| 单词 | hot gilding |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot gilding hot gilding n. gilding in which an amalgam of gold or silver is applied to a surface and the mercury content subsequently driven off by heating. ΚΠ 1789 C. R. Hopson in tr. J. C. Wiegleb Gen. Syst. Chem. ii. i. vii. 577 Hot-gilding is performed in the very same various ways, but confined merely to incombustible bodies. 1897 J. H. Van Horne Mod. Electro Plating xi. 147 Hot baths, for hot gilding, work with from 11 grains to 20 grains of gold to the quart. 1999 R. Beer Encycl. Tibetan Symbols & Motifs ix. 209/2 Silver is used in the same gilding processes as gold, with a silver leaf and mercury amalgam being used for ‘hot gilding’. < as lemmas |
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