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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... gold and silver lie low upon the sketch , and are stitched with silk of the same colour . 3. Guimped embroidery : this is performed either in gold or silver ; they first make a sketch upon the cloth , then put on cut vel- lum , and ...
... gold and silver lie low upon the sketch , and are stitched with silk of the same colour . 3. Guimped embroidery : this is performed either in gold or silver ; they first make a sketch upon the cloth , then put on cut vel- lum , and ...
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... gold mines of Peru , and being judged a kind of marcasite of that rich metal , is prohibited to be export ed . The red emery is found in copper mines , and the little there is of it in England comes from Sweden and Denmark . The common ...
... gold mines of Peru , and being judged a kind of marcasite of that rich metal , is prohibited to be export ed . The red emery is found in copper mines , and the little there is of it in England comes from Sweden and Denmark . The common ...
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... gold , silver , and cop- per . Platina has indeed been used ; but of its effects and habitudes with enamel very little can be said , for want of a suffi- cient number of experiments , The purest gold , of 24 carats , is calculated to ...
... gold , silver , and cop- per . Platina has indeed been used ; but of its effects and habitudes with enamel very little can be said , for want of a suffi- cient number of experiments , The purest gold , of 24 carats , is calculated to ...
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... gold with rose work , or other kinds of work , calculated to produce a good effect through the enamel . The thickness of this first layer depends entirely upon its colour : delicate colours in general require that it should have no ...
... gold with rose work , or other kinds of work , calculated to produce a good effect through the enamel . The thickness of this first layer depends entirely upon its colour : delicate colours in general require that it should have no ...
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... gold for that purpose , and is polished along with the enamel . The enamelling upon silver is effected nearly in the same manner as that of gold ; but the changes sustained by the colours upon silver by the action of the fire are much ...
... gold for that purpose , and is polished along with the enamel . The enamelling upon silver is effected nearly in the same manner as that of gold ; but the changes sustained by the colours upon silver by the action of the fire are much ...
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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...