Plated

Examples

• He had never been suspected of stealing a silver tea-pot; he had been maligned respecting a mustard-pot, but it turned out to be only a plated one. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The daguerreotype was made on a thin sheet of copper, silver plated on one side, polished to a high degree of brilliancy, and made sensitive by exposing it to the fumes of iodine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The metal underlying the silver plate of the best plated teaspoons is of nickel silver, a trade name for a metal composed of nickel, copper and zinc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When spoons are to be plated, they are hung in a bath of silver nitrate side by side with a thick slab of pure silver, as in Figure 209. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In 1834 Henry Bessemer electro-plated lead castings with copper in the production of antique relief heads. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Practically all silver, gold, and nickel plating is done in this way; machine, bicycle, and motor attachments are not solid, but are of cheaper material electrically plated with nickel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Many of the old family pieces of Sheffield have found their way into the melting pot in exchange for the modern electro-plated silverware. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The making of silver-plated flatware is an interesting process and one that requires a great amount of skill and care. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On each side of the cabinet are affixed two lamps, as in Fig.?1, with large plated reflectors about 10 or 12 inches in diameter. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The marvelous force of electricity was brought to bear on the making of silver-plated knives, forks, spoons, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For polishing silver and nickel-plated ware, brass, copper, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The next comer was a gentleman in a shirt emblazoned with pink anchors, who was closely followed by a pale youth with a plated watchguard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Thoroughly clean the article to be plated and apply the solution with a soft brush. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This is accomplished by means of a double-burnishing process after the article is plated and before it receives its final buffed finish. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At one end of the journey we see the cylindrical bar of steel, black and unlovely; at the other, the silver-plated knife, light, well-balanced and heavily plated with pure silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Armor-plated ships should be plated with their head in a different direction from that in which they lay when built. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The articles to be plated are suspended by wires from the metal rod, _f_, and a plate of silver is attached to the rod, _e_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Silver plated goods for the table and articles of vertu are to be found everywhere. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Colonel's breakfast was served to him in the same dingy and gorgeous plated ware. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The perforated tubes into which the nickel active material is loaded are made of nickel-plated steel of high quality. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• On the tanks are rods supporting the articles to be plated, which are suspended in the solution. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• For this purpose a small stove seemed desirable, and the result was a small disc stove made of cast iron, highly nickel plated and polished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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