American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 |
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... considerable degree of damp- ness , will occasion the gold to peel off . When dirty , it may be cleaned with a soft brush , and hot spirit of wine , or oil of turpentine . It is chiefly used on pic- ture frames , mouldings , and stucco ...
... considerable degree of damp- ness , will occasion the gold to peel off . When dirty , it may be cleaned with a soft brush , and hot spirit of wine , or oil of turpentine . It is chiefly used on pic- ture frames , mouldings , and stucco ...
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... considerable suc- cess . The metal , being previously polish- ed , is heated to about the temperature of melted lead , and covered with a double layer of gold leaf : by the cautious appli- cation of a blood stone burnisher , applied ...
... considerable suc- cess . The metal , being previously polish- ed , is heated to about the temperature of melted lead , and covered with a double layer of gold leaf : by the cautious appli- cation of a blood stone burnisher , applied ...
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... considerable heat is required , though inferior to that requi- site for burnishing down ; and , secondly , that , even with all possible care , the gild- ing is apt to be rough and scale off . A very considerable improvement in this way ...
... considerable heat is required , though inferior to that requi- site for burnishing down ; and , secondly , that , even with all possible care , the gild- ing is apt to be rough and scale off . A very considerable improvement in this way ...
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... considerable distance be- yond the edge of the ice in the valley of Montanvert , yet their example operated so powerfully as to induce several others to imitate them , and proceed to the boun dary whence they returned ; at length M. de ...
... considerable distance be- yond the edge of the ice in the valley of Montanvert , yet their example operated so powerfully as to induce several others to imitate them , and proceed to the boun dary whence they returned ; at length M. de ...
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... Considerable difference of opinion has prevailed amongst philosophers , whether the masses of ice and snow in these regions of endless winter increase , de- crease , or remain ucarly stationary ; Mr. Coxe seems inclined to think they ...
... Considerable difference of opinion has prevailed amongst philosophers , whether the masses of ice and snow in these regions of endless winter increase , de- crease , or remain ucarly stationary ; Mr. Coxe seems inclined to think they ...
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