Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 464
oother the surface the more favorably the deposite will take place upon it,for a very rough surface is not quite so well adapted for these operations, the hydrogen having a greatertendency to be evolved from it. When the metal to be gilt does not decompose the solution of gold,the solution may be…
Mechanical engineering
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