right-line pen, as it is sometimes called) is used. Its should be held as nearly perpendicular to the board as possibl [...]

Keywords: diagrams, hands, tools, drawing, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-04

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16.—Holding a Ruling Pen A Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

“13. Inking.—For drawing ink lines other than arcs of circles, the ruling pen (or right-line pen, as it is sometimes called) is used. Its should be held as nearly perpendicular to the board as possibl [...]

Keywords: diagrams, hands, tools, drawing, greyscale

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Added: 2006-10-28

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Page 1: The Enchanted Case and The Magic Box. Conjuring Tricks

The magic box had a (moderately) tightly-fitting inner compartment, so that you could open the outer drawer but leave the inner compartment inside. This construction was a common theme for many of the [...]

Keywords: page images, colour, games, diagrams, hands, magic

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Page 3: The Famous Card Trick, The Ball Trick and The String Trick. Conjuring Tricks

I don’t think I ever saw the cards, and I don’t think I ever understood the string trick, although I di have the parts.

Keywords: page images, games, diagrams, hands, magic, colour

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Hands from p. 69 Bible Symbols (1908)

Hands, from the clip-art Bible. See page 69 for the context.

Keywords: hands, clip art, bible pictures, greyscale

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Added: 2010-06-21

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Page 6: The Vanishing Cup; The Mysterious Dice. Conjuring Tricks

The vanishing-cup makes a coin seem to vanish: it looks like the coin sits on a solid block covered by the cup, but in fact the cup holds a second slightly larger solid block that covers the first, so [...]

Keywords: page images, games, dice, magic, diagrams, hands, colour

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Page 7: The Mysterious Coins. Conjuring Tricks

Presumably these were coins that were silver on one side and gold on the other; I don’t think I ever saw them. Or maybe they were cardboard discs.

Keywords: page images, games, magic, diagrams, hands, colour

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Alice stretches her hand and tries to grab the White Rabbit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

“Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice’s elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure. Alice heard it say to it [...]

Keywords: alice, people, hands, rabbits, animals, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2004-10-01

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Quaint Pointy Hands And Things Manuel Typographique, utile Aux Gens de Lettres (1766)

Some 18th century printed signs of direction, including pointing hands (called an index today), and also rings pieced by arrows, from page 133.

Keywords: typography, symbols, hands, greyscale

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Added: 2008-07-13

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