The Goldsmith's HandbookLockwood, 1881 - 259 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
18-carat gold 9-carat added afterwards alloy of gold alum annealing applied beautiful Birmingham boiling water borax carats chemical clean cloth boards coins colour-pot coloured gold colouring process Common salt cost crucible D. K. CLARK dissolved draw-plate dry-colouring dwts Edition effect employed enamel ENGINEERING engraving finish flux fused gold-workers goldsmiths grains heat HENRY LAW Illustrated ingot mould iron jewellers jewellery latter lemel liquid lockets manufacture melting metal method mixture muriatic acid nitric acid numerous operation ounce oxide pallions pickle piece Plates polishing potash powder practical prepared present produced proportion purpose quality of gold quantity RALPH TATE reduced refiner removed rinsed sal-ammoniac saltpetre sawdust SCOTT BURN scrap Fine silver solder solution sovereign specific gravity Spelter spirits of salts standard steel suitable sulphuric acid surface Swedish copper oz tion trade Treatise various waste weight wet-colouring wire wire-drawing workman zinc ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 5 - The best form of rails, the best mode of construction, and the best mechanical appliances are so fairly indicated in the work under review, that any engineer about to construct a tramway will be enabled at once to obtain the practical information which will be of most service to him.
Page 3 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 14 - Medieval, from the Eighth Century, with Numerals ; including Gothic, Church-Text, large and small, German, Italian, Arabesque, Initials for Illumination, Monograms, Crosses, &c. &c., for the use of Architectural and Engineering Draughtsmen, Missal Painters, Masons, Decorative Painters, Lithographers, Engravers, Carvers, &c. &c. Collected and Engraved by F. DELAMOTTE, and printed in Colours. New and Cheaper Edition. Royal 8vo, oblong, zs.
Page 5 - TRAMWAYS : THEIR CONSTRUCTION and WORKING. Embracing a Comprehensive History of the System, with an Exhaustive Analysis of the various modes of Traction, including Horse-power, Steam, Heated Water, and Compressed Air ; a Description of the Varieties of Rolling Stock, and Ample Details of Cost and Working Expenses ; the Progress recently made in Tramway Construction, &c., &c.
Page 24 - The Metric System. A SERIES OF METRIC TABLES, in which the British Standard Measures and Weights are compared with those of the Metric System at present in use on the Continent. By CH DOWLING, CE Second Edition, revised and enlarged.
Page 14 - THE EMBROIDERER'S BOOK OF DESIGN. Containing Initials, Emblems, Cyphers, Monograms, Ornamental Borders, Ecclesiastical Devices, Mediaeval and Modern Alphabets, and National Emblems. Collected by F. DELAMOTTE, and printed in Colours. Oblong royal 8vo, is.
Page 11 - Book adapted to the Use of Unprofessional People as well as for the Architectural Surveyor and Builder. By the late JAMES D. SIMON, ARIBA Edited and Revised by FRANCIS TW MILLER, Surveyor.
Page 22 - Mining Journal. THE HANDBOOK of HYDROSTATICS and PNEUMATICS. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged by BENJAMIN LOEWY, FRAS With 236 Illustrations. Post 8vo, 5^. cloth. " For those ' who desire to attain an accurate knowledge of physical science without the profound methods of mathematical investigation,' this work is not merely intended, but well adapted.
Page 3 - AN OUTLINE OF THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY. For the Formation of Geographical and Topographical Maps and Plans, Military Reconnaissance, LEVELLING, &c., with Useful Problems, Formulae, and Tables.