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Page 13
... detect such . Place a small bit of the lead to be tested upon a sliver of pine wood , light a match , bring the flame from it in contact with the lead on the stick . In a very short time , Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 13.
... detect such . Place a small bit of the lead to be tested upon a sliver of pine wood , light a match , bring the flame from it in contact with the lead on the stick . In a very short time , Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 13.
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... light colors respectively ? 4a . What adulterant is mainly used in white lead ? · b . Is barytes used in adulterating colored pig- ments ? C. Are the pure food laws a complete protection against the adulteration of color ? 5. How is the ...
... light colors respectively ? 4a . What adulterant is mainly used in white lead ? · b . Is barytes used in adulterating colored pig- ments ? C. Are the pure food laws a complete protection against the adulteration of color ? 5. How is the ...
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... light tint . It is explained in this way : Light is reflected by white and all light tints , and absorbed Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 19.
... light tint . It is explained in this way : Light is reflected by white and all light tints , and absorbed Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 19.
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... light re- flected by the light under coat and gradually loosen itself from it far enough away that there is no more expan- sion needed . These bubbles or blisters are always dry when pricked through , showing no moisture and are always ...
... light re- flected by the light under coat and gradually loosen itself from it far enough away that there is no more expan- sion needed . These bubbles or blisters are always dry when pricked through , showing no moisture and are always ...
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... with lamp black to a light slate or dark gray . The lead is what in carriage painting is known as keg lead or white lead ground in linseed oil , and hereafter when that term is used , it means white 78 Modern Painter's Cyclopedia.
... with lamp black to a light slate or dark gray . The lead is what in carriage painting is known as keg lead or white lead ground in linseed oil , and hereafter when that term is used , it means white 78 Modern Painter's Cyclopedia.
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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...