... are all very simple} and the workmanship (particularly in the formation of knives and spears) is not destitute of merit. The iron, indeed, is hard and brittle; and requires much labour before it can be made to answer the purpose. Most of the African... The History of Various Modern African Nations - Page 211by William Fordyce Mavor - 1808 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1804 - 416 pages
...brittle, and requires much labour. The blacksmiths of this part of Africa are acquainted with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained from the lye of burnt corn-stalks. A variety of ornaments are executed in gold, with great taste and ingenuity... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa - 1807 - 594 pages
...be made to answer the purpose. Most of the African blacksmiths are acquainted also with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained from a ley of burnt corn-stalks evaporated to dryness. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form it into a variety of ornaments,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1808 - 396 pages
...brittle, and requires much labour. The blacksmiths of this part of Africa are acquainted with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline...that metal into wire. In the kingdoms of Bambarra and Kaarla, they make baskets, hats, and different articles of use and. decoration, from rushes beautifully... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa, West - 1813 - 374 pages
...be made to answer the purpose. Most of the African blacksmiths are acquainted also jvitb the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained frotn a lye of burnt corn-stalks, evaporated to dryncss. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa - 1816 - 576 pages
...be made to answer the purpose. Most of the African blacksmiths are acquainted also with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained from a ley of burnt corn-stalks evaporated io dryness. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form it into a variety of ornaments,... | |
| R. P. Forster - Voyages and travels - 1818 - 508 pages
...the yellow by the root of a plant. M<>-t of the African blacksmiths are acquainted with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained from the ley of burnt corn-stalks, evaporated to "dryness. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form... | |
| Mungo Park - 1820 - 234 pages
...workmanship is not destitute of merit. Most of the African blacksmiths are also acquainted with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained from a ley of burnt corn-stalks, evaporated to dryness. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form it into a variety of ornaments... | |
| CHRISTIAN TRAVELLER. - Africa, West - 1841 - 220 pages
...some of the neighbouring states. Most of the African blacksmiths are acquainted also with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained from a ley of burnt corn-stalks evaporated to dryness. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form it into a variety of ornaments,... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa - 1860 - 434 pages
...be made to answer the purpose. Most of the African blacksmiths are acquainted also with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt, obtained from a lye of burnt corn-stalks evaporated to dryness. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form it... | |
| English explorers - 1875 - 680 pages
...be made to answer the purpose. Most of the African blacksmiths are acquainted also with the method of smelting gold, in which process they use an alkaline salt obtained from a ley of burnt corn-stalks evaporated to dryness. They likewise draw the gold into wire, and form it into a variety of ornaments,... | |
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