litharge

• There are twelve mines actually amparadas_, or in labor, in the four minerals already mentioned: their names are unknown to us, and it is only known that their monthly products amount to 200 marks [of 8 ounces] of silver and 150 loads of greta [litharge]. —  Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited
• The well-known additions of the acetate, or sugar of lead, litharge, and sulphate of zinc, either mechanically ground, or in solution, for light colours; and japanner's gold size, or oils boiled upon litharge, for lakes; or, in some cases, manganese and verdigris for dark colours, are resorted to when the pigments or vehicles are not sufficiently good dryers alone. —  Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
• Instead of litharge, experiments have led to the choice of salts of zinc, such as the chloride or sulphate, a small percentage of which, on being mixed with the oil or oxide, confers upon it the property of rapidly hardening. —  Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
• It is prepared from arsenic fluxed with litharge, and reduced to powder. —  Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
• The presence of the litharge, however, renders it subject to be blackened by sulphuretted hydrogen. —  Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists

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