The Painter and Varnisher's Guide: Or, A Treatise, Both in Theory and Practice, on the Art of Making and Applying Varnishes, on the Different Kinds of Painting; and on the Method of Preparing Colours Both Simple and Compound ...G. Kearsley, 1804 - 540 páginas |
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acid alcohol alembic amber applied artists balneum mariæ beautiful blue bodies boiling camphor ceruse clay cloth colour common composition of varnish consistence copal varnish copper destined dissolved distemper distillation doses drying oil durable Dutch pink effect employed essence of turpentine essential oils ether evaporation exceedingly exhibits experiments exposed extracted fecula genus give glue grains green ground heat kind of painting less linseed oil liquid liquor litharge lour manner matrass matter metallic method mixed mixture Naples yellow nature necessary nish nut oil observed ochre oil of pinks oil painting oily operation orpiment ounces oxide of lead painters pounds powder precipitated preparation produce proper Prussian blue prussiate of iron pulverized pure quantity render resinous sandarac solid soluble solution Spanish white species specific gravity splendour strata stratum substances sufficient sulphate sulphurated oxide tint tion transparent vessel washed wood yellow
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Página 310 - ... to the decomposition of that salt might alter the prussiate of iron. It will, therefore, be much better to leave a little alum, which may afterwards be carried off by washing. As soon as the alkaline liquor is added, the alumine precipitated becomes exactly mixed with the prussiate of iron, the intensity of which it lessens by bringing it to the tone of common Saxon blue. The matter is then thrown on a filter, and after being washed in clean water, is dried, This substance is a kind of blue verditer,...
Página 139 - ... observed in foils. This product of industry becomes a source of prosperity to the manufacturers of buttons and works formed with foil, which, in the hands of the jeweller, contributes with so much success to produce that reflection of the rays of light which doubles the lustre and sparkling quality of precious stones. It is to varnish of this kind that we are indebted for the...
Página 192 - Venice turpentine, 24 oz. prepared linseed-oil, and 6 oz. essence of turpentine. It is customary to place the turpentine over the copal, reduced to small fragments, in the bottom of an earthen or metal vessel, or in a matrass exposed to such a heat as to liquefy the copal : but it is more advantageous to liquefy the latter alone, to add the oil in a state of ebullition, then the turpentine liquefied, and in the last place, the essence.
Página 120 - ... for all small articles subject to constant employment. But as it is of importance to make the stratum of wax as thin as possible in order that the veins of the wood may be more apparent, the following process will be acceptable to the reader. Melt over a moderate fire, in a very clean vessel, two ounces of white or yellow wax; and, when liquefied, add four ounces of good essence of turpentine. Stir the whole until it is entirely cool, and the result will be a kind of pomade fit for waxing furniture,...
Página 113 - ... somewhat cool. Next day it is to be drawn off, and filtered through cotton. By these means it will become exceedingly limpid. The addition of glass may appear extraordinary, but this substance divides the parts of the mixture, which has been made with the dry ingredients, and it retains the same quality when placed over the fire.
Página 536 - Paris grains ; it is divided into 16 ounces, each ounce into 8 gro.s, and each gros into 72 grains. It is equal to 7561 English troy grains. The English troy pound of 12 ounces contains 5760 English troy grains, and is equal to 7021 Paris grains. The English avoirdupois pound of 16 ounces contains 7000 English troy grains, and is equal to 85S8 Paris grains.
Página 344 - Suspend over a lamp a funnel of tin plate, having above it a pipe to convey from the apartment the smoke which escapes from the lamp. Large mushrooms of a very black carbonaceous matter, and exceedingly light, will be formed at the summit of the cone. This carbonaceous part ii carried to such a state of division as cannot be given to any other matter by grinding it on a piece of porphyry.
Página 142 - ... the ground, ought to be neither too thick nor too fluid ; because both these circumstances are equally injurious to delicacy in the strokes ; it will be requisite also that the composition should not dry till the artist has completed his design. Other Mordants.
Página 424 - Verdigris, acetite of copper (crystallized verdigris). Compound green (a mixture of yellow and blue). The first two require a mixture of white in proper proportions, from a fourth to two-thirds, according to the tint intended to be given. The white used for this purpose is ceruse, or the white oxide of lead, or Spanish white, which is less solid, or white of Moudon.
Página 425 - Ceruse, which forms the ground of the paste, mixed with a small quantity of Cologne earth, as much English red, or carminated lake, which is not so durable, and a particle of prussiate...