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China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)

Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 152

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^ the centre of gravity notbeing in the middle, the vehicle is liableto be overturned by the least jolt. n i4 U t4 … ARTS, AXD MANUFACTURES. 10 The villages in some provinces makeuse of bumboo wheelbarrows, very diffi-cult to hold and guide. M. de Guignessays that, having met an empty barrow,we endeavoured to wheel it, but it wasnot without difficulty that we couldmaintain its equilibrium; whence anopinion may be…

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