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  <dc:title>Figure, arcutio by Oliver St John</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Ink figure of an 'arcuccio' [arcutio], or wooden frame, which St John suggest can be placed under bedclothes during the winter to prevent a child from being smothered. Parts of the frame are labelled a-e and described. The length of the frame is '2 feet 3 inches and a half' and the width is '1 foot 1 inch'.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract of a letter from Oliver St. John, Esq; F. R. S. dated from Florence, November the 30th, 1731, N. S. Communicated by R. Graham, F. R. S.'</dc:description>
  <dc:date>[1731]</dc:date>
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