Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France

Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.

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Modern Curiosities OF ART and NATURE. Containing the whole Art of Moulding and Casting all sorts of Figures, Me∣dals and other Forms in Lead, Tin, Silver, Copper, Plaister of Paris, Wax, Sulphur and otherwise, as well hol∣low as sollid.

CHAP. XXI.

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To Silver any thing over with Tin-Glass.

Grind Tin-Glass very fine, wash it till it leave the Water clean, mix it with the a∣foresaid Glew and use it; when dry, bur∣nish; this may be used without the afore∣said Size, only laying it on the white Ground, and your Work will appear like Silver.

Wash well your Tin-Glass, glew it well, burnish the white Grounds before you lay on the Tin-Glass, and afterwards with a Paper between the Tooth and the Tin-Glass.

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