They are thus reduced to nearly the same size as at first, and are again made up into packets and enclosed as before, with this difference, that skins prepared from ox-gut are now interposed between each gold leaf, instead of vellum.
For the case of nitric, which is more insidious, the proper test is, a bit of gold leaf, wetted with a few drops of muriatic acid.
The mechanical mode is the application ofgold leaf or gold powder to various surfaces, and their fixation by various means.
A hundred pounds of gold leaf--that's the purser's price.
Gold leaf is a wonderful thing; there would be plenty for you in this affair.
If there were a million or two of gold leaf in it for me--" "Perhaps there would be.
It was only by slow degrees that the illuminators reached the perfect technical skill of the fourteenth century in their application of gold leaf.
Through this passes a stiff brass wire, the lower end of which is bent at a right angle to receive the two strips of gold leaf, while the upper end is attached to a flat plate of metal, or may be furnished with a brass knob.
Gold leaf electroscope; it consists of two strips of gold foil suspended from a brass rod within a glass jar.
Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and used for gilding, etc.
Gold tooling, the fixing ofgold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.
Silver leaf is made in the same manner as gold leaf, and the remarks made in reference to that are generally applicable to silver leaf.
The Commander grinned at us--he was a perfect ripper--took a book of gold leaf out of a drawer, and gave it to Dicky.
We had a good bit of gold leaf left, and I nudged Jim, whose hammock was next mine, to tell him that he could have it.
The decoration of leather made by stamping designs in gold leafupon it.
Gold leaf should be 18 to 22 karat, and neither aluminum nor silver leaf should be used.
With a long-bladed knife, transfer a sheet of gold leaf to the cutting pad which must be thoroughly protected by screens from all draughts.
The same might also be said of Dutch metal or gold leaf used in gilding house paper and other things.
The girls put the sizing and gold leaf on, and, when the impression is made, brush the loose gold leaf off.
Strong women could perform the second beating of gold leaf, but I do not know that they ever do--I think never in the United States.
Gold leaf is so light that even a breath of air will move it.
A book containing strips of gold leaf is sent with the Electrometer to replace the gold leaves when torn or broken in use.
They have accordingly bricked it up, and have overlaid the wall with gold leaf.
There are at least $5000 expended there annually in gold leaf alone.
The principal offering is gold leaf, which they paste on the inside of the footprint.
In this latter was a pearl, a few little bits of gold leaf, and some ashes.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gold leaf" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
