Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Description of the Method of Moulding and Casting Heads, Masks, Medallions, &C
When water is added to this impalpable powder, it supplies the place of that expelled by the process of baking, and causes it to reassume the solid form without shrinking or warping. Plaster already prepared for casting can be obtained at a tri?ing expense, in every large city. In this, there are several mills exclusively devoted to the purpose of preparing it for casting and stucco Work.
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