inquartation

inquartation
Quartation Quar*ta"tion, n. [L. quartus the fourth: cf. F. quartation. So called because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.] (Chem. & Assaying) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also {inquartation}. Compare {Parting}. [1913 Webster]

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  • Inquartation — In quar*ta tion, n. Quartation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inquartation — (Quartation), eine Art der Scheidung des Goldes von anderen Metallen, s.u. Gold S. 445 …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • inquartation — inquart [ ɛ̃kar ] n. m. • 1676; de 2. in et quart ♦ Techn. Opération qui consiste à ajouter à l or, avant la coupellation, trois fois son poids d argent. ⇒ alliage. On dit aussi INQUARTATION n. f. et QUARTATION n. f. ⇒INQUART, subst.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • inquartation — /in kwawr tay sheuhn/, n. (in assaying) the addition of silver to a gold silver alloy in order to facilitate the parting of the gold by nitric acid. [1880 85; perh. < F inquartation. See IN 2, QUARTER, ATION] * * * …   Universalium

  • inquartation — (in kar), s. m. ou INQUARTATION (in kar ta sion)), s. f. Terme de chimie. Synonymes de quartation (voy. ce mot). ÉTYMOLOGIE    In, en, et quart ; à cause qu on ne met qu un quart d or sur trois quarts d argent …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • inquartation — /in kwawr tay sheuhn/, n. (in assaying) the addition of silver to a gold silver alloy in order to facilitate the parting of the gold by nitric acid. [1880 85; perh. < F inquartation. See IN 2, QUARTER, ATION] …   Useful english dictionary

  • inquart — [ ɛ̃kar ] n. m. • 1676; de 2. in et quart ♦ Techn. Opération qui consiste à ajouter à l or, avant la coupellation, trois fois son poids d argent. ⇒ alliage. On dit aussi INQUARTATION n. f. et QUARTATION n. f. ⇒INQUART, subst. masc.,INQUARTATION,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • ESSAIS (or et argent) — ESSAIS, or et argent En France, les objets en or et en argent ont toujours été essayés : par les gardes sous l’Ancien Régime, par les centres de garantie à partir de 1798. L’essai est une analyse chimique ayant pour but, par des moyens divers, de …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Quartation — Quar*ta tion, n. [L. quartus the fourth: cf. F. quartation. So called because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.] (Chem. & Assaying) The act, process, or result (in the process of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gold — This article is about the metal. For the color, see Gold (color). For other uses, see Gold (disambiguation). platinum ← gold → mercury …   Wikipedia

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