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Definition of Tympans
1. tympan [n] - See also: tympan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tympans
Literary usage of Tympans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"These tympans consist of, first, the outer Tympan, of dimensions according to
... The inner tympans are formed of two parts, having each part three sides, ..."
2. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"... acquired some ideas on the subjects of rollers and inks, the learner may
proceed to commence operations by covering the tympans, both inner and outer. ..."
3. A Letter from the Chevalier Antonio Canova, And, Two Memoirs Read to the by Ennio Quirino Visconti, Antonio Canova (1816)
"SCULPTURES OP THE tympans of THE PARTHENON. Since the discovery of the statues
which ornamented the pediments of the temple of Jupiter ..."
4. Gum-elastic and Its Varieties: With a Detailed Account of Its Applications by Charles Goodyear (1853)
"Printing tympans. Printers'rolls. Compressing apparatus. Preserving apparatus.
Improved portable preserving apparatus. Steelyards and scales. ..."
5. The printers' practical every-day-book by Thomas Shaw Houghton (1841)
"The best way of putting it on is, to wet round the edges only, in which state it
should be put on the iron tympans, with good thick paste, ..."
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