Die
a word with various applications. ) (1 In punching-machines, a bed-piece which has an opening the size of the punch, and through which driven. This piece may be a planchet the is or blank, or it may be merely a plug driven out of the object to form a bolt or rivet hole. In nut-machines the nutblanks may be made by one die and punched by another. (2) In forging, a device consisting of two parts which co-act to give to the piece swaged between them the desired form. (3) In sheet-metal or a cameo work and, intaglio a former die and between punch of sheet - metal is pressed was at length, in 1636, blow or simple pressure. In coining, both dies are intaglio, so as cameo or raised impression the establishment of the planchet. The upper in India. Abel Tasdie has the obverse, the face, which is often the bust of the sovereign or national 1642, gave the name of emblem. The lower die has the to the island now reverse, with an effigy, legend, value, to escutcheon the, as the case may be. Owing random way in which ornaments are disposed on coins, any general definition will no longer meet all cases. die will A sometimes deliver 250,000 impressions before it is necessary to remove it from the coining-press; and sometimes a die will crack at the first impression.
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Die-Sinking
the art of making dies for coins, medals, etc. It is a branch of engraving, but involves turning, tempering, and the use of other tools besides the graver.
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Diedrich Knickerbocker
the name over which Washington Irving wrote Knickerbocker's History of New York , published in 1809. See Irving ; Washington
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Diego Garcia
island of the an Indian Ocean, in lat. 7° S., and lon. 72° 73° E., extends in an irregular horseshoe shape, and is 30 miles long, embracing between its extremities three minor islets (the Chagos Islands). It contains and is very convenient for coaling pura spacious bay, poses. The group has about 700 inhabitants, and is a dependency of Mauritius.
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Dielman
FREDERICK, an American painter; born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 25, 1847; removed United States in childhood, and gradto the uated at Calvert College. He was a topographer and draughtsman in the United States Engineer Department in 1866-1872. He studied art under Diaz at Munich, and established a studio in New York in 1876. He is a member of the National Academy and other art organizations; ations Mosaic panels, "Law" and "History" ; was the designer of the Washington, D. C.; and was president Congressional Library at of the National Academy of Design (1889-1902), Professor lege of the City of New York (1903of Drawing, Col- 1918) and director of the Art School of Cooper Union.
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Dielytra
a genus of plants beto the longing natural order Fumariaceæ, or Fumitories. The best known is D. spectabilis, a native of northern China and Siberia, now common in European and other gardens. It blossoms in April and May, and its long drooping racemes of purplish-red blossoms present a very graceful appearance. It grows freely in the open air. It is sometimes virgin's heart, but is more commonly called pendent heart or known as bleeding heart. to ministrator DIEMEN India, he;, born ANTON in 1593. VAN, Having a Dutch gone adwhich a piece speedily rose to the highest dignities, and into shape by a made governor general. He administered the government to make a with much ability, and contributed much to upon each face of Dutch commerce man, whom South Seas he in sent with a vessel to the Van Diemen's Land called 1645. Tasmania. Van Diemen died in
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Dieppe
a seaport town of , France department of Seine-Inférieure, on the English Channel, at the embouchure of the Arques, 93 miles N. N. W. of Paris. Almost the only public edifices worth special notice are the two Gothic churches, St. Jacques, begun in the 13th century, and St. and the old castle (1433), now a bar- Rémi, founded in 1522, rack. To the W. of Dieppe proper is the suburb La Barre; and side of the harbor La Pollet, inhabited on the opposite chiefly by sailors and fishermen. The port is spacious, admitting vessels of 1,200 tons burden; but it cannot be entered at low water. Dieppe is one of the chief watering places of France, and is much frequented by visitors in summer and autumn. The great bathing establishment forms a luxurious retreat for bathers and invalids, and includes a ball-room and other attractions. The manufactures include works in ivory, ks in the most famed in Europe; works in horn and bone, lace-making, sugar-refining, ship-building, etc. There is a busy fishery, and the foreign trade is still considerable. There is constant steam intercourse between this port and Newhaven. In early times Dieppe was the chief port of France, but its prosperity diminished after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685). Pop. about 25,000.
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Dies Irae
di'ez i're, or day of wrath, an impressive Latin hymn sung at funeral exercises or at requiem mass. It was written by a Franciscan monk about 1250; at least it appeared at Venice at about that date. The first two stanzas are as follows: Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste David cum Sibylla. Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando Judex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus! The entire hymn consists of seventeen three-line stanzas and a final stanza of four lines. Its effect, when sung by a choir beneath the vaulted roof of a cathedral to the rich accompaniment of an organ, is said to be peculiarly solemn and thrilling. Numerous translations have been made-one by General John A. Dix.
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Diesel
RUDOLF, a German inventor, born in Paris in 1858. He studied in England and at the Polytechnic School in Munich. After his graduation he lived in Paris for a few RUDOLF DIESEL years, acting as manager of a refrigerating company. He finally settled in Munich in 1895. After some years of experiment he successfully solved the problem of the internal combustion engine and patented his DIESEL ENGINE (q. v.). In 1912 he delivered a series of lectures in the United States. Called the next year by the British Admiralty to consult with them in reference to his engine, his career was brought to an untimely end by drowning in the English Channel. His monograph on the Diesel Engine has been translated as "Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor".
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