| Science - 1826 - 428 pages
...restored. Steatite has a great affinity for glass ; it is also employed, in the manner of paste,, rsduced to a fine powder, and mixed with colouring matters,...composition of the greater number of the balls which are employed for cleaning silks and woollen cloths ; it also forms the basis of some preparations of paint.... | |
| Science - 1826 - 440 pages
...altered restored. Steatite has a great |yed, in, the manner of paste, reluxed. with colouring maters, It also serves as a sympathetic crayon for writing...composition of the greater number of the balls which are employed for cleaning silks and woollen cloths ; it also forms the basis of some preparations of paint.... | |
| Science - 1826 - 418 pages
...traces seem effaced, when a piece of woollen cloth is passed over them, but they re-appear im* mediately when moistened by the breath, and again disappear...composition of the greater number of the balls which are employed for cleaning silks and woollen cloths ; it also forms the basis of some preparations of paint.... | |
| Luke Herbert - Industrial arts - 1828 - 394 pages
...as a sympathetic crayon for writing upon glass ; the traces seemed effaced, when a piece of woollen is passed over them/ but they re-appear immediately,...enters into the composition of the greater number of balls which are em • ployed for cleaning silks and woollen cloths ; it also forms the basis of some... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1885 - 498 pages
...colouring matters, for painting on this substance. It possesses the property of uniting with oils and fats, and enters into the composition of the greater number of the balls which are employed for cleaning silks and woollen cloths. It also forms the basis of some preparations of paints.... | |
| Luke Hebert - 1828 - 392 pages
...as a sympathetic crayon for writing upon glass ; the traces seemed effaced, when a piece of woollen is passed over them, but they re-appear immediately,...enters into the composition of the greater number of balls which are em > ployed for cleaning silks and woollen cloths; it also forms the basis of some... | |
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