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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... oxide of chrome 3.25 , lime 1.6 , and water 2. The oriental emerald is a green corundum , or resplendent lustre , superior in hardness to every stone but the diamond , and of the specific gravity of 4 . EMERSION , in astronomy , is when ...
... oxide of chrome 3.25 , lime 1.6 , and water 2. The oriental emerald is a green corundum , or resplendent lustre , superior in hardness to every stone but the diamond , and of the specific gravity of 4 . EMERSION , in astronomy , is when ...
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... oxide of tin , to them . The basis of all enamels is therefore a perfectly transparent and fusible glass . The oxide of tin renders this a beautiful white , the perfection of which is greater when a small quantity of manganese is ...
... oxide of tin , to them . The basis of all enamels is therefore a perfectly transparent and fusible glass . The oxide of tin renders this a beautiful white , the perfection of which is greater when a small quantity of manganese is ...
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... oxide of tin , and one twenty - fifth of a part of oxide of cobalt melted together made an enamel ; which , when ground , and applied as the others , fused with a less degree of heat , This , Mr. Rinman imagines , would have been acted ...
... oxide of tin , and one twenty - fifth of a part of oxide of cobalt melted together made an enamel ; which , when ground , and applied as the others , fused with a less degree of heat , This , Mr. Rinman imagines , would have been acted ...
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... oxide of tin three ; oxide of cobalt , one - eighth of a part , gave a smooth pearl co- loured enamel , not brittle or subject to crack , and capable of enduring sudden changes of heat and cold , as well as the ac- tion of oils ...
... oxide of tin three ; oxide of cobalt , one - eighth of a part , gave a smooth pearl co- loured enamel , not brittle or subject to crack , and capable of enduring sudden changes of heat and cold , as well as the ac- tion of oils ...
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... oxides that can support such a fire without being volatilized or discoloured . Their solvent is the feldspar . As they in-- corporate with the glaze they never crack , and are more brilliant . The third receptacle of metallic vitri ...
... oxides that can support such a fire without being volatilized or discoloured . Their solvent is the feldspar . As they in-- corporate with the glaze they never crack , and are more brilliant . The third receptacle of metallic vitri ...
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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...