Philosophical MagazineTaylor & Francis, 1801 - Physics |
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Page 144
... means for giving to works of other metals , by covering them with a thin ftratum of gold , a greater value than they really poffefs . Hence the origin of gilding . In real gilding , the metal is either immediately covered with leaf gold ...
... means for giving to works of other metals , by covering them with a thin ftratum of gold , a greater value than they really poffefs . Hence the origin of gilding . In real gilding , the metal is either immediately covered with leaf gold ...
Page 249
... means of a stiff hofe , the extremity of which is furnished with a metal ftrainer to prevent dirt from entering it , and which is kept fufpended above the mud by means of a piece of cork . The forcing pump forces the water thus drawn up ...
... means of a stiff hofe , the extremity of which is furnished with a metal ftrainer to prevent dirt from entering it , and which is kept fufpended above the mud by means of a piece of cork . The forcing pump forces the water thus drawn up ...
Page 275
... means to reduce the fcoriæ , and to restore to commerce a large quantity of tin , and a ftill larger of copper . The tin , however , obtained in the laft refult has peculiar qualities ; its fracture is different from that of common tin ...
... means to reduce the fcoriæ , and to restore to commerce a large quantity of tin , and a ftill larger of copper . The tin , however , obtained in the laft refult has peculiar qualities ; its fracture is different from that of common tin ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 3 |
Defcription of a Devarf of a very remarkable Conforma | 17 |
On the attractive Power of Bodies floating on Water | 27 |
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