The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... applied . See PHAR- MACY . The following is a recipe for making the Ladies ' Court Plaster : " Dissolve five ounces of isinglass in a pint of water , and having ready a quantity of thin black sarse- net , stretched in a proper frame ...
... applied . See PHAR- MACY . The following is a recipe for making the Ladies ' Court Plaster : " Dissolve five ounces of isinglass in a pint of water , and having ready a quantity of thin black sarse- net , stretched in a proper frame ...
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... applied on the back surface , in order to counteract the effect which the other coating of glass might pro- duce on the soft metal when it came to con- tract by cooling . The enameller's furnace is square , and built of bricks bedded in ...
... applied on the back surface , in order to counteract the effect which the other coating of glass might pro- duce on the soft metal when it came to con- tract by cooling . The enameller's furnace is square , and built of bricks bedded in ...
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... applied a little warm to the vessel also warmed . Then dried and heated gradually to a certain point , a very strong heat , greater than is generally obtained in an assaying fur- nace , is to be applied as quickly as possible . 2. Sixty ...
... applied a little warm to the vessel also warmed . Then dried and heated gradually to a certain point , a very strong heat , greater than is generally obtained in an assaying fur- nace , is to be applied as quickly as possible . 2. Sixty ...
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... applied only on hammered iron , cast iron being too thick to be heated with sufficient quickness . But they have been applied to the thin cast ves- sels in England . It seems unnecessary to add , none of them will bear hard blows ; and ...
... applied only on hammered iron , cast iron being too thick to be heated with sufficient quickness . But they have been applied to the thin cast ves- sels in England . It seems unnecessary to add , none of them will bear hard blows ; and ...
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... applied to porcelain . They vary only in their proportions ; but a great number of the colours used for enamel and porcelain cannot be applied on glass ; many of them , when seen by transmitted light , entirely change their aspect , and ...
... applied to porcelain . They vary only in their proportions ; but a great number of the colours used for enamel and porcelain cannot be applied on glass ; many of them , when seen by transmitted light , entirely change their aspect , and ...
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