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being uppermoft; upon this pour plafter of Paris 

 made in the ufual manner, and when dry, the 

 figure may be taken out of the box or mold, with 

 the tin-foil {licking on the plafter, the convex-fide 

 being now uppermoft again, in which pofition it is 

 to be kept in the cabinet, after it becomes dry. 

 To have an impreffion very perfeft, the thinneft 

 tin-foil fhould be made ufe of*. 



The impreffions taken in the foregoing manner 

 almoft equal filver medals in beauty, and are very 

 durable: if the box or moldf be rather larger 

 than the impreffion of tin-foil, the plafter, when 

 poured on, runs round it's edges, and forms a 

 kind of white frame, or circular border, round 

 the foil, whence the new-made medal appears the 

 more neat and beautiful. If this tin-foiL be gilt 

 with gold-leaf, by means of thin ifinglafs glue, or 

 boiled linfeed oil, the medal will refemble gold. 



* This method does not in the leaft injure any medal or coin. 



+ Chip boxes,, ufed by apothecaries, anfwer this purpofe, and 

 may be ealily procured. A flip of paper wrapped round any 

 circular body with a flat furface, is equally convenient. 



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