FOOTNOTES:

[1] This doubtless gave the name to the operation of shaping.

[2] About this there is some uncertainty; the writer, from personal recollection, believes it to be correct, but some modern Frenchmen claim the honour on behalf of M. Desireau, while others assign priority to M. Légat.

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Minor punctuation errors have been corrected.

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