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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... sometimes glass and porcelain the se- cond method is practised with those sub- stances , such as wood , paper , lead , silk , lacquered and japanned ware , & c . which would be injured , and even destroyed , at the temperature requisite ...
... sometimes glass and porcelain the se- cond method is practised with those sub- stances , such as wood , paper , lead , silk , lacquered and japanned ware , & c . which would be injured , and even destroyed , at the temperature requisite ...
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... sometimes , especially in Germany , gilt on their edges ; this is done in two ways , either by a simple ad- hesive varnish , or by means of fire . The varnish is prepared , by dissolving in dry- ing linseed oil a quantity of gum amine ...
... sometimes , especially in Germany , gilt on their edges ; this is done in two ways , either by a simple ad- hesive varnish , or by means of fire . The varnish is prepared , by dissolving in dry- ing linseed oil a quantity of gum amine ...
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... sometimes had recourse to . For this purpose some gold powder is tempered with borax , and in this state ap- plied to the clean surface of the glass , with a clean camel's hair pencil : when quite dry , the glass is put in a stove heat ...
... sometimes had recourse to . For this purpose some gold powder is tempered with borax , and in this state ap- plied to the clean surface of the glass , with a clean camel's hair pencil : when quite dry , the glass is put in a stove heat ...
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... sometimes practised ; that is , the parts of the steel to be gilded are pencilled over with nitrate of mercury , by which they are covered with a slightly adhering coat of mercury ; then the amalgam is ap- plied , and the gilding ...
... sometimes practised ; that is , the parts of the steel to be gilded are pencilled over with nitrate of mercury , by which they are covered with a slightly adhering coat of mercury ; then the amalgam is ap- plied , and the gilding ...
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... sometimes occurs ; and the second arises from the more favoura- ble situatian of these parts for reflecting the rays of the sun , and the consequent melting of the snow . From hence down- wards the ice adhering to the cavities becomes ...
... sometimes occurs ; and the second arises from the more favoura- ble situatian of these parts for reflecting the rays of the sun , and the consequent melting of the snow . From hence down- wards the ice adhering to the cavities becomes ...
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