The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... 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 produce the best effect with enamel . 1. Because it entirely preserves the ...
... 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 produce the best effect with enamel . 1. Because it entirely preserves the ...
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... 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 great thickness . The moist enamel being thus placed , is dried by applying a ...
... 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 great thickness . The moist enamel being thus placed , is dried by applying a ...
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... effect of oxyded lead as a discolourer of glass . We see that it does not operate as has been supposed , by burning combustible impurities in the glass , but by dissolving , discolouring , and volatilizing the oxide of iron , which may ...
... effect of oxyded lead as a discolourer of glass . We see that it does not operate as has been supposed , by burning combustible impurities in the glass , but by dissolving , discolouring , and volatilizing the oxide of iron , which may ...
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... effect of much greater moment ; and that the greatest effect or perfection is when it is set to work with four - ninths of that charge which is equivalent to the power , or will but just keep the machine in equilibrio . In all machines ...
... effect of much greater moment ; and that the greatest effect or perfection is when it is set to work with four - ninths of that charge which is equivalent to the power , or will but just keep the machine in equilibrio . In all machines ...
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... effect , which is done by touching the deficient parts with white or black chalk , on one of the proofs from the original draw- ing , and then endeavouring to make the plate similar by further scraping , or re - lay- ing the ground with ...
... effect , which is done by touching the deficient parts with white or black chalk , on one of the proofs from the original draw- ing , and then endeavouring to make the plate similar by further scraping , or re - lay- ing the ground with ...
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