electroplate

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But we shall also, in the course of our experiments, find that a cheap metal can be coated with a costly one by means of electricity—that we can electroplate by electrolysis.

From Electricity for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

We went on past a display of electroplate with a card about presents in the window, past a window full of white flowers, past a carriage-builder's and a glove shop.

From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

A metallic surface which it is intended to electroplate must, as has been mentioned, be scrupulously clean.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

It taught you how to make all sorts of things—galvanic batteries, and kites, and mouse-traps, and how to electroplate things, and how to do wood-carving and leather-work.

From Oswald Bastable and Others by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund)

There are oil paintings on the walls; there is an immense amount of the most expensive electroplate on the dinner table; the toilet accessories in the guest chambers are 'elegant' and recherché.

From Hodge and His Masters by Jefferies, Richard