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Definition of Burnishing
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnishing
Literary usage of Burnishing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications by Joseph William Richards (1890)
"Biederman makes the following remarks on polishing: "The use of the old means of
polishing and burnishing metals, such as soap, wine, vinegar, linseed-oil, ..."
2. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"Deposits of gold and silver as well as of platinum are polished by burnishing,
the steel burnisher being used for the grounding process, and an agate or ..."
3. China Painting: A Practical Manual for the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration by Mary Louise McLaughlin (1889)
"A fine dead surface can be secured by burnishing with an agate burnisher, and
then re-firing. ... Or, after burnishing, the metal can be rubbed ..."
4. Photographic Mosaics by Edward Livingston Wilson, Mathew Carey Lea (1895)
"burnishing GELATINE AND COLLODION FRINTS. BY GEORGE W. DAVIES, Portland, Oregon.
THAT the end crowns the work is nowhere more true than in photography and ..."
5. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"n electro-metallurgy for a preparatory process in burnishing. (See
Appendix—burnishing^) Grouping System for Electric Light Leads. ..."
6. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1907)
"burnishing the Surfaces.—Lubricating films are so very thin that to allow of ...
The burnishing rolls are pressed firmly against the surface of the journal ..."
7. Galvanoplastic Manipulations: A Practical Guide for the Gold and Silver by William Henry Wahl, Alfred Roseleur (1883)
"burnishing. burnishing is the operation by which the ... burnishing is therefore
an important operation ..."
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