Gold: Or, Legal Regulations for the Standard of Gold & Silver Wares in Different Countries of the WorldChatto & Windus, 1877 - 140 páginas |
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... article of commerce ? The arguments against any guarantee of the genuineness of precious metal ware I lay before the reader in the following translation of Herr Studnitz , which is now presented for the first time to the English public ...
... article of commerce ? The arguments against any guarantee of the genuineness of precious metal ware I lay before the reader in the following translation of Herr Studnitz , which is now presented for the first time to the English public ...
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... revive . It is well known that I have myself at all risk to my trade , persevered in offering only the 18 - carat gold . Whatever machinery could do , and skill could accomplish to render my articles moderate in X PREFACE .
... revive . It is well known that I have myself at all risk to my trade , persevered in offering only the 18 - carat gold . Whatever machinery could do , and skill could accomplish to render my articles moderate in X PREFACE .
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... articles of ornament or luxury . It may be said that I have no reason to complain of the result , but others with less stock - in - trade and less means of dis- play have not the same chances ; and , while I admit that the repute and ...
... articles of ornament or luxury . It may be said that I have no reason to complain of the result , but others with less stock - in - trade and less means of dis- play have not the same chances ; and , while I admit that the repute and ...
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... silver is judged of according to the colour of the stripe which it leaves upon the testing stone when drawn across it . To insure a correct decision , the stripe of the article which is being tested is compared with the stripe made in ...
... silver is judged of according to the colour of the stripe which it leaves upon the testing stone when drawn across it . To insure a correct decision , the stripe of the article which is being tested is compared with the stripe made in ...
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... silver articles an alloy of zinc is often found , this metal having been included in the standard of such articles . A more exact method is the test by fire . Here a small quantity of the silver to be tested ( a definite weight ) is ...
... silver articles an alloy of zinc is often found , this metal having been included in the standard of such articles . A more exact method is the test by fire . Here a small quantity of the silver to be tested ( a definite weight ) is ...
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