 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...as usual ; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which the gold leaf is immediately applied, and by...with sufficient firmness. In the second method, some white-lead or chalk is ground up with strong •ize, and the letters are made with this by means of... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...written as usual; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which the gold leaf is immediately applied, and by...with sufficient firmness. In the second method, some white-lead or chalk is ground up with strong lize, and the letters are made with this by means of a... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...produced by breathing on them, upon which the gold leaf is immediately applied, and by a little prosure may be made to adhere with sufficient firmness: in...made with this by means of a brush ; when the mixture i« almost dry, the (old leaf m«y be laid on, and afterwards burnished: the lot method is to mix up... | |
 | Cooking - 1819 - 440 pages
...as usual ; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon- which the gold leaf is immediately applied, and by...letters are made with this by means of a brush ^ when ths mixture is almost dry, the gold leaf may be laid on; and afterwards burnished. The last method... | |
 | Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell - Formulas, recipes, etc - 1819 - 430 pages
...as usual ; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which the gold leaf is immediately applied, and by...up with strong size, and the letters are made with tbis by means of a brush ; when the mixture is almost dry, the gold leaf may be laid on. and afterwards... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 394 pages
...written as usual; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which the gold leaf is immediately applied, and by...may be made to adhere with sufficient firmness. In a second method, some white-lead or chalk is ground up with strong size, and the letters are made with... | |
 | Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which die Gold leaf is immediately applied, and by a little...with sufficient firmness. In the second method, some white-lead or chalk is ground up with strong size, and the letters are made with this by means of a... | |
 | Colin Mackenzie - Chemistry - 1822 - 774 pages
...as usual ; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which the Gold leaf is immediately applied, and by...with sufficient firmness. In the second method, some white-lead or chalk is ground up with strong size, and the letters are made with this by means of a... | |
 | Endless amusement - 1825 - 226 pages
...as usual ; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing upon them, upon which the gold leaf is immediately applied ; and by...the letters are made with this by means of a brush ; whcn the mixture is almost dry, the gold leaf may be laid on, and afterwards burnished. The last... | |
 | Daniel H. Whitney - Cholera - 1835 - 614 pages
...usual ; when they are dry, a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which gold leaf is immediately applied, and by a little pressure may be made to adhere, the superfluous gold may be wiped off. 176. To gild si/ft, satin, ivory, SfC. by hydrogen gass." Immerse... | |
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Letters written on vellum or paper are gilded in three ways : in the first, a little size is mixed with the ink, and the letters are written as usual ; when they are dry a slight degree of stickiness is produced by breathing on them, upon which the gold... 
