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Footnote: The second part of this is quite obscure.]
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35.
[
Dried earth 16 pounds, 100 pounds of metal wet clay 20,--of wet
00,-half,- which increases 4 Ibs. of water,--1 of wax, 1 Ib. of
1
metal, a little less,-the scrapings of linen with earth, measure for
measure.] [Footnote: The translation is given literally, but the
meaning is quite obscure.]
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36.
Such as the mould is, so will the cast be.
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37.
HOW CASTS OUGHT TO BE POLISHED.
Make a bunch of iron wire as thick as thread, and scrub them with
[this and] water; hold a bowl underneath that it may not make a mud
below.
HOW TO REMOVE THE ROUGH EDGES FROM BRONZE.
Make an iron rod, after the manner of a large chisel, and with this
rub over those seams on the bronze which remain on the casts of the
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