单词 | quicksilvering |
释义 | > as lemmasˈquickˌsilvering ˈquickˌsilvering n. [compare earlier quickening n.2] the action or process of coating glass with quicksilver or amalgam; (concrete) a coating of quicksilver or amalgam. ΚΠ 1750 tr. E. Jourdan de Pellerin Treat. Venereal Maladies 84 There is sold at Paris a great deal of adulterated mercury, particularly that which is taken from the back of broken looking-glasses; which is no other than mercury amalgamated with tin; and this is what they call quicksilvering. 1875 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. III. 539/1 These disadvantages of the quicksilvering process have turned the attention of manufacturers to the use of pure silver for backing mirrors. 1906 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 28 110 Forty-four occupations are forbidden for children under 16... Manufacturing of packing tar oil, quicksilvering of mirrors, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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