Identifier: dictionariumpoly00barr (find matches)
Title: Dictionarium polygraphicum, or, The whole body of arts regularly digested ... : illustrated with fifty-six copper plates
Year: 1758 (1750s)
Authors: Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750 Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752 Hitch, Charles, d. 1764 Hawes, Lacy
Subjects: Arts Industrial arts
Publisher: London : Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster-Row : J. Hinton, in Newgate-Street : and L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Gray's Inn
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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r, or figns of the zo-diac, through which Sol makes his revolution. Ihe PhcEuicians, as is reported by Cicero and Macrobius, re-prefented Janus by the form of a ferpent, holding its tail in itsmouth, and continually turning round. Some reprefented Janus with four faces, as were thofe fta-tucs which were found in divers places in Tufcany. By the four faces are fignified the four feafons of the year;fprins;, fummer, autumn, and winter : Which fome think to bethofeof Venus, Ceres, Bacchus, and Vulcan ; and fometimesthe winds with /Eolus, their commander. JAPANNING. The rnethod of preparing woods for )a¥AK-TciKG. I. Take plaifterers fize, difiolve it over the fire, ma-king it pretty warm ; and mix with it whiting finely powdered,until it is of a good body, but not too thick. 2. Take a orufh of hogb hair, and wiih it lay your work over indre-hly theoth and toft isAC ick,n it ed ; lefeIt a &c.)ak. Iter,un- ideamtii net- lakeifore ork, ned,IS in und,■aw-, ei- whi-hich rint, lited fide
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7-.;. /..</■■ JAP 3 over with the former mixture ; letting it dry very well; Andrepeat this fo often until you have hid all the hollownefles, cre-vices, pores, and grain of the wood, letting it be thoroughlydried between every laying. 3. When it has at laft grown thoroughly dry, rub all theWork over with a wet rag, until you have rendered it as fmoothas is poffible. N. B. This is called water-planing. 4. When it is grown thoroughly dry again, rufli it even andfmooth, and as clofe to the grain as poiTibly may be. 5. After this, wafli over the work twice with the thickeft offeed-lac varniflh, letting it ftand to dry each time; and, if it isnot fmooth, rufli it again, to make it fo. See SEED-LACVARNISH. 6. In a day or twos time, you may varnifh it over with black,or what other colour you defign, as is direcfted ; and, when itis dry, finifh it by polifhing it. 7. After the fame manner carved figures are to be primed ;alfo frames, cabinets, flands, tea-tables, &c. only that thefdictionariumpoly00barr

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