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, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... covered edges of the piece alone are in contact with the support But if it be enamelled on one side only , it is simply laid upon the plate , or upon a tile . Two things , however , require to be attended to . 1. If the work be very ...
... covered edges of the piece alone are in contact with the support But if it be enamelled on one side only , it is simply laid upon the plate , or upon a tile . Two things , however , require to be attended to . 1. If the work be very ...
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... covered by a transparent vi- treous coating . A method of taking off the enamel from any toy , without injuring the metal- lic part , is often a desirable object . For this purpose a mixture of common salt , nitre , and alum in powder ...
... covered by a transparent vi- treous coating . A method of taking off the enamel from any toy , without injuring the metal- lic part , is often a desirable object . For this purpose a mixture of common salt , nitre , and alum in powder ...
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... covered crucible , which they only half filled , and fused into glass . This poured out on a piece of marble , quenched in water , powdered and made into a thin paste , was laid on both sides of an iron vessel . After hav ing been dried ...
... covered crucible , which they only half filled , and fused into glass . This poured out on a piece of marble , quenched in water , powdered and made into a thin paste , was laid on both sides of an iron vessel . After hav ing been dried ...
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... covered some parts of it with minium , and again exposed it to the fire . The colours totally disappeared in those places where the red oxide of lead had been applied . When this experiment was performed on a larger scale , in a closed ...
... covered some parts of it with minium , and again exposed it to the fire . The colours totally disappeared in those places where the red oxide of lead had been applied . When this experiment was performed on a larger scale , in a closed ...
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... covered by two valves , p q , to retain the water which has passed through them . A chamber , K , is screw- ed over these valves : and has the air vessel k , fig . 1 and 2 , screwed into its top ; from each side of this chamber a pipe ...
... covered by two valves , p q , to retain the water which has passed through them . A chamber , K , is screw- ed over these valves : and has the air vessel k , fig . 1 and 2 , screwed into its top ; from each side of this chamber a pipe ...
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