 | Johann Beckmann - 1814 - 636 pages
...however saw almost the same process employed at Murano as that which is still followed at present. The tin hammered to thin leaves was spread out very...smoothly ; and quicksilver was poured over it, and rubbed into it, either with the hand or a hare's foot ; and when the tin was saturated it was covered... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1817 - 570 pages
...however saw almost the same process employed at Murano as that which is still followed at present. The tin hammered to thin leaves was spread out very...smoothly; and quicksilver was poured over it, and rubbed into it, either with the hand or a hare's foot; and when the tin was saturated it was covered... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 594 pages
...smoothly ; and quicksilver was poured over it, and rubbed into it, either with the hand or a hare's foot ; and when the tin was saturated it was covered with...pressed it down with his left hand, he drew out very carefully with his right the paper that lay between the tin and the glass, over which weights were... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 576 pages
...however saw almost the same process employed at Murano as that which is still followed at present. The tin, hammered to thin leaves, was spread out very...smoothly ; and quicksilver was poured over it, and rubbed into it, either with the hand or a hare's foot ; and when the tin was saturated it was covered... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1872 - 1318 pages
...surface ; quicksilver was then poured over it, and rubbed into it with the hand, or a hare's foot ; and when the tin was saturated, it was covered with paper. The glass, wiped very clean, was then laid upon it, and the paper withdrawn. Weights were then placed on the glass,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1872 - 1318 pages
...surface ; quicksilver was then poured over it, and rubbed into it with the hand, or a hare's foot ; and when the tin was saturated, it was covered with paper. The glass, wiped very clean, was then laid upon it, and the paper withdrawn. Weights were then placed on the glass,... | |
 | Edward Henry Knight - 1876 - 996 pages
...smoothly : the quicksilver was poured over it and rubbed into it, either with the hand or a hare's foot ; and when the tin was saturated it was covered with paper. The glass, wiped very clean, was then laid above it, and while the workman pressed it down with his left hand, he drew... | |
 | Edward Henry Knight - 1876 - 1000 pages
...smoothly : the quicksilver was poured over it and rubbed into it, either with the hand or a hare's foot ; and when the tin was saturated it was covered with paper. The glass, wiged very clean, was then laid aliove it, and while the workman pressed it down with his left hand,... | |
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Boyle covered concave glasses in the inside. * Porta however saw almost the same process employed at Murano as that which is still followed at present. The tin hammered to thin leaves was spread out very smoothly; and quicksilver was poured over it, and... 