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GOL

brl\\,(fll

1\\'0

rollers cf a linlc mili: Ihefo rollers ue

uf ni.:ely p,¡IJihc,llIe l, anu .bollt time inehls in d,a–

meter_

hey art fet very eluC!!

caeh olher, anu

t"rncd by means uf

h.nule C.llene.! lu one of thcm,

whieh gives motinn

lhe other_ The golJ wire in

p,lfing [¡el\\'cen Ihe lWO, is rendered quite

flOl,

bUI

wilhouI

lor.ng

any lhing

its giluing, ano is relldered

exceedingly lhin and flexible, lhal il is ealily Cpun

r.lk

lhread, by means of a hand whtc/,

and

wounO

on a Ipool or bobin_

COLO -LE A<, or Ih ATEN GOLO, is guld beaten with a

h¡Olmcr inlo exeeeding lhin leaves, fo lhal il is com–

pUleO, Ihal an ounee may be bealen inlO r.xleen hun–

dred leaves, eaeh Ihree ioehes Cquare, in whieh (lale

il takes up more lhao 159052 limes ilS forOler furfaee_

T his gold lhey beat on a block of blaek marble, a·

hOUI

fool fqu are, and uCually raifed tlnee

high :

they make uCe of lhree COrlS

hammers, formed like

mallm, of poliOled iron: the fir(l, whieh weighs three

or four pounds, Cervrs to ehaCe, or drive; lhe Cceond,

of eleveo or twelve pouods, to cloCe ; and lhe third,

whieh weighs founeen or fifteen pounds, to (lrcleh and

C,oilh_ They alfo make ufe uf fou r mould of differ–

enl fius,

viz_

1lOO

of vellum, the Cmallel! whereof

eoofi(ls of fony or fifly leaves, aod lhe l¿rgcr cf lWO

buodred; lhe olher lWO, confi(ling eaeh of 6ve huo–

dred leaves, are made of bulJoeks guts \Vel! feoured,

and prepared. See

LO,

/!1tthod

-if

prtparing and btating

GO¡;O , They firfl

mell a quanlily of pure gold, aod form it iOlO an in–

gOt : this they reduce, by forging, inlo a plate about

thc thiekneCs of a fheet of paper; whieh done, they

cut the plate inlo liltle pieces abOUl an ineh Cquare, and

lay Ihem inIhe fi rfl or Cmalle(l mould

begin tO (lretch

them: áfter Ihey have been hammered here a while

with lhe Cmallefl hammer, Ihey cut eaeh of lhem into

four, ano put lhem inlo me Cecor,d moulJ, to be ex·

tended Cunher.

p?n taking them henee, lhey cut them agaip into

four, and put lhem ioto Ihe third mould; out of which

Ihey are taken, divided into four, as before, and

I.id

io lhe

I~(I,

or fin ifhing mould, where lhey are beaten

to lhe dtgree of thioDeCs requireJ,

The leaves thus fi nifhed, Ihey take them out of the

mould, and difpoCe lhem inlo linle paper-books, pre–

pared wilh a liule red bole, for lhe.gold

f1iek

10;

eaeh book ordinarily eontains lwenty-five gold leaves.

T here are IWO fi zes of lheCe books; twenly- five leaves

lhe Cmalle(l only weigh 6ve or fix grains, aod Ihe

f.me

oumber

Ih< largel! nine or len

gr~ins,

mu(l be obCerved, Ihal gold is beaten·more or leCs,

aec,)Tdin~

tOlhe kind or <¡uality of the work it is in–

lended for;

rh~l

for Ihe gold.wire drawm

gild

lhei r

in~ot!

whhal, is lefl mueh thieker lhan thal for

gildipg lhe frames of piaures,

&,c.

wirha/. See G IL O·

I NC .

COLD·.·" CH, in ornilhology. See FRI NG ILLA .

GOLO.MIT H, or, as fome ehufe to exp..Cs

il,ji/vrr–

¡mith,

an .Tlil! who m.kes vcfl'e1s, ulenfils, and orna–

rotnts, in gnld and 6l,er,

The

~olJrmilh 's

work is eilher perCormeu in lhe

VOL, II.

No,

56,

G () O

moulJ, or

bc~t

out with

lhe

h¡¡mmcr or

Ot:l:r

(hA:.!;

AII

works Ih:'lha,e TaI""lligulls, ale edil

a muuld,

anO aCterwMJs pulilheo anO lillllheJ:

pl~tes,

or "ilhe;,

fil'er or golJ ,

~re

beal out from Ihin

11,:

pl.l(s ;

ano lankarJs, anu olher ycfl'cJs of lhal kind, are CorOl.

ed of pl.lles foloe rcd logclher, and lheir mouldings are

beal, nOl

Cri(l ,

The bufincfs of lhe goldCmilhs Cor.

merly required mueh more laboor than il does

pre–

fent; Cur Ihey were obligcd lo.h. mmer themetal C, om

the ingol

the IhinncCs lhey wanted : but Ihere are

nolV iOI'ented Cming-mills, whieh reduce melals

lhe

thinnefs

l ~at

is ,equired, al a very Cmall e"penee, T he

golJCmith is lO make his own moulds, and fo r that rea–

Ion ough¡

10;':

a good detifner, anO. have a talle

feulrrure: he alCo Ollghl

know enough of me"lIu r.

gy, to be able

afl'.y mixed metals, anu

-mix lhe

alloy,

GOLDEN, Comelhing lhat

h~s

a re!ation to gold,

o¡

eonfills of golu,

GOLOEN

nUJ/lútr_

See ASTRONOMV, p.

492 -

GOLOEN

ru{t.

See ARITHMETI CK, p,

38 1.

GOLDrNGEN, a Cily of Poland, io Ihe dueh)' of

Courland, 6xty miles wetl

Minau:

long,

21°,

N. lat

5'"

GOMBRON, Ihe greate(l fea-pon town in Perfia, filU.

aled on lhe flrait at lhe entranee of lhe gulph of Pero

fia, oppofile

rhe iJhoJ of Ormus:

long,

55 °

30',

)1. 1.1.27° 30'.

GOMERA, one of the Canary iDands, Cubjea to Spaio,

and fi luated wefl of Ttoentf:

long,

r8°,

N, lat_

28°.

GOMORRO

iJlandl,

firuated betlVeen

10°

:¡nd

13°

S. lat_

on the eaftern eoan of

frica_

GOMPHOS IS, in analomy, See ANATOMV,

P, 14 8 ,

GOMPHRENA, Ihe

purp/t'lf)trlajling Jh'Wtr,

in bo·

taoy, a genus of Ihe pentandria digynia claCs, The

calix eonfills of tbree eoloured leaves ; the neaarium

is cylindrieal, with len teelh; and lhe capCule eontains

one Ceed. There are Ceveo [peeies, none of tbem oa·

n ves of Britain,

CONDOLA, in naval arehiteaure, a

Ha!

kind of boat,

very long and narrow, ehieBy uCed on the

can.ls

Venice.

GONORRHOEA, in medicine, 3n involunlary effiux of

the fminal juiees, and Come olher reeremenlitiuus mato

ler, See MEDIC INE.

GOOD, in general, whatever is apt to caufe or inereafe

pleaCure, or diminifh pain in us ; or, whieh amounlSto

lhe Came, ",halever is able

procllre or preCerve

us lhe pofl'effion of agreeable fenCations, and remol'e

lhofe of an

oppor.le

naturc.

Mora{

Gouo, drnoles lhe rigilt condua

the feveral

fenC"s ar.d p,tliOIlS,

Iheir jnlt propoll;on and aecom·

mod~tion

lheir reCreélive objeas arod

d atiuns. Se!!

MORALS.

GOOD-HOPE, or COft o/ GOOO-HOPE, Ihe mo(l Cou–

Ihern promontory oCACrica.

here Ihe DUlrh have

built a good

10IVO

and fon:

long_

16°

and

IJI.

<4°

GOOSE, in ornilholog)'_ See ¡INAS .

GOOSE DERR V, in bOlany

Se:P lu rs

GOOSE-SHoi. ,