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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... substance used by the enamellers as a polishing material is known by the name of rotten - stone , which is prepared by pounding , washing , decanting off the turbid water , suffering the fine suspended parti- cles to subside from this ...
... substance used by the enamellers as a polishing material is known by the name of rotten - stone , which is prepared by pounding , washing , decanting off the turbid water , suffering the fine suspended parti- cles to subside from this ...
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... substance to be wrought is fixed in the lathe , turned by it , and the tool held to the substance , the engraver of chrystal , lapis lazuli , & c . fixes his tools in the lathe and holds the precious stone to them , thus forming vases ...
... substance to be wrought is fixed in the lathe , turned by it , and the tool held to the substance , the engraver of chrystal , lapis lazuli , & c . fixes his tools in the lathe and holds the precious stone to them , thus forming vases ...
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... substance used to form the grains of the subject ( which may be common resin , burgundy - pitch , ásphal- tum , gum - mastich , or gum - copal , either separate or mixed ) should be reduced to a fine powder and sifted , put into a piece ...
... substance used to form the grains of the subject ( which may be common resin , burgundy - pitch , ásphal- tum , gum - mastich , or gum - copal , either separate or mixed ) should be reduced to a fine powder and sifted , put into a piece ...
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... substance scattered over the plate is liable to objections , on ac- count of the difficulty of making the par ... substances may be mixed in such proportions as the artist prefers , and he must recollect that the resin makes the coarsest ...
... substance scattered over the plate is liable to objections , on ac- count of the difficulty of making the par ... substances may be mixed in such proportions as the artist prefers , and he must recollect that the resin makes the coarsest ...
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... substance more or less strong , and sometimes very hard and horny ; they do not breathe like larger animals , by lungs or gills situated in the upper part of the body ; but by a sort of spiracles , distributed in a series or row on each ...
... substance more or less strong , and sometimes very hard and horny ; they do not breathe like larger animals , by lungs or gills situated in the upper part of the body ; but by a sort of spiracles , distributed in a series or row on each ...
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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...