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Alumium
Antimony
Arsenic
Azote
Barium
Bismuth
Boron
Bromine
Cadmium
Calcium
Carbon
Cerium
Chlorine
Chromium
Cobalt
Copp er
fluorine
Gold
Hydrogen
Aodi ne
Jndium
iron
Lead
Lithium
Table of undecompounded Bodies , or modern Chemical Elements .A signifies AichiBal ; I, Inflammable ; M, Metal.
M.
I.
' M.
I.
A.
M.
I.
M.
A.
M.
I.
M.
I.
A.
M.
: a ?nesium —
171,167
Mercury-
M.
1265,822
800,542
Molybdenum
—
598,525
470,012
Nickel
—
369,675
88,518
—
1244,210
856,880
Oxygen
A.
100,000
886,000
Palladium
M.
665,840
135,983
Phosphorus
I.
196,155
489,150
Platinum
M.
1233,260
696,970
Rhodium
_
651,400
256,019
Selenium
I.
494,582
76,437
Silicon
—
277,478
574,718
Silver
M.
675,804
221,325
Strontium
_.
547,285
351,819
Sulphur
I.
201.165
369,991
Tantalum
M.
153,715
395,695
Tellurium
—
801,760
116,900
Thorinum
—
744,900
1243,013
Tin
—
735,294
62,398
Titanium
—
803,686
789,145
Tungsten
—
1183,000
1233,260
Uranium
—
2711,360
855,840
339,213
Vanadium
—
1294,489
Yttrium
—
401,840
81,320
Zinc
—
403,226
158,353
345,900
Zirconium
—
420,238
insoluble pulverulentdy of water, and the
^Sanesium -
Elutriate. ( souther , r r . ; Schlemmen, Germ.) When an
tnivt r> whitening or ground flints, is diffused through a large boi _tauj I- 6 '- S a Bowed to settle for a little, the larger particles will subside. If the superna-Paln i!? u ’ d now carefull y decanted, or run off, with a syphon, it will contain an im-’Thi« e P°wder, which on repose will collect at the bottom, and may be taken out to dry.E PJocess is called elutriation.
b a ] S g BALMING ( Embaument , Fr.; Einbalsamen, Germ.) is an operation in which\vh„„ rns (baumes, Fr.) were employed to preserve human corpses from putrefaction;^j>ce the name. •
o Us j-® ancient Egyptians had recourse to this process for preserving the bodies of numer-«c Cf . n f uil «, and even of the animals which they loved or worshipped. An excellentcheuiic, °' Bieir methods is given in Mr. Pettigrew’s work upon Mummies . Modernsirupig t ^i las m ade us acquainted with many means of counteracting putrefaction moretnini 2 i at> d e ®aacious than the Egyptian system of salting, smoking, spicing, and bitu-E.\IRn PtlTREFACTION.
Urood NGWOOD. (Bossage, Fr.; Erhabenes Jlrheit, Germ.) Raised figures upon
Wo^’ a UC1 as are employed in picture frames and other articles of ornamental cabinetBaris’ 0^ U v’ ,ally P r °duced by means of carving, or by casting the pattern in plaster ofWood’ ~ l , her composition, and cementing, or otherwise fixing it on the surface of theI h e inventL f0 -? e /, m ° de is expensive; the latter is inapplicable on many occasions,depends J ,? n Mr. Streaker may be used either by itself, or in aid of carving ; andBte wooij a u f ac *’ l Bat if a depression be made by a blunt instrument on the surface ofln the Water 0 * de P resse d part will again rise to its original level by subsequent immersion
to^rece'tf ornam . ent ed having been first worked out to its proposed shape, is in als her, or die"" 6 * l c drawing of the pattern ; this being put on, a blunt steel tool, or burn-ln reii e f^ an j ls , t0 h e applied successively to all those parts of the pattern intended to beg j?in. of tb e ’ w a I 'e same time, is to be driven very cautiously, without breaking thej fhe figu res the depth of the depression is equal to the intended prominence
^Pressed part- r ^ roand * s Bien to be reduced by planing or filing to the level of theha part previo’n^ ^ the piece of wood being placed in water, either hot or cold,
Pattern, which m ^ a fP rass . e d will rise to its former height, and will then form an embossedt B n r tll is invent?^ 10 , ™ s hed By the usual operations of carving.
guineas. n tlle Society of Arts voted to Mr. Streaker their silver Isis medal and
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cas Bury* patented
EMBOSSING CLOTH. Mr. Thomas Greig, of . ^ousconsWuction of machinery
atl tavention, in November, 1835, which consists m an mgemou
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