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Definition of Planchettes
1. planchette [n] - See also: planchette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planchettes
Literary usage of Planchettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1906)
"The geomancer—The almanack—Sellers of lies—Palmists, spirit-mediums, and other
humbugs—planchettes—The ..."
2. Architectural Pottery: Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terra-cottas ...by Léon Lefêvre by Léon Lefêvre (1900)
"... Transformation into Flat Tiles, into Jointed Tiles—Screw, Cam and Revolver
Presses—Particulars of Tile-presses—(2) Drying— planchettes, Shelves, ..."
3. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1868)
"They trundle in the windows of the tract-house and tobacco stores, dunce among
opera scores and Sunday school bonks—heart-shaped planchettes, ..."
4. Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals by Samuel Franklin Emmons, George Ferdinand Becker (1885)
"They punch two planchettes, side by side, from the strip at a single stroke. ...
Testing the planchettes.—A trial blank is taken from the middle and from ..."
5. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1906)
"The geomancer—The almanack—Sellers of lies—Palmists, spirit-mediums, and other
humbugs—planchettes—The ..."
6. Architectural Pottery: Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terra-cottas ...by Léon Lefêvre by Léon Lefêvre (1900)
"... Transformation into Flat Tiles, into Jointed Tiles—Screw, Cam and Revolver
Presses—Particulars of Tile-presses—(2) Drying— planchettes, Shelves, ..."
7. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1868)
"They trundle in the windows of the tract-house and tobacco stores, dunce among
opera scores and Sunday school bonks—heart-shaped planchettes, ..."
8. Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals by Samuel Franklin Emmons, George Ferdinand Becker (1885)
"They punch two planchettes, side by side, from the strip at a single stroke. ...
Testing the planchettes.—A trial blank is taken from the middle and from ..."
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