The new family receipt book [by M.E. Rundell].

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Usefulness of mowing weeds
38
Cure of the rot in sheep
44
Proper method of laying carnations
50
To raise capsicums and make Cayenne pepper
56
To cultivate the common garden rhubarb
62
Bad effects of iron nails c on fruit trees or mischievous
68
To preserve wood in damp situations
75
To increase the durability of tiles
80
Economical method of employing tiles for the roofs of houses
81
A preparation to preserve wood from catching fire and
83
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
89
To discover if bread is adulterated with alum
95
Ferment for bread used by the inhabitants of Long Island
97
An improved method of making the coffee beverage
103
Gooseberry vinegar
109
To keep oranges and lemons
116
To make Lady Derbys soap
122
To preserve eggs sound for the space of two years
125
Important uses of the leaves of the vine
131
Useful properties of red spurge
137
Expeditious method of taking out stains from scarlet
138
To make one gallon of black writing
145
An artificial water for writing letters of secrecy
150
To prevent hares and rabbits from barking young planta
156
Composition that will effectually prevent iron steel c from
162
To soften ivory and bones
163
To make water more efficacious in extinguishing fires
169
To bleach beeswax
175
To prevent brass vessels from contracting verdigris after
177
Easy method of making a saponaceous liquid which may
183
To stain wood a fine black
189
Useful property of common glue
195
Turkey cement for joining metals glass c
201
To prepare a cement for joining broken glass China earthen
202
General observations on making varnishes of all kinds
208
Black Japan
214
To make white varnish
218
To make Chinese varnish
224
To make yeast in the Turkish manner
230
Eau de luce
234
Damson wine
248
Grape wine
252
Easy method of making excellent red or black cherry wine
258
Another method
262

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Seite 170 - ... and preserve the liquor for use. The article to be cleaned should then be laid upon a linen cloth on a table, and having provided a clean sponge, dip...
Seite 131 - Let a sponge, three or four inches in diameter, be moistened with pure water, and in that state be suspended by a string or wire, exactly over the flame of the lamp, at the distance of a few inches ; this substance will absorb all the smoke emitted during the evening or night; after which, it should be rinsed in warm water, by which means it will be again rendered fit for use.
Seite 435 - Paintings may also be done in the same manner with only gum water and gummastich, prepared the same way as the mastich and wax ; but instead of putting seven ounces of mastich, and when boiling, adding five ounces of wax, mix twelve ounces of gum-mastich with the...
Seite 225 - ... them very smooth, and put as much hot water as will make the mash of the consistency of common beer yeast, and not thicker. Add to every pound of potatoes two ounces of coarse sugar or treacle, and when just warm, stir in it for every pound of potatoes two spoonfuls of yeast ; keep it warm till it has done fermenting, and in twenty-four hours it may be used. A pound of potatoes will make about a quart of yeast, and when made will keep three months. Lay your bread eight hours before you bake it.
Seite 425 - ... colour. Iron and steel goods, rubbed over with this mixture, and left with it on twenty-four hours, and then dried with a linen cloth, will keep clean for months.
Seite 212 - Take about a quarter of an ounce avoirdupoise of the finest white soap ; grate it small, and put it into a new glazed earthen vessel, with an English pint of water; hold it over the fire till the soap is dissolved, then add the same quantity of bleached wax cut into small pieces : as soon as the whole is incorporated, it is fit for use. Mode of application.-^ -Dry the model well at the fire, suspend it by a thread, and dip it in the varnish...
Seite 197 - Armenians, have a singular method of ornamenting watch cases, &c., with diamonds and other precious stones, by simply glueing or cementing them on. The stone is set in silver or gold, and the lower part of the metal made flat, or to correspond with the part to which it is to be fixed; it is then warmed gently, and...
Seite 407 - ... will better answer the purpose of souring. Cover the vessel with a thick cloth, and set it in a place of moderate warmth ; leave it at rest twenty-four hours ; at the end of which time the milk will have become sour, and a thick substance will be gathered on...
Seite 422 - Take out the entrails, open a passage to the brain, which should be scooped out through the mouth...
Seite 177 - ... of carbonate of soda, are then to be mixed together, and filtered, and the liquid in this thin state, is to be laid on with a soft brush. This process is repeated, and, in a short interval afterwards, the wood possesses the external appearance we have described.

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