This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...and in using it; we might also add, to those who live in rooms in which it has been recently employed. It therefore becomes a question of some importance--can any other substance be employed that is of a less injurious quality, and is equally or more adapted for the purpose required? In answer to this question, we ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...and in using it; we might also add, to those who live in rooms in which it has been recently employed. It therefore becomes a question of some importance--can any other substance be employed that is of a less injurious quality, and is equally or more adapted for the purpose required? In answer to this question, we quote the experiments of De Morveau, and his remarks upon them. " I placed in my apparatus pieces of cloth, on which were laid the whife of calcareous tartar in water, and different preparations of white, from tin and zinc, both in oil and water, and I allowed them to continue exposed to the phlogistic vapour during a sitting of the Academy; if they were not altered, their superiority over the whites in use would be sufficiently established. The sitting continued for near an hour; and the bottle having been opened, all the colours continued to have the same shade as they had before. I can, therefore, recommend to painters those three whites, and particularly that of zinc, the preparation of which is exposed to less variation, the shade more lively and uniform; and moreover it is fit for all purposes, and perhaps procured at less expense. " I will assert further that it may be procured in sufficient quantities to supply the place of ceruse in every branch of the art, even in interior house-painting. I would recommend it, less with the view of adding new splendour to this kind of ornament than for the safety of those who are employed in preparing or using it, and perhaps for the safety of those who inhabit houses ornamented in this manner. " But without being too sanguine, although the process in the fabrication be simplified in proportion to the demand, as is usually the case, yet there is reason to apprehend that the low price of ce...
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