The Encyclopedia of Founding

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Gems, Imitation – Gun Resins

Gems, Imitation

See PASTE GEMS.

German Tutania

A beautiful white alloy for table-ware, etc. Its composition is: copper 1, antimony 4, tin 48. See GERMAN-SILVER; WHITE ALLOYS.

German White Copper

Copper 88, nickel 8.75. See WHITE ALLOYS.

Gig

A light, portable centre for sweeping small moulds and cores, etc., in either loam, sand, composition, or plaster. See SPINDLE.

Globe

A sphere, a ball. See SPHERE; BALL.

Gold-leaf

See GOLD.

Granulated Zinc

See ZINC, TO PURIFY.

Grapes, A Plaster Cast of

See GLUE MOULDS.

Grooved Drums

See SPIRAL DRUMS.

Gum-arabic

See ARABIC-GUM.

Gum-elastic

See INDIA-RUBBER.

Gun Resins

See RESINS.

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