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wherein they fet their diamonds, to give them their tcint or
colour.
Lamp or Smoke Black, is the fmoke of rofin, prepared by
melting and purifying the rofm in iron vefiels, then fetting fire
to it under a chimney or other place made for the purpofe, and
lined at the top with fheep-fkins, or thick linen cloth, to re-
ceive the vapour or fmoke, which is the Black; in this manner
they prepare vaft quantities of it at Paris.
This Black may alfo be made by the burning of Lamps,
having many wicks, covered with a very large top at a due
diftance, to receive the fmoke, which, continually flicking
upon the top, produces this Black colour ; the top of this lamp
may be taken off every half-hour, and the Black fwept off it;
then the wicks being muffed,, and the cover or top being put
on again, repeat this till you have what quantity of colour you
defire, or till all the oil is burnt out; this Black is of excellent
ufe for Black varnifh. A quart of oil, worth about fix or eisht
pence, will make Black enough to do a large cabinet.
In England it is ufually prepared from the refinous parts of
woods, burnt under a kind of tent, which receives it; it is ufed
on various occafions, particularly in printers ink ; for which it
is mixed with oils of turpentine and linfeed, all boiled together.
German or Frankfort Black, is made of the lees of wine,
ivory, or peach-ftones burnt, then warned in water, and ground
in mills for that purpofe.—This Black makes the principal in-
gredient in the rolling-prefs printers ink. It is moft generally
brought from Frankfort, Mentz, or Strafburg, either in lumps
or powder.—That which is made in France, is not in general
fo well efteemed as that made in Germany, by reafon of the
difference of the lees of wine ufed in the one and the other.
To make a Black from Jheeps feet. Take fheeps bones, cal-
cine them in an oven, or in a crucible in a furnace, and quench
them in a wet cloth ; they muft be ground in water before any
gum is put to them.—This Black will mix with lake and um-
ber for carnation, in miniature or water-painting.
To dye wood, boms, and bones, Black. Diffolve vitriol in
vinegar or fpirit of wine, and infufethem in it. Or,
Take litharge and quick-lime of earth, two pounds ; mix
them with a fufficient quantity of water, and put in the bones,
and ftir with a ftick till they boil a-pace; then take it off the
fire, and ftir till it is cold, and the bones will be very Black.
Spanijh Black is fo called, becaufe flrft invented by the
Spaniards ; and moft of it brought from them, is no other than
burnt cork, ufed in various works, particularly among painters.
Earth Black, is a kind of coal found in the ground, which,
being well pounded, is ufed by painters in frefco,
Black,
wherein they fet their diamonds, to give them their tcint or
colour.
Lamp or Smoke Black, is the fmoke of rofin, prepared by
melting and purifying the rofm in iron vefiels, then fetting fire
to it under a chimney or other place made for the purpofe, and
lined at the top with fheep-fkins, or thick linen cloth, to re-
ceive the vapour or fmoke, which is the Black; in this manner
they prepare vaft quantities of it at Paris.
This Black may alfo be made by the burning of Lamps,
having many wicks, covered with a very large top at a due
diftance, to receive the fmoke, which, continually flicking
upon the top, produces this Black colour ; the top of this lamp
may be taken off every half-hour, and the Black fwept off it;
then the wicks being muffed,, and the cover or top being put
on again, repeat this till you have what quantity of colour you
defire, or till all the oil is burnt out; this Black is of excellent
ufe for Black varnifh. A quart of oil, worth about fix or eisht
pence, will make Black enough to do a large cabinet.
In England it is ufually prepared from the refinous parts of
woods, burnt under a kind of tent, which receives it; it is ufed
on various occafions, particularly in printers ink ; for which it
is mixed with oils of turpentine and linfeed, all boiled together.
German or Frankfort Black, is made of the lees of wine,
ivory, or peach-ftones burnt, then warned in water, and ground
in mills for that purpofe.—This Black makes the principal in-
gredient in the rolling-prefs printers ink. It is moft generally
brought from Frankfort, Mentz, or Strafburg, either in lumps
or powder.—That which is made in France, is not in general
fo well efteemed as that made in Germany, by reafon of the
difference of the lees of wine ufed in the one and the other.
To make a Black from Jheeps feet. Take fheeps bones, cal-
cine them in an oven, or in a crucible in a furnace, and quench
them in a wet cloth ; they muft be ground in water before any
gum is put to them.—This Black will mix with lake and um-
ber for carnation, in miniature or water-painting.
To dye wood, boms, and bones, Black. Diffolve vitriol in
vinegar or fpirit of wine, and infufethem in it. Or,
Take litharge and quick-lime of earth, two pounds ; mix
them with a fufficient quantity of water, and put in the bones,
and ftir with a ftick till they boil a-pace; then take it off the
fire, and ftir till it is cold, and the bones will be very Black.
Spanijh Black is fo called, becaufe flrft invented by the
Spaniards ; and moft of it brought from them, is no other than
burnt cork, ufed in various works, particularly among painters.
Earth Black, is a kind of coal found in the ground, which,
being well pounded, is ufed by painters in frefco,
Black,