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Show Costing of Vaporlistlon. . Electroplating calls for cell, a current and a conducting surface. A new process Invented by a Zurich en- 1 glneer gives coatings not only upon metal surfaces, but upon plaster, glass, celluloid, wood or paper. It Is sdapied for producing a veneer of tin. j lead, copper, aluminum, or even gold or silver. The metal or Its solution Is vaporized under a pressure of 40 to 60 1 pounds per square Inch, and the vapor Is allowed to escape from a small i orifice, when It cools Inntantly, pro- Jertlng solid panicles of the metsl sgalnst sny surfsce with such force that a homogeneous solid coating Is ' formed at once and may be made quarter of an Inch thick In a tew sec- ' ends. This costing msy be made ad- I Cerent, for decoration or protection, i or detachable, for reproductions, etc. , Coated objects of metal, wood and paper pa-per have been shown In Zurich, and ' the process promises to beeome Ira 1 portent |