| Thomas Gill (patent-agent) - 1823 - 482 pagina’s
...has been said beyond what appeared required, and sufficient. ON THE PREPARATION OF SMALL PLATES OF CLAY. by blows with the hammer, between the fold of...long, and two and a half tenths of an inch wide; and then hardened in the fire, in a tobacco-pipe. They are very useful additions to the blow-pipe apparatus.... | |
| 1824 - 540 pagina’s
...clay "are formed by extending a white refractory clay, by blows with the hammer, between the folds of a piece of paper, like gold between skins. The clay and paper are then cut together with scissors," " into very acute triangles," affording a substitute for Saussure's sappare. 2d. Or a very... | |
| 1824 - 508 pagina’s
...clay "are formed by extending a white refractory clay, by blows with the hammer, between the folds of a piece of paper, like gold between skins. The clay and paper are then cut together with scissors," " into very acute triangles," affording a substitute for Saussure's sappare. 2d. Or a very... | |
| William Jones Rhees - 1880 - 282 pagina’s
...beyond what appeared required and sufficient. Mention has been made above of small plates of clay. They are formed by extending a white refractory clay...then cut together with scissars into pieces about 4-lOths of an inch long, and 2J-10ths of an inch wide, and hardened in the fire in a tobacco-pipe.... | |
| William Jones Rhees - 1880 - 294 pagina’s
...beyond what appeared required and sufficient. Mention has been made above of small plates of clay. They are formed by extending a white refractory clay...then cut together with scissars into pieces about 4-10ths of an inch long, and 2£-10ths of an inch wide, and hardened in the fire in a tobacco-pipe.... | |
| Smithsonian Institution - 1881 - 834 pagina’s
...beyond what appeared required and sufficient. Mention has been made above of small plates of clay. They are formed by extending a white refractory clay...then cut together with scissars into pieces about 4-lOths of an inch long, and 2J-10t.hs of an inch wide, and hardened in the fire in a tobacco-pipe.... | |
| 1881 - 856 pagina’s
...beyond what appeared required and sufficient. Mention has been made above of small plates of clay. They are formed by extending a white refractory clay...then cut together with scissars into pieces about 4-10ths of an inch long, and 2£-10ths of an inch wide, and hardened in the fire in a tobacco-pipe.... | |
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