Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-02-06
Looking Glass Mandatory,
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NAlLLlA NJ II X CHARLES >. WAYNE,
W Manufacturers OF Looking GLASSES. and
Importers oi Hardware, Cutlery, Plated, Britain
ma and lntauon Silver War, No. u, north :,
oond Street, Philadelphia, offer Tor sale Mantel
and PIER Looking GLASSES, III gilt, mahogany and
Diner frame ;rollet, swing, tablet and shaving
Glasses Hardware Cutlery; Plated, Britannia
aud limitation silver W ares.
The advertisers carrying on the MANUFAC-
TURF, OF Looking Gli,ses, and IMPORTING
their Hardware direct from the manufacturing
Establishments oi Birmingham and Sheffield,
England, are enabled TO assure those VINO may
be disposed 10 purchase OF them, that their PR
ces aud terms are accommodating as those Of
any similar establl,hme III any OF the A Atlantic
cites
OF the Imitation Silver Ware, of which they
import Table. Tea and Dessert Spoons Table
aGd Dessert four prong Fork, Soup, Oyster
and TOddY Ladies' Salt aud Mustard Spoons !;
Sugar Tongs Butter Knives Fish SIlcers !;
Table CdstuIs Frult Knives, &c word to
those uhacquainted with II may not be out Of
place 1t, value as IA most e!ul, cheap and
beautiful article OF table use, Combining as II
does all the good qualities o. aennlne sllver,) IS
confrmed by the testimony of all who have used
il. and also as to its be ng the best substitute for
real silver vet discovered A, 10 its cheapne S.
it j, enough to say the price is barely more than
, one MlF0 That OF silver.
The following from Profes sor Hopkins, will
give some idea OF this metal - hdd several
Sins of it FURNISHED aud exposed for several days
TO the action of Dilute Sulphurlc Dilute Murlat-
ic. and Dilute Acetic Acids, and also, to a solu-
ton Of common salt. J be pieces were placed
uprrht in the glasses, containing the liquids, So
rs 10 be immersed to about bali their length. Al
the end OF FIVE DAYS the results were as follows
In the salt and water, the metal was not in the
ls,st deorpe furnished. Z = In strong Sulphur
rc Acid the same .tIi The acid, frequently
called Radical Vine gar though mixed with
water was still many times stronger than any
+. VINEGAR used in families Ii did not d >solve the
uptai but the latter remained as bright where II
was immersed in the acid as It wa, originally.
Nuric Acid dssolves the alloy with cr' at rapid
" but this acid acts with equal over on SIlve
i itself
"The results have satisfied me perfectly, that
vour ALLOW may be used with safely Tor any iPur-
! nose.io which Silver is usually applied IN lam
! lily"
+ eyc,e ling any TO which it would be subjected IN
ordinary household use from its resistance &c
IN, action of zorro i've ACID, ITS beauty and ITS
lnv rice. con slider II an excellent substitute o
rho more costly metal. liz. Its color and lus
re co neatly resemble those of SILVER, that II i
I;tbrplt to distinguish the one from the other"
VIM S;gned. w. E. HOPKINS,
Ac,ing P,of of Chemistry U. S. Military Acad
envy, West Point"
! An able and experienced Looking Glass pack
or i ennloved. so that every satisfaction IS guar
,nteeJ in that department. As to the rest, tn
advertisers intend TO spare no pans 10 fenue
themselves and their store popular. and conclud
By inviting all IN want Oh epUos W nc - G ~.
give them call. w. II. d {. ;. W.
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