British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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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 , sufiering the fine suspend- ed particles 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 , sufiering the fine suspend- ed particles to subside from this ...
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... substances that compose them , the effects produced on them by the colours , and the changes they undergo . These are , 1. enamel ; soft porcelain , and all the glazes , enamels , or glasses , which contain lead in any considerable ...
... substances that compose them , the effects produced on them by the colours , and the changes they undergo . These are , 1. enamel ; soft porcelain , and all the glazes , enamels , or glasses , which contain lead in any considerable ...
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... substances to show them more clearly , are now extant on tombs in some hundreds of churches in England , the dates of many of which are prior to the time of his birth . This fact will serve to prove that the printing of engraved plates ...
... substances to show them more clearly , are now extant on tombs in some hundreds of churches in England , the dates of many of which are prior to the time of his birth . This fact will serve to prove that the printing of engraved plates ...
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... substance engraved , thus pre- venting the point from entering deeply , and impeding the progress of the tool . To engrave well requires good materi- als , though those are nearly confined to two , the graver , and the best copper ; the ...
... substance engraved , thus pre- venting the point from entering deeply , and impeding the progress of the tool . To engrave well requires good materi- als , though those are nearly confined to two , the graver , and the best copper ; the ...
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... substance fit to perform the operations of the tool , two rough dia- monds are cemented fast to the ends of the same number of sticks , and rubbed together till the form is obtained for which they are intended ; the powder thus produced ...
... substance fit to perform the operations of the tool , two rough dia- monds are cemented fast to the ends of the same number of sticks , and rubbed together till the form is obtained for which they are intended ; the powder thus produced ...
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