American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... ad- heres to the sticky surface of the size , and after a few minutes the dexterous ap- plication of a large camel's hair brush sweeps away the loose particles of the gold leaf without disturbing the rest . In a day GILDING .
... ad- heres to the sticky surface of the size , and after a few minutes the dexterous ap- plication of a large camel's hair brush sweeps away the loose particles of the gold leaf without disturbing the rest . In a day GILDING .
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... hair pencil : when quite dry , the glass is put in a stove heat- ed to about the temperature of an anneal- ing oven , the gum burns off , and the borax by vitrifying cements the gold with great firmness to the glass ; after which it may ...
... hair pencil : when quite dry , the glass is put in a stove heat- ed to about the temperature of an anneal- ing oven , the gum burns off , and the borax by vitrifying cements the gold with great firmness to the glass ; after which it may ...
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... hair of the head . It may be observed , that before the wire be reduced to this excessive fineness , it is drawn through above an hundred and forty dif- ferent holes , and that each time they draw it , it is rubbed afresh over with new ...
... hair of the head . It may be observed , that before the wire be reduced to this excessive fineness , it is drawn through above an hundred and forty dif- ferent holes , and that each time they draw it , it is rubbed afresh over with new ...
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... hair of the head , finish the work . To dispose the wire to be spun on silk , they pass it between two rollers of a little mill : these rollers are of nicely polished steel , and about three inches in diameter . They are set very close ...
... hair of the head , finish the work . To dispose the wire to be spun on silk , they pass it between two rollers of a little mill : these rollers are of nicely polished steel , and about three inches in diameter . They are set very close ...
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... hair plucked from the tail of a horse , many ignorant persons have entertained the absurd notion of its being no other than a horse hair , reorganized and animated into a complete and separate animal . G. filum is found in the bark of ...
... hair plucked from the tail of a horse , many ignorant persons have entertained the absurd notion of its being no other than a horse hair , reorganized and animated into a complete and separate animal . G. filum is found in the bark of ...
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