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WHALE

Volume 20 · 108 words · 1815 Edition

See BALÆNA and PHYSETER, CETOLOGY Index.

one of the constellations. See ASTRONOMY. WHALE-Bone. For its natural history, see CETOLOGY Index.

A patent was granted in October 1806 to Robert Bowman of Leith, in Scotland, for making hats, caps, and bonnets for men and women, of whalebone; harps for harping or cleansing corn or grain; and also the bottoms of sieves and riddles, and girths for horses; and also a cloth or webbing for making into hats, caps, &c.; and for the backs and seats of chairs and sofas, gigs, coaches, and other similar carriages; and the bottoms of beds; as also reeds for weavers.

WHALE Fishery. See CETOLOGY.