Difference between revisions of "Talmi gold"
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| − | A metal composed of a thin sheet of [ | + | A metal composed of a thin sheet of [[gold|gold]] rolled on [[brass|brass]]. It is used in making costume jewelry. The name was originally called Tallois half-gold when it was invented in Paris about 1865. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
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Description
A metal composed of a thin sheet of Gold rolled on Brass. It is used in making costume jewelry. The name was originally called Tallois half-gold when it was invented in Paris about 1865.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Tallois half-gold; Abyssinian gold; counterfeit gold; Talmi (Deut.)
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 216
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998