The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... less fusible , it will admit of a more refractory , and consequently a harder and more beautiful enamel . It is not usual , however , to enamel on finer gold than 22 carats ; and the operation would be very defective , if a coarser kind ...
... less fusible , it will admit of a more refractory , and consequently a harder and more beautiful enamel . It is not usual , however , to enamel on finer gold than 22 carats ; and the operation would be very defective , if a coarser kind ...
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... less management than the transparent . A variety of cir- cumstances must be attended to in transpa- rent colours ; every colour requires gold of a particular fineness . When different colours are intended to be placed beside one another ...
... less management than the transparent . A variety of cir- cumstances must be attended to in transpa- rent colours ; every colour requires gold of a particular fineness . When different colours are intended to be placed beside one another ...
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... less the mineral . These enamels were applied only on hammered iron , cast iron being too thick to be heated with sufficient quickness . But they have been applied to the thin cast ves- sels in England . It seems unnecessary to add ...
... less the mineral . These enamels were applied only on hammered iron , cast iron being too thick to be heated with sufficient quickness . But they have been applied to the thin cast ves- sels in England . It seems unnecessary to add ...
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... less pressure , accord- ing to the thickness of the line . Great care is necessary to carry the hand with such steadiness and skill as to prevent the end of the line from being stronger and deeper than the commencement ; and sufficient ...
... less pressure , accord- ing to the thickness of the line . Great care is necessary to carry the hand with such steadiness and skill as to prevent the end of the line from being stronger and deeper than the commencement ; and sufficient ...
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... less than twenty hands in height . For the cart - horse see Mammalia , Plate XI . fig . 2 . The colour of the horse is generally con- sidered as a matter of trifling consequence . A bright or shining bay appears in this country to ...
... less than twenty hands in height . For the cart - horse see Mammalia , Plate XI . fig . 2 . The colour of the horse is generally con- sidered as a matter of trifling consequence . A bright or shining bay appears in this country to ...
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Page 13 - The next Ulysses, measuring pace with pace; Behind him, diligently close, he sped, As closely following as the running thread The spindle follows, and displays the charms Of the fair spinster's breast, and moving arms : Graceful in motion thus his foe he plies, And treads each footstep ere the dust can rise: His glowing breath upon his shoulders plays ; Th...