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Page 213 - A five-sided polygon is called a pentagon; one of six sides, a hexagon; of seven, a heptagon ; of eight, an octagon ; of nine, a nonagon ; of ten, a decagon ; etc.
Page 198 - ... commerce. The finest, and those most valued, are made of the fur of the beaver. They are also made either of the wool or hair of other animals, as the hare, rabbit, camel, goat, lamb, sheep, seal, mole, and of cotton, &c. The process is much the same in all ; and we shall therefore give that with beaver. The skin of this animal is covered with two kinds of hair ; the one long, stiff, and glossy ; the other short, thick, and soft, which alone is used in hats.