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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... faces in their place . Crystals short ; lateral planes smooth , terminal planes rough ; colour emerald green , of all intensities ; internal lustre between 3 and 4 ; vitreous ; fracture small , imperfect , conchoidal , with a con ...
... faces in their place . Crystals short ; lateral planes smooth , terminal planes rough ; colour emerald green , of all intensities ; internal lustre between 3 and 4 ; vitreous ; fracture small , imperfect , conchoidal , with a con ...
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... face . This is to be repeated , after it is dry , two or three times . " Some give it a coat of gum benzoin dissolved in al- cohol ; but this is injurious rather than beneficial . EMPLEURUM , in botany , a genus of the Monoecia ...
... face . This is to be repeated , after it is dry , two or three times . " Some give it a coat of gum benzoin dissolved in al- cohol ; but this is injurious rather than beneficial . EMPLEURUM , in botany , a genus of the Monoecia ...
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... face , and are 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 ...
... face , and are 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 ...
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... faces and limbs of figures never look well . Such are the different descriptions of engraving which do not require the aid of aqua fortis ; of those made by the in- tervention of that liquid , the principal is Etching . He that would ...
... faces and limbs of figures never look well . Such are the different descriptions of engraving which do not require the aid of aqua fortis ; of those made by the in- tervention of that liquid , the principal is Etching . He that would ...
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... face with a pencil , in the same free man- ner adopted on paper ; after the above composition is thoroughly dry , the whole plate must be covered with a thin , weak , varnish of mastich , turpentine , or asphal- tum , and , when dried a ...
... face with a pencil , in the same free man- ner adopted on paper ; after the above composition is thoroughly dry , the whole plate must be covered with a thin , weak , varnish of mastich , turpentine , or asphal- tum , and , when dried a ...
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