The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... experiments , The purest gold , of 24 carats , is calculated to produce the best effect with enamel . 1. Because it entirely preserves the metallic brilliancy , without undergoing any oxidation in the fire . 2. Being less fusible , it ...
... experiments , The purest gold , of 24 carats , is calculated to produce the best effect with enamel . 1. Because it entirely preserves the metallic brilliancy , without undergoing any oxidation in the fire . 2. Being less fusible , it ...
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... experiments have been made on the subject by Mr. Soen Rinman of the Royal Academy of Stockholm . The following compositions he found answer very well on copper . 1. The white semitransparent fluor spar and sulphate of lime in equal ...
... experiments have been made on the subject by Mr. Soen Rinman of the Royal Academy of Stockholm . The following compositions he found answer very well on copper . 1. The white semitransparent fluor spar and sulphate of lime in equal ...
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... experiment . He placed this colour on win- dow glass , and fired it very strongly and it did not change . He then covered some parts of it with minium , and again exposed it to the fire . The colours totally disappeared in those places ...
... experiment . He placed this colour on win- dow glass , and fired it very strongly and it did not change . He then covered some parts of it with minium , and again exposed it to the fire . The colours totally disappeared in those places ...
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... experiment , and those are often varied in their results : as an illus- tration , we may suppose an artist provided with several pieces of copper granulated , and trying each successively by his watch with spirits of nitre diluted to ...
... experiment , and those are often varied in their results : as an illus- tration , we may suppose an artist provided with several pieces of copper granulated , and trying each successively by his watch with spirits of nitre diluted to ...
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... experiments which they under- took to elucidate this subject , that such a decomposition of the acid is not at all ... experiment on alcohol , he inferred , that the proportion of carbon to hydrogen in the ether , is as 5 to 1 ...
... experiments which they under- took to elucidate this subject , that such a decomposition of the acid is not at all ... experiment on alcohol , he inferred , that the proportion of carbon to hydrogen in the ether , is as 5 to 1 ...
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