[10] 247:7 Brownrigg. A notorious murderess living in England in the middle of the eighteenth century. She was hanged and her skeleton is still preserved.
[11] 247:8 Mannings. Marie Manning and her husband murdered a former suitor. They were given, a death sentence.
[12] 247:9 Thurtell. A gambler who quarrelled with Weare and killed him after he had professed peace. He designed his own gallows.
[13] 247:25 horologist. One who makes timepieces.
[14] 249:27 scission. A cleaving or a dividing.
[15] 250:25 Sheraton. Next to Chippendale the greatest furniture designer and cabinet-maker.
[16] 250:25 marquetry. An inlay of some thin material in the surface of a piece of furniture or other object.
[17] 251:23 Jacobean. Pertaining to the time of James I of England.
[18] 253:12 travesty. A grotesque imitation.
[19] 254:3 sophistry. Methods of the Greek sophists.