British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... proportion . In this branch of the art the coloured enamels are some- times mixed with each other , and some- times the oxides are mixed before they are added to the vitreous bases . The enameller who is provided with a set of good ...
... proportion . In this branch of the art the coloured enamels are some- times mixed with each other , and some- times the oxides are mixed before they are added to the vitreous bases . The enameller who is provided with a set of good ...
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... proportions ; but a great number of the colours used for VOL.V. enamel and porcelain cannot be applied on glass ; many of them , when seen by transmitted light , entirely change their aspect , and exhibit an obscure tint , which can be ...
... proportions ; but a great number of the colours used for VOL.V. enamel and porcelain cannot be applied on glass ; many of them , when seen by transmitted light , entirely change their aspect , and exhibit an obscure tint , which can be ...
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... proportions of doses , must exhibit very sensible differences to the experienced eye of a painter . A know- ledge of the composition of colours does not give the requisite care and neatness in making them up . On recapitulating the ...
... proportions of doses , must exhibit very sensible differences to the experienced eye of a painter . A know- ledge of the composition of colours does not give the requisite care and neatness in making them up . On recapitulating the ...
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... proportion . When at a siege the engineers have nar- rowly surveyed the place , they are to make their report to the general , by ac- quainting him which part they judge the weakest , and where approaches may be made with most success ...
... proportion . When at a siege the engineers have nar- rowly surveyed the place , they are to make their report to the general , by ac- quainting him which part they judge the weakest , and where approaches may be made with most success ...
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... proportions as will prevent the asphaltum from break- ing the composition , when under the aqua fortis , or the wax from making it so soft as to close the lines when cut through it by the needle . As every thing depends upon the ...
... proportions as will prevent the asphaltum from break- ing the composition , when under the aqua fortis , or the wax from making it so soft as to close the lines when cut through it by the needle . As every thing depends upon the ...
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