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... edge of the " how to detect " adulteration in painting material today than was necessary only a decade ago . Thanks to the wise action of the general government and that of many of our state legislatures , the gross adulterations to ...
... edge of the " how to detect " adulteration in painting material today than was necessary only a decade ago . Thanks to the wise action of the general government and that of many of our state legislatures , the gross adulterations to ...
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... edge of it on one side , so as to permit of an easy inspection of each sample when placed side and side together ; then afterward doing the same with the other color in each case in like manner , that if there be no adulteration that ...
... edge of it on one side , so as to permit of an easy inspection of each sample when placed side and side together ; then afterward doing the same with the other color in each case in like manner , that if there be no adulteration that ...
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... edge . They are bound by cording , wire , a solid metal head or set in a hard rub- ber head and in many qualities of material . They come in numbered sizes , No. 1 being the smallest , to No. 10 the largest . See Fig . 8 for the full ...
... edge . They are bound by cording , wire , a solid metal head or set in a hard rub- ber head and in many qualities of material . They come in numbered sizes , No. 1 being the smallest , to No. 10 the largest . See Fig . 8 for the full ...
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... edge shapes . Fig . 15 also shows the solid metal head There are also a number of different qualities of flat varnish bristle brushes from very good to very poor single. Fig . 11 - Round Glue Brushes , Gray Bristles . Fig . 12 - Flat ...
... edge shapes . Fig . 15 also shows the solid metal head There are also a number of different qualities of flat varnish bristle brushes from very good to very poor single. Fig . 11 - Round Glue Brushes , Gray Bristles . Fig . 12 - Flat ...
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... edge . The shapes vary very much as well as that of the handles . The two Figs . 16 and 17 will suffice to show the leading shapes . Like all flat brushes they are sold by the inch , being made from I inch to 4 inches , graded by half ...
... edge . The shapes vary very much as well as that of the handles . The two Figs . 16 and 17 will suffice to show the leading shapes . Like all flat brushes they are sold by the inch , being made from I inch to 4 inches , graded by half ...
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Page 393 - It certainly is not in good taste to stain woods in colors which do not belong to them, as blues, greens, etc., and while this is a free country, etc., as long as a person is not sent to the penitentiary for committing outrages against nature, nor to insane asylums, it is very probable that the practice will go on undisturbed. But it is vulgarity, to say the least of the practice, and painters should not encourage it.
Page 63 - With all the cheap John sort of plastering that is being done by contractors at a price which would mean a sure loss to them if they used good material, but which must be done so as to make a profit anyhow, many of the surfaces the calciminer has to 'deal with will be found very porous and absorbing...
Page 448 - ... surface. The crepe paper, cheese cloth and burlap also produce fine, simple patterns but slightly different from each other. The heavy muslin when crumpled up into a wad gives an especially pleasing pattern resembling the figure of Spanish leather when done in the burnt umber or Van Dyke brown ovef a ground coat of ivory.
Page 63 - An ideal wall to work upon is one that will be sufficiently hard to have but little suction, nearly but not quite non-absorbent. The patent plastered walls left either in a...