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f the binder. The book had brass clasps, and contains the divine office for the year. It is in remarkable preservation. 2. Catalogus factorum et gestorum eorum et diversis voluminibus collectus, edited by the most reverend father in Christ, Petro de Natalibus. Printed in 1514. Bound in white vellum, elaborately embossed with salient figures representing Faith, Hope, and Charity, kit-cat length in panels of the cover, surrounded by scrolls and leafage. The binding has the date of 1595, and the vellum was evidently embossed by being stamped while wet with dies engraved in intaglio. The panel borders were made by hand-tool fillets, not rolls. The figures are repeated in a manner which shows that the impressions are repetitions of the same stamp. The vellum was probably laid upon a material which would yield somewhat to pressure and then retain its form. The vellum was then dried in position. 3. A copy of John Minsheu's folio dictionary Ductor in Linguas, published in 1
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), M. (search)
r′tridge. One in which the charge is contained in a metallic capsule, in contradistinction to the paper cartridge. See cartridge. Iron chair. Me-tal′lic chair. A chair of iron slats or wires interwoven, or of cast portions secured by rivets or screw-bolts. Used for parks, gardens, and auditoriums. Me-tal′lic dust. Grains of metal for giving a metallic luster to wall-paper, shellwork, lacquered ware, and for other purposes. It was first made by John Hautsch of Nuremberg (1595 – 1670). It is prepared by sifting the filings of different metals, washing them in a strong lye, and then placing them on a metallic plate over a strong fire, where they are continually stirred till their color is altered. Those of tin acquire by this process shades of gold color, with a metallic luster; copper, shades of flame color; those of iron or steel become blue or violet; those of tin or bismuth appear of a bluish-white color. The dust is then put through a flatting-mill, having p
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
ank of acid, which soon becomes saturated. It is now drawn off into another tank, and the tin is separated by putting in zinc, for which the acid has a greater affinity than for tin. The chloride of zinc thus formed is useful for other purposes, and the tin remains pure. The whole time thus required to treat a charge is but little over an hour. Tin′sel. 1. A shining thin metallic plate. Foil. Somewhat allied to tinsel is the metallic dust, the invention of John Hautsch, of Nuremberg, 1595-1670. 2. (Fabric.) A cloth composed of silk and silver. A material with a superficial sheen and but little sterling value. Cloth overlaid with foil. Tin-tack. A tack dipped in melted tin. Tint′ed Pa′per. Paper with moderate depth of color. Tints are grades of color, and are made by the addition of white pigment to all color, or of water to a water color, subduing the energy of the color. Tintin-nab′u-lum. A musical instrument of percussion, consisting of a numbe