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To Cement Amber

Amber is mended and restored by a cement that might oined or mended by smearing the surfaces be called a cold zinc casting. It adheres firmwith boiled linseed oil, and strongly pressing them together, at the same time holding them 2186. Bright Green Cement. Carbonover a charcoal fire or heating them in any other way that will not injure the amber. 2177. Το Cement Alabaster and Plaster. Ornaments of alabaster or plaster may be joined together by means of a little white of egg, thickened with finely-powdered quicklime, or by a mixture of newly-baked and finely-powdered plaster of Paris, mixed up with the least possible quantity of water.

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