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Gold Tracing on Metal

Writing or any device in gold may be made on polished steel or iron, by tracing on the surface with a camel-hair pencil, using an ethereal solution of gold. The ether evaporating leaves a coating of gold, which may then be polished. (See No. 3585.)

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