SHOULDERING

, in Fortisication. See Epaulement.

SHWAN-pan, a Chinese instrument, composed of a number of wires, with beads upon them, which they move backwards and forwards, and which serves to assist them in their computations. See Abacus.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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SILLON
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