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one daughter in the fame way of drawing. He ftudied fome
time at Rome, and refided in the emperor's court at Vienna,
which city he left upon the Turks coming before it in 1683.
He died at London fixty years ago, and lies buried in St. An-
drew's Holborn.
VARNISH, ? is a thick, vifcid, mining liquor, ufed bypaint-
VERNISH, 3 ers, gilders, and various other artificers, to give
a glofs and luftre to their v/orks; as alfo to defend them from
the weather, duft, &c.
There are feveral kinds of Varnifhes in ufe; as the ficcative
or drying Varni(h,; made of oil of afpin, turpentine, and fanda-
rach melted together.
White Varnifh, called alfo Venetian Varnifh, made of oil of
turpentine, fine turpentine, and maftic.
Spirit of wine Varnifh, made of fandarach, white amber, gum
elemi, and maftic ; ferving to gild leather, picture frames, &c,
withal.
Gilt Varnifh, made of linfeed oil, fandarach, aloes, gamboge,
and litharge of gold.
China Varnifh, made of gum lacca, colophony, maftic, and
fpirit of wine.
Common Varnifh, which is only common turpentine, difTolv-
ed in oil of turpentine.
White VARNISH, ) from a manufcript of Mr. Boyle.
Amber VARNISH, ) Take white rofin four drachm?,
melt it over the fire in a clean glazed pipkin, then put it into
two ounces of the whiteft amber you can get, finely powdered.
This is to be put in by a little and a little, gradually, keeping it
ftirring all the while with a fmall ftick, over a gentle fire, till it
diflolves,.pouring in now and then a little oil of turpentine, as you
find it growing ftiffj and continue fo to do till all your amber is
melted.
But great care muft be taken not to fet the houfe on fire, for the
very vapours of the oil of turpentine will take fire by heat on!v ;
but, if it fhall happen fo to do, immediately put a flat board or
wet blanket over the fiery pot, and, by keeping the air from it,
you will put it out, or fuftocate it.
Therefore it will be beft to melt the rofin, in a glafs of a cy-
lindric figure, in a bed of hot fand, after the glafs has been well
annealed or warmed by degrees in the fand, under which you muifc
keep a gentle fire.
When the Varnifh has been thus made, pour it into a coarfe
linen bag, and prefs it between two hot boards of oak or flit
plates of iron ; after which it may be ufed with any colours in
painting, and alfo for varnifhing them over when painted.
But, for covering gold, you muft ufe the following Varn;i'- :
Z 3 This
one daughter in the fame way of drawing. He ftudied fome
time at Rome, and refided in the emperor's court at Vienna,
which city he left upon the Turks coming before it in 1683.
He died at London fixty years ago, and lies buried in St. An-
drew's Holborn.
VARNISH, ? is a thick, vifcid, mining liquor, ufed bypaint-
VERNISH, 3 ers, gilders, and various other artificers, to give
a glofs and luftre to their v/orks; as alfo to defend them from
the weather, duft, &c.
There are feveral kinds of Varnifhes in ufe; as the ficcative
or drying Varni(h,; made of oil of afpin, turpentine, and fanda-
rach melted together.
White Varnifh, called alfo Venetian Varnifh, made of oil of
turpentine, fine turpentine, and maftic.
Spirit of wine Varnifh, made of fandarach, white amber, gum
elemi, and maftic ; ferving to gild leather, picture frames, &c,
withal.
Gilt Varnifh, made of linfeed oil, fandarach, aloes, gamboge,
and litharge of gold.
China Varnifh, made of gum lacca, colophony, maftic, and
fpirit of wine.
Common Varnifh, which is only common turpentine, difTolv-
ed in oil of turpentine.
White VARNISH, ) from a manufcript of Mr. Boyle.
Amber VARNISH, ) Take white rofin four drachm?,
melt it over the fire in a clean glazed pipkin, then put it into
two ounces of the whiteft amber you can get, finely powdered.
This is to be put in by a little and a little, gradually, keeping it
ftirring all the while with a fmall ftick, over a gentle fire, till it
diflolves,.pouring in now and then a little oil of turpentine, as you
find it growing ftiffj and continue fo to do till all your amber is
melted.
But great care muft be taken not to fet the houfe on fire, for the
very vapours of the oil of turpentine will take fire by heat on!v ;
but, if it fhall happen fo to do, immediately put a flat board or
wet blanket over the fiery pot, and, by keeping the air from it,
you will put it out, or fuftocate it.
Therefore it will be beft to melt the rofin, in a glafs of a cy-
lindric figure, in a bed of hot fand, after the glafs has been well
annealed or warmed by degrees in the fand, under which you muifc
keep a gentle fire.
When the Varnifh has been thus made, pour it into a coarfe
linen bag, and prefs it between two hot boards of oak or flit
plates of iron ; after which it may be ufed with any colours in
painting, and alfo for varnifhing them over when painted.
But, for covering gold, you muft ufe the following Varn;i'- :
Z 3 This