Crucible
a melting-pot of platinum to stand sudden and great alterations of temperature without cracking, to resist the corrosive action of the substance fused in it and the action of the fuel.
They are mentioned by the Greek authors, are shown in the ancient Egyptian paintthe corrosive action of the substance fused in it and the action of the fuel. CRUELTY TO CHILDREN for their own use. Metallic crucibles are of platinum, silver, or iron.
TION OF. In the common law animals CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, PREVENexogens, alliance cistales. were considered merely as property and cruelty to them was punishable only were considered merely as property and when it became a nuisance. The general edy abuses did not fail to make the attempt here. In 1824 a society was organized and after some years secured tempt here. In 1824 a society was organized and after some years secured the passage of a statute fining anyone who "shall cruelly beat, ill-treat, overdrive, abuse, or torture" animals menthe leader in securing similar acts of the State legislatures in the United States, the leader in securing similar acts of the State legislatures in the United States, and before the end of the century nearly all the States had made cruelty to animost effective societies for the prevention mals a punishable offense. One of the of cruelty to animals is that of Pennsylowners of animals rather than by threatvania. Its aim is the education of the ening them with the law. It has agi- tated to secure the use of proper harness, the abolition of the check rein, and the discontinuance of the practice of dock- ing horses' tails. In 1874 they provided disabled animals and devised a derrick the first ambulance for the removal of disabled animals and devised a derrick for hoisting them out of holes. Some for stray cats and dogs and places where States have societies providing homes for stray cats and dogs and places where King Edward VII., when Prince of they can be put to death without pain.
Wales, was much interested in the movement to prevent cruelty to horses and his precept and example greatly aided the work of the societies in England.
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN, PRE- The influence of the VENTION OF.
Roman law in conferring such absolute power over children in the parents operated to restrain any attempts to interated to restrain any attempts to interuntil 1875 that the first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, that of New York, was founded. By 1920 vention of cruelty to children numbered societies having for their object the premore than 350. Their work is to discover cases of cruelty and present the facts to the courts for action. The main object of the societies is to see that the acts passed by the legislature are enforced, and in this respect also t passed by the legislature are enforced, cieties are maintained by private subscriptions, but in some States, such as Colorado, the State makes a semi-annual scriptions, but in some States, such as ture of that State made the society the they perform an CRUIKSHANK "State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection."