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Description:Excerpt from The Journal of the Institute of Metals, 1913, Vol. 10 The Dragon is placed at the top of the Beffroi, Ghent, at a height of 300 feet. It is made entirely of copper sheet, riveted together, and gilded. In length it. Is 11 feet 6 inches, measured from the tip of the tongue to the end of the tail. The height is 6 feet, from the feet to the ears, and the width 2 feet 6 inches. The Dragon was constructed in Ghent in 1377 - 78, and was regarded as the guardian of the city treasury and archives. It was for this reason that it was placed in its dominating position at the top of the tower. During the Middle Ages it was taken down several times for regilding. On one of these occasions, in 1543, there was placed in it, prior to its re-erection, a Copper box containing money of the period and parchment records, a box which was opened some hundreds of years later, and which is now in the Museum at Ghent. The last time the Dragon was taken down was in 1912, when it was repaired and regilded in readiness for the Ghent International Exhibition of 1913. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Journal of the Institute of Metals, 1913, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Journal of the Institute of Metals, 1913, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Journal of the Institute of Metals, 1913, Vol. 10 The Dragon is placed at the top of the Beffroi, Ghent, at a height of 300 feet. It is made entirely of copper sheet, riveted together, and gilded. In length it. Is 11 feet 6 inches, measured from the tip of the tongue to the end of the tail. The height is 6 feet, from the feet to the ears, and the width 2 feet 6 inches. The Dragon was constructed in Ghent in 1377 - 78, and was regarded as the guardian of the city treasury and archives. It was for this reason that it was placed in its dominating position at the top of the tower. During the Middle Ages it was taken down several times for regilding. On one of these occasions, in 1543, there was placed in it, prior to its re-erection, a Copper box containing money of the period and parchment records, a box which was opened some hundreds of years later, and which is now in the Museum at Ghent. The last time the Dragon was taken down was in 1912, when it was repaired and regilded in readiness for the Ghent International Exhibition of 1913. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Journal of the Institute of Metals, 1913, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Journal of the Institute of Metals, 1913, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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