The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... taken out of iron mines , and al- most the only sort used in England ; it is of a brownish colour , bordering a little on red , exceedingly hard , and in consequence diffi- cult to pulverize . The English are the only people who have ...
... taken out of iron mines , and al- most the only sort used in England ; it is of a brownish colour , bordering a little on red , exceedingly hard , and in consequence diffi- cult to pulverize . The English are the only people who have ...
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... taken , by way of example , of fixing a transparent blue enamel upon gold of 22 carats . The artist begins his operation by break- ing his enamel into small pieces in a steel mortar , and afterwards pulverizing it in a mortar of agate ...
... taken , by way of example , of fixing a transparent blue enamel upon gold of 22 carats . The artist begins his operation by break- ing his enamel into small pieces in a steel mortar , and afterwards pulverizing it in a mortar of agate ...
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... taken out by long spring pincers . The work is placed as near as possible at the farther extremity of the muffle ; and as soon as the artist per- ceives a commencement of fusion , he turns it round with great delicacy , in order that ...
... taken out by long spring pincers . The work is placed as near as possible at the farther extremity of the muffle ; and as soon as the artist per- ceives a commencement of fusion , he turns it round with great delicacy , in order that ...
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... taken out , the engine cleared , and enclosed again in a very short time , even when the engine is in use , if found necessary . The two upper valves , p q , and chamber , K , can also be cleared with equal ease , by screwing out the ...
... taken out , the engine cleared , and enclosed again in a very short time , even when the engine is in use , if found necessary . The two upper valves , p q , and chamber , K , can also be cleared with equal ease , by screwing out the ...
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... taken in sharpening it , that the original general form should be pre- served , by laying the sides flat upon the oil- stone , and rubbing them so as not to round them in the least , after which the graver is to be held sloping towards ...
... taken in sharpening it , that the original general form should be pre- served , by laying the sides flat upon the oil- stone , and rubbing them so as not to round them in the least , after which the graver is to be held sloping towards ...
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