This city was once famous for the manufacture of sabres, which appear to have been made of thin lamina; of steel and iron welded together so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The art of making them is lost, since Tamerlane carried off the... Travels in Palestine and Syria - Página 259por George Robinson - 1837Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 686 páginas
...the orientalists. City of DaThis city was once famous for the manufacture of sabres, m "* cu *' which appear to have been made of thin lamina; of steel...so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The art of making them is lost, since Tamerlane carried off the artisans to Persia. Sabres are still... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1824 - 774 páginas
...Damascus was once famous for the manufacture of sabres, which appear to have been made of thin laminae of steel and iron, welded together, so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The art of making them is lost since Tamerlane carried off the artisans to Persia. Sabres are still,... | |
| Conrad Malte-Brun - 1826 - 674 páginas
...Demeshy of the orientalists. ~ _ This city was once famous for the manufacture of sabres, mascue. which appear to have been made of thin lamina; of steel...so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The art of making them is lost, since Tamerlane carried off the artisans to Persia. Sabres are still... | |
| Conrad Malte-Brun - 1827 - 564 páginas
...city was once famous for the manufacture of sabres, which appear to have been made of thin laminae of steel and iron welded together so as to unite great flexibility with a keen «dge. The art of making them is lost, since Tamerlane carried ofT the artizans to Persia. Sabres are... | |
| Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 páginas
...Sham-el-Demeshy of the orientalists. This city was once famous for the manufacture of sabres, which appear to have been made of thin lamina; of steel...so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The art of making them is lost, since Tamerlane carried off the artizans to Persia. Sabres are still... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1830 - 362 páginas
...some private venture of the pilgrims." Damascus was once famous for the manufacture of sabres, which appear to have been made of thin lamina of steel and...so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The art of making them is lost since Tamerlane carried off the artisans to Persia. Sabres are still,... | |
| William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 páginas
...Khorassan, in Persia, after the invasion of Tamerlane. They appear to have been made of thin laminae of steel and iron, welded together, so as to unite...Those that are made now are of an inferior quality. When the business of the day is done, which is generally towards the AST, (three o'clock PM,) they... | |
| John R. Miles - 1846 - 512 páginas
...famous for the manufacture of sabres, which appear to have been made of thin laminae of iron and steel welded together, so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The temper of these blades was such as to cut through the finest armour, and to bend from the point... | |
| 1799 - 348 páginas
...formerly renowned for the manufacture of sword-blades, which appear to have been made of thin sheets of steel and iron welded together, so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. Timour carried off the workmen to Persia; but sabres of inferior duality continue to be made. Damascus... | |
| William Nicholson (of Halifax.) - 1870 - 932 páginas
...famous for the manufacture of sabres, which appear to have been mrde of thin lamina; of iron and steel welded together, so as to unite great flexibility with a keen edge. The art of making them is lost, since Tamerlane carried off the artizans to Persia. Damascushas also... | |
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