About 270 results for ‘Axe’
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Axe
The axe, or ax, is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood; to harvest timber; as a weapon; and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has many forms and specialized uses but generally consists of an axe head with a handle, or helve. The earliest examples of axes have heads of stone with some form of wooden handle attached in a method to suit the available materials and use. Axes made of copper, bronze, iron, steel appeared as these technologies developed. The axe is an example of a simple machine, as it is a type of wedge, or dual inclined plane. This reduces the effort needed by the wood chopper. It splits the wood into two parts by the pressure concentration at the blade. The handle of the axe also acts as a lever allowing the user to increase the force at the cutting edge—not using the full length of the handle is known as choking the axe. For fine chopping using a side axe this sometimes is a positive effect, but for felling with a double bitted axe it reduces efficiency. Generally, cutting axes have a shallow wedge angle, whereas splitting axes have a deeper angle. Most axes are double bevelled, i.e. symmetrical about the axis of the blade, but some specialist broadaxes have a single bevel blade, and usually an offset handle that allows them to be used for finishing work without putting the user's knuckles at risk of injury. Less common today, they were once an integral part of a joiner and carpenter's tool kit, not just a tool for use in forestry. A tool of similar origin is the billhook. However in France and Holland the billhook often replaced the axe as a joiner's bench tool. Most modern axes have steel heads and wooden handles, typically hickory in the US and ash in Europe, although plastic or fibreglass handles are also common. Modern axes are specialized by use, size and form. Hafted axes with short handles designed for use with one hand are often called hand axes but the term hand axe refers to axes without handles as well. Hatchets tend to be small hafted axes often with a hammer on the back side (the poll). As easy to make weapons, axes have frequently been used in combat.
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SAINT MATHIAS, / APOTRE (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Flower
- Portrait
- Saint Matthias
- Tree
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Crucifixion (titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Bartholomew the Apostle
- Book
- Christian cross
- Crucifixion of Jesus
- Death by sawing
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Planche de saintetés (Saint Pierre...Saint Mathieu) (titr...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aureola
- Axe
- Book
- Key (lock)
- Paul the Apostle
- Rooster
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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FELICITE / DES SAINTS MARTYRS (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Angel
- Anthony of Padua
- Axe
- Book
- Christian cross
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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St. JOSEPH, époux de Marie. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Axe
- Child Jesus
- Deciduous
- God the Father
- Lilium
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Cantiques spirituels. / SAINTE REINE, Martyre. (titre ins...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Executioner
- Tree
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LA POMPE A INCENDIE (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Firefighter
- Night
- Rope
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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Gallia / Pétrole / de / luxe
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Flame
- Helmet
- Moustache
- Prehensility
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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Suc de réglisse Carénoutur
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Prehensility
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Designation:
- bouton | netsuké (kagamibuta)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Boy
- Japanese people
- Sitting
- Snag (ecology)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Designation:
- assiette (historiée, creuse) | décor patriotique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Fasces
- Flag
- French Revolution
- Heart
- Phrygian cap
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Trappeur et indien d'Amérique
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Feather
- Horn (anatomy)
- Man
- Projectile
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Construction navale : motif de la tapisserie de la Reine ...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Boat
- Design engineer
- Harold Godwinson
- Laborer
- Tree
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peter Paul Rubens
LE MARTYRE DE SAINTE CATHERINE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Apollo
- Axe
- Catherine of Alexandria
- Crown (headgear)
- Dog
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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SAINT JUDE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Jude the Apostle
- Speech balloon
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- Date:
- 14th century
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FETE FLAMANDE AVEC LA RONDE AUTOUR DE L'ARBRE DE MAI
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alcohol intoxication
- Axe
- Crowd
- Deciduous
- Defecation
- Entertainment
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger
L'AUTOMNE ; PAYSAN TUANT UN PORC
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Axe
- Barrel
- Basket weaving
- Bell tower
- Child
- Deciduous
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- Date:
- 17th century
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