White lead, or lead carbonate,1 is the pigment that formed the basis of most oil paints used in the decoration of houses until comparatively recently. When combined with linseed oil it forms a lead soap2 which...
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Sep 7th, 2011
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Locomotive Lamp
Occasionally I am asked to examine an object that falls outside the usual run of things. In this case it concerned the lamp from a late 19th century American locomotive that had been scrapped decades...
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Jun 29th, 2011
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The Methods and Materials of the House-Painter in England 1650-1850
The text of my thesis can be found here Papers and Paints can be found here: View Larger...
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