Dovetail joint as an "English dovetail." Craftsmen use a 'half-blind dovetail' when they do not want the end grain visible from the front of the joint. The tails fit into mortises in the ends of the board that is the front of the item, hiding their ends. Half-blind dovetails are commonly used to fasten drawer fronts to drawer sides. This is an alternative to the practice of attaching false fronts to drawers constructed using through dovetails. The 'secret mitred dovetail' joint (also called a 'mitred blind dovetail', 'full-blind dovetail', or 'full-blind mitred dovetail') is used in the highest class of cabinet and
Bartolomé Mitre He wrote the best accounts of South America's wars of independence and published many works, amongst which are: There is an abridged translation of the "Historia de San Martín", entitled "The Emancipation of South America" (London, 1893) by W. Pilling. Mitre's speeches were collected as "Arengas" (third edition, three volumes, 1902). Bartolomé Mitre Bartolomé Mitre Martínez (26 June 1821 – 19 January 1906) was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868. Mitre was born in Buenos Aires to a Greek family originally named Mitropoulos. As a liberal, he was an