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A Silversmith weighing clipped coins

A Silversmith weighing clipped coins .jpg King or Chief of Franks armed with the Seramasax, from a Miniature of the Ninth CenturyThumbnailsLouisa M. AlcottKing or Chief of Franks armed with the Seramasax, from a Miniature of the Ninth CenturyThumbnailsLouisa M. AlcottKing or Chief of Franks armed with the Seramasax, from a Miniature of the Ninth CenturyThumbnailsLouisa M. AlcottKing or Chief of Franks armed with the Seramasax, from a Miniature of the Ninth CenturyThumbnailsLouisa M. AlcottKing or Chief of Franks armed with the Seramasax, from a Miniature of the Ninth CenturyThumbnailsLouisa M. AlcottKing or Chief of Franks armed with the Seramasax, from a Miniature of the Ninth CenturyThumbnailsLouisa M. AlcottKing or Chief of Franks armed with the Seramasax, from a Miniature of the Ninth CenturyThumbnailsLouisa M. Alcott

Making lime from oyster shells in a kiln, about 1625. (Conjectural sketch by Sidney E. King.)