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It is claimed that the Arabs used playing cards at a much earlier date. It is estimated that over sixteen million packs of playing cards are made annually in the United States. IT IS CLAIMED THAT THE ARABS USED PLAYING CARDS AT A MUCH EARLIER DATE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER SIXTEEN MILLION PACKS OF PLAIN CARDS ARE MADE ANNUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES
ut 67 to the square mile, as against 26 to the square mile in the United States. The climate is tropical. =Pianoforte.=--The piano or pianoforte is said to have been invented in Italy and to have appeared in 1714. Germany, however, claims the honor of its invention. It was introduced into England in 1766. =Plate Glass.=--The sand, out of which glass is made, is melted until it is of about the consistency of molasses. It is then poured into a casting trough or a table mounted on wheels so it can be run close to the mouth of the furnace. The molten glass is poured into the trough through a sluice-way, and before it hardens, heavy rollers pass over it, reducing it to the required thickness. It is rolled to about 9-16 of an inch, and then by further rolling and polishing it is reduced to the required thickness. It further passes through a smelting oven which thoroughly hardens it. Then, it is again polished. =Playing Cards.=--The origin is unknown, although they appeared in Europe in 1350.  AS AGAINST TWENTY SIX TO THE SQUARE MILE IN THE UNITED STATES THE CLIMATE IS TROPICAL PIANOFORTE THE PIANO OR PIANOFORTE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INVENTED IN ITALY AND WHO HAVE APPEARED IN SEVENTEEN FOURTEEN GERMANY HOWEVER CLAIMS THE HONOR OF ITS INVENTION IT WAS INTRODUCED INTO ENGLAND IN SEVENTEEN SIXTY SIX PLATE GLASS THE SAND OUT OF WHICH GLASS IS MADE IS MELTED UNTIL IT IS OF ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF MOLASSES IT IS THEN POURED INTO A CASTING TROUGH OR A TABLE MOUNTED ON WHEELS SO IT CAN BE RUN CLOSE TO THE MOUTH OF THE FURNACE THE MOLTEN GLASS IS POURED INTO THE TROUGH THROUGH A SLUICE WAY AND BEFORE IT HARDENS HEAVY ROLLERS PASS OVER IT REDUCING IT TO THE REQUIRED THICKNESS IT IS ROLLED TO ABOUT NINE SIXTEENTHS OF AN INCH AND THEN BY FURTHER ROLLING AND POLISHING IT IS REDUCED TO THE REQUIRED THICKNESS IT FURTHER PASSES THROUGH A SMELTING OVEN WHICH THOROUGHLY HARDENS IT THEN IT IS AGAIN POLISHED PLAYING CARDS THE ORIGIN IS UNKNOWN ALTHOUGH THEY APPEARED IN EUROPE IN THIRTEEN FIFTY
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