Painters' colours, oils, and varnishes: a practical manual (1892)
Hurst, George H. (George Henry) · London, C. Griffin & Company · leaf 27
12 WHITE PIGMENTS. makers to supersede it, for reasons which will be pointed out presently, it still remains the best process for the manufacture of white lead. Tradition assigns its discovery to the Dutch and to a person named Stratingh in particular. It must be at least 300 years old. Since 1787… … In some places parts of the structure are built below the level of the ground, but there is no advan- tage to be gained by so doing. A large white-lead works will have a number of these sheds, so as to keep the workmen fully occupied with filling and emptying them. A number of earthenware pots are…
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