SAVOY 



SAWFISH 



bishop's formula, "I separate thee from the 

 church militant and the church triumphant," 

 were "Not from the church triumphant; that is 

 beyond thy power." M.B.T. 



Consult Lucas's Fra Girolamo Savonarola; 

 irdy's Savonarola, In World's Epoch Makers 

 Series. 



Related Subject*. The following articles in 

 these volumes contain information which will be 

 of interest in connection with this study of Savo- 

 narola : 



Medici, subhead Lorenzo 



the Magnificent 

 Ordeal and Combat, 

 Trial by 



Alexander (Pope) 

 Charles VIII (France) 

 Dominicans 

 Florence 



SAVOY' , HOUSE OF, the oldest reigning Euro- 

 pean dynasty, to which all the kings of United 

 Italy have belonged. The house was founded 

 by Humbert, first Count of Savoy, who flour- 

 ished between 1003 and 1056. For history of 

 the dynasty see ITALY, subtitle History of Italy. 



SAW, a cutting tool consisting of a metal 

 blade, one edge having teeth set at slight an- 

 gles to enable them to cut through wood, stone 



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IIOUS SAWS 



(a) Gang-saw l>la : mpass saw; (c) 



section of Inserted-tooth < irml.-ir .-:i\v ; (d) cir- 

 cular grooving saw; (c) section of chisel-tooth 

 '/) handsaw; (g) meat saw ; (h) 

 crosscut felling saw. 



or metal. There arc many kinds of saws, each 

 designed to meet certain requirements. 

 A circular saw consists of a circular plate of 

 ;>crcd steel, armed with teeth. This saw is 

 now used in most lumber mills of average size. 

 The saw is often as large as seven feet in 

 diameter, is revolved by machinery, the power 

 being supplied by steam, electricity, water or 

 gasoline, and is capable of sawing through 200 

 feet of wood, board measure, per minute. Cir- 

 cular saws are now made to cut disk-shaped 

 pieces of wood as well as straight flooring 

 boards and building material. 



Band saws Consist of bands of steel with 

 teeth, the band being passed over and operated 

 by pulleys. This saw is extensively used for 

 making barrel staves and many of the thinner 

 parts of furniture. The band saw and the cir- 

 cular saw are both stationary, the wood being 

 placed on a table and pressed against the cut- 

 ting edge of the saw. 



A crosscut saw, chiefly used in cutting logs, 

 is about eight feet long and provided with 

 teeth which cut in the backward as well as the 

 forward motion of the saw. The blade has a 

 handle at each end and the saw is operated by 

 two men who alternately pull the saw across 

 the surface of the wood. No pressure is ap- 

 plied, the weight of the saw being sufficient to 

 enable it to cut through the hardest woods. 



Butchers' and machinists' saws are made of 

 tempered steel and have very narrow blades with 

 fine teeth. A wood saw has a narrow blade 

 mounted on a frame of light but strong wood. 

 These operate on the principle of the crosscut 

 saw, but are short and are operated by one 

 man. 



Gang saws consist of a dozen or more saws 

 placed parallel to one another at equal dis- 

 tances apart. Such saws cut a vast amount of 

 lumber, reducing the roughly squared timber 

 of an entire log to boards of the required 

 thickness in one operation. The saws are set 

 as far apart as the thickness of the boards to 

 be cut, and the sliding frame on which the 

 logs are placed is moved forward against the 

 saws. The productive power of gang saws is 

 almost unlimited. F.ST.A. 



SAWFISH, a family of ray fish whos. 

 characteristic is the possession of a flat, sword- 

 like snout, which is used as a weapon of of- 

 fense and defense. Each side of the "saw" is 

 provided with a series of sharp teeth, and with 



A SAWFISH 



it the fish viciously tears open the bodies of its 



h are said to include such large 



marine animals as whales. Shoals of small 



fishes suffer particularly from attacks of saw- 



