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... 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 emery is taken out of iron mines , and al- most the only sort used in ...
... 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 emery is taken out of iron mines , and al- most the only sort used in ...
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... 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 emery is taken out of iron mines , and al- most the only sort used in ...
... 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 emery is taken out of iron mines , and al- most the only sort used in ...
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... metal when it came to con- tract by cooling . The enameller's furnace is square , and built of bricks bedded in an earth proper for the purpose . It may be considered as con- sisting of two parts , the lower part which receives a muffle ...
... metal when it came to con- tract by cooling . The enameller's furnace is square , and built of bricks bedded in an earth proper for the purpose . It may be considered as con- sisting of two parts , the lower part which receives a muffle ...
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... metal is used , the common practice is to apply a coating of opaque white enamel , and upon this other colours which are more fusible than the white . A good effect is produced in toys by leaving part of the gold bare . For this purpose ...
... metal is used , the common practice is to apply a coating of opaque white enamel , and upon this other colours which are more fusible than the white . A good effect is produced in toys by leaving part of the gold bare . For this purpose ...
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... metal , and that of gold , should be combined . Violet is likewise obtained from the pur- ple oxide of gold . This colour proceeds from having a greater quantity of lead in the flux , and it is nearly of the same tint , whether crude or ...
... metal , and that of gold , should be combined . Violet is likewise obtained from the pur- ple oxide of gold . This colour proceeds from having a greater quantity of lead in the flux , and it is nearly of the same tint , whether crude or ...
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| Title | The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3 The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, William Nicholson |
| Author | William Nicholson |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham, 1809 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2006 |
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