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 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 |
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... supposed to be lost , because out of fashion . It , however , too immediately depends on the art of painting on enamel and porcelain to be lost . Descriptions of the processes may be found in different books . A book , entitled “ L ...
... supposed to be lost , because out of fashion . It , however , too immediately depends on the art of painting on enamel and porcelain to be lost . Descriptions of the processes may be found in different books . A book , entitled “ L ...
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... supposed , that by previous ly reducing the colour flamed carmine , already mixed with its solvent into a vitreous matter , the last tint would be obtained ; but the fire which must be used to melt this vitreous mass destroys the red ...
... supposed , that by previous ly reducing the colour flamed carmine , already mixed with its solvent into a vitreous matter , the last tint would be obtained ; but the fire which must be used to melt this vitreous mass destroys the red ...
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... supposed to re- ceive some aid from the graver ; the book- sellers , taking the hint , have encouraged the predilection of the public , which has operated as a stimulus to the artist , and the consequence is , that the graphic em ...
... supposed to re- ceive some aid from the graver ; the book- sellers , taking the hint , have encouraged the predilection of the public , which has operated as a stimulus to the artist , and the consequence is , that the graphic em ...
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... supposed to commu- nicate with a continued chain , as it were , of lungs , or something analogous to them , distributed throughout the whole length of the body ; the head is furnished with a pair of what are termed antennæ , or horns ...
... supposed to commu- nicate with a continued chain , as it were , of lungs , or something analogous to them , distributed throughout the whole length of the body ; the head is furnished with a pair of what are termed antennæ , or horns ...
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... supposed , mere hemispherical bodies of plane and simple surfaces , but examination proves them to be composed of an immense assemblage of highly wrought hexagonal fascets , each furnish- ed with its proper optic nerve , retina , & c ...
... supposed , mere hemispherical bodies of plane and simple surfaces , but examination proves them to be composed of an immense assemblage of highly wrought hexagonal fascets , each furnish- ed with its proper optic nerve , retina , & c ...
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