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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... means of a brush : when the mixture is almost dry , the gold - leaf may be laid on , and af- terwards burnished . The last method is , to mix up some gold powder with size , and make the letters of this by means of a brush . The edges ...
... means of a brush : when the mixture is almost dry , the gold - leaf may be laid on , and af- terwards burnished . The last method is , to mix up some gold powder with size , and make the letters of this by means of a brush . The edges ...
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... means of some adhesive medium ; this , however , is not the case with gilding upon metals ; the gold is brought into immediate contact with the other me . tal , and they both remain firmly united merely by the attraction of adhesion sub ...
... means of some adhesive medium ; this , however , is not the case with gilding upon metals ; the gold is brought into immediate contact with the other me . tal , and they both remain firmly united merely by the attraction of adhesion sub ...
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... means , and with the same evenness , as takes place in the case last described . To obviate this inconvenience , advantage is very ingeniously taken of the action of nitric acid to facilitate the adhesion of the copper and mercury , in ...
... means , and with the same evenness , as takes place in the case last described . To obviate this inconvenience , advantage is very ingeniously taken of the action of nitric acid to facilitate the adhesion of the copper and mercury , in ...
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... means na- turally dissolve far more rapidly than if they remained stationary . Another means of dissolution arises from evaporation , which takes place on every portion of the globe , however ele- vated . Exclusive of the above causes ...
... means na- turally dissolve far more rapidly than if they remained stationary . Another means of dissolution arises from evaporation , which takes place on every portion of the globe , however ele- vated . Exclusive of the above causes ...
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... means of offence were a weapon called a fuscina , and a net . With the latter in his right hand , he endeavoured to entangle his adversary , and with the fuscina in the left he aimed mortal blows at him ; but as this description of ...
... means of offence were a weapon called a fuscina , and a net . With the latter in his right hand , he endeavoured to entangle his adversary , and with the fuscina in the left he aimed mortal blows at him ; but as this description of ...
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