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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... substances for the purpose of decoration ; but on ac- count of its dearness and weight , it can very seldom be employed in substance , and its ornamental use would be limited , indeed , if it were not at the same time the most ...
... substances for the purpose of decoration ; but on ac- count of its dearness and weight , it can very seldom be employed in substance , and its ornamental use would be limited , indeed , if it were not at the same time the most ...
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... substances being prepared by the gilder himself , may be with propriety described here . The amalgam of gold is made , by heating in a crucible some pure quicksilver ; and when it is nearly boiling , adding to it about a sixth of its ...
... substances being prepared by the gilder himself , may be with propriety described here . The amalgam of gold is made , by heating in a crucible some pure quicksilver ; and when it is nearly boiling , adding to it about a sixth of its ...
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... substance . The most usual method of covering the face of a metal with gold is by means of an amalgam , or , as it is technically called , water - gilding . If the metal to be gilt is silver , the best method of proceeding is , first to ...
... substance . The most usual method of covering the face of a metal with gold is by means of an amalgam , or , as it is technically called , water - gilding . If the metal to be gilt is silver , the best method of proceeding is , first to ...
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... substance too well known to admit of a definition . It is a compound of the fixed alkalies , or alkaline earths , with silica , brought into complete fusion , and then suddenly congealed . Silica , when mixed with the fixed alkalies ...
... substance too well known to admit of a definition . It is a compound of the fixed alkalies , or alkaline earths , with silica , brought into complete fusion , and then suddenly congealed . Silica , when mixed with the fixed alkalies ...
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... substance cannot subsist . All things are contained and move in him , but without any mutual passion ; that is , he suffers nothing from the motions of bodies , nor do they under- go any resistance from his omnipresence . to us . need ...
... substance cannot subsist . All things are contained and move in him , but without any mutual passion ; that is , he suffers nothing from the motions of bodies , nor do they under- go any resistance from his omnipresence . to us . need ...
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