Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-03-13
Look ing Glass Manufa Glory
AND
NNgH sTNa'G store.

WILLIAM II. & CHARLES S. WAYNE
W Manufacturers OF Looking Glasses and
Importers OF Hardware, Cutlery. PLACED Britain.
ma and lmitaton Silver War. No. 2I north So
oond Street, Philadelphia, offer for sale Mal,cl
and Per Looking Glasses, III Gilt, mahogany and
other frame toilet, swing, tablet and shaving
Glae,e- Hlrd"are Cutlery; Plated, Britannia
and limitation Silver Wares.
The advertisers carrying ON the MANUFAC-
TCRE of Looking Gla ,srs and IMP. ,RTING
their Hardware direct from the manufacturing
tai. Ishments oi Bnmluo ham and sheffield
Enelan,., are enabled TO assure those who NAV
he dl sposed 10 purchase Of them THAI III r rr.
&c, and terms are ii, accommodating a. those of
any similar es,abI hmenl II any OF Tue Atlantic
cites
or the Limitation SILVER Ware, Of which they
import Table, Tea aud Dessert Spoons Table
and Dessert four prong Fork, Soup, Ovst.
aud 'TodlY Ladle, Salt aud Mustard Spoon,
Snmr Tong, Butter Knives Fish blicers +,
Table Cdstols tlnit Knives, &c. word 10
those unaeqGanted with II may not be out o.,
place. It, value Il mo-t eiu, cheap an
peauli'u article OF table u,e. Combining a, II
doc, All the good qualities OF genuine >tlyrr) i.
confirmed by The testimony OF all who hive used
H. and also a, In Ms be ~ the best sui aate fli
real silver yet discovered As 10 its ch1apnc, >.
IT. enough to say the price Is barely more than
oae HiFa mat OF liver.
The following from Professor Hopkins, will
give some idea OF tins metal ~ ID several
slips OF II Furnished and exposed FOR several day
TO the action OF Dilute Sulphufie, Dilute Muriar-
le, and Dilute Actlc Acid, md al,o to a >olu-
t,ou Of common salt. : he pieces weIe placed
upright ia the glasses, containing the liquids ia
as In bt immersed TO about hall their lensth. Al
The end OF FIVE DAYS the results Were as follows
In the salt and water, the metal was not IN the
lea>t degree tarnished. rs In stron. Sulphur
RE Acid the same. Ill The acid, frequent,
called Radical Vine sar,' though mixed with
water was still many times stronger than any
vinegar used IN families. 1t did not dissolve the
metal, bul the Latter remained rs bright where II
WAS immersed IN the ard. as II wa, originally
Nnric Acld dlSsolves thealluy with Or AT rapid
" but this acid acts with equal power on Silver
itself.
The results have satisfied me perfectly, thai
your alloy may be u.ed with safety for any pur-
pose 10 winch Silver Is usually applied IN fam
lily"
= consider the trials have made of il as far
exceeding any TO Which it would be sube, ted IN
ordinary household use /; from It's resistance to
the action OF zorro acid lts beauty and lis
low rice, CONSIDER 1t an excellent substitute Ion
the more costly metal. rs Il, color and lu,-
ire 50 nearly resemble those OF silver, that It i,
diff ut 10 distinguish the one from The other"
So ed, w. +. HOPKINS,
ArtlAg r. OF. OF Chemistry L. S. Military Acad
enly West Point
An able and experienced Looking Glass pack
cr i, employed, 50 that every SAT- ,actionl, guar
ante,d in that department. A. to the rr>t the
advertiser intend 10 spare 10 pains 10 render
themsrive, aud their store popular. aad conclude
by inviting all in want OF good, IN her line lie
give them acal. W. II. & e. S. w.
Philalelphia, January %. 3n