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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... light , entirely change their aspect , and exhibit an obscure tint , which can be of no use when deprived of the white ground which throws them out . We shall point out these when we treat of the colours in particular . Those co- lours ...
... light , entirely change their aspect , and exhibit an obscure tint , which can be of no use when deprived of the white ground which throws them out . We shall point out these when we treat of the colours in particular . Those co- lours ...
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... light of the day causes a glare upon the surface of the copper , hurtful and dazzling to the eyes , it is customary to engrave beneath the shade of silk paper , stretched on a square frame , which is placed reclining towards the room ...
... light of the day causes a glare upon the surface of the copper , hurtful and dazzling to the eyes , it is customary to engrave beneath the shade of silk paper , stretched on a square frame , which is placed reclining towards the room ...
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... light parts of the intended print to a smooth surface , from which the gra- dations are preserved by scraping off more or less of the rough ground ; but the burnisher is necessary to polish the extreme edges of drapery , & c . , where ...
... light parts of the intended print to a smooth surface , from which the gra- dations are preserved by scraping off more or less of the rough ground ; but the burnisher is necessary to polish the extreme edges of drapery , & c . , where ...
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... lights are made by cut- ting away the wood entirely , of the in- tended form , length and breadth ; but the deepest shades require no engraving . Much of the beauty of this kind of en- graving depends upon the printing , nor is it every ...
... lights are made by cut- ting away the wood entirely , of the in- tended form , length and breadth ; but the deepest shades require no engraving . Much of the beauty of this kind of en- graving depends upon the printing , nor is it every ...
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... light of mankind . In the second part of his philosophy he laid down atoms , space , and gravity , as the first principles of all things . He did not deny the existence of a God , but thought it beneath his majesty to concern himself ...
... light of mankind . In the second part of his philosophy he laid down atoms , space , and gravity , as the first principles of all things . He did not deny the existence of a God , but thought it beneath his majesty to concern himself ...
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