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 |
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... piece brought to shoot low . EMBROCATION , in surgery , an ex- ternal kind of remedy , which consists in an irrigation of the part affected with some proper liquor , as oils , spirits , & c . by means of a woollen or linen cloth , or a ...
... piece brought to shoot low . EMBROCATION , in surgery , an ex- ternal kind of remedy , which consists in an irrigation of the part affected with some proper liquor , as oils , spirits , & c . by means of a woollen or linen cloth , or a ...
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... pieces in a steei mortar , and afterwards pulverizing it in a mortar of agate . He is careful to add water in this part ... piece alone are in contact with the support But if it be enamelled on one side only , it is simply laid upon the ...
... pieces in a steei mortar , and afterwards pulverizing it in a mortar of agate . He is careful to add water in this part ... piece alone are in contact with the support But if it be enamelled on one side only , it is simply laid upon the ...
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... piece of deal wood and fine sand and water . A polish is then given by a second ignition . This polish , however , is frequently insufficient , and not as perfectly uniform as the delica cy of the work may require . The substance used ...
... piece of deal wood and fine sand and water . A polish is then given by a second ignition . This polish , however , is frequently insufficient , and not as perfectly uniform as the delica cy of the work may require . The substance used ...
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... 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 and heated gradually , the vessel was put under a muffle , well heated in an assaying ...
... 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 and heated gradually , the vessel was put under a muffle , well heated in an assaying ...
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... piece and the alteration of the colours are to be avoided . All the treatises we have con- sulted recommend the use of gypsum . This method sometimes succeeded with Brougniart , but generally the glass be- came white , and cracked in ...
... piece and the alteration of the colours are to be avoided . All the treatises we have con- sulted recommend the use of gypsum . This method sometimes succeeded with Brougniart , but generally the glass be- came white , and cracked in ...
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