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Acids from What Made
Sulphuric Acid Made by the
burning of sulphur mixed
with 1/8 of its weight of Nitre
over a stream of Water in
a chamber lined with
Sheet lead
Chemical Symbol
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Muriatic Acid
called also Made by the Action
Hydrochloric of Sulphuric Acid on
Acid Common Salt
Chemical Symbol
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Nitric Acid
Made by the Action of
Sulphuric Acid on
Nitre
Chemical Symbol.
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Citric Acid
Extracted from Lemons
or Lime Juice by the
aid of Lime and
Sulphuric Acid
Chemical Symbol.
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Pyroligneous Acid
Made by the destillation
of Wood in closed
vessels and refining
the product by the help
of Lime
Chemical Symbol
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Acids from what Made
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To remove soot from carpets cover
with salt or cornmeal and sweep up. To
remove ink spots pour on milk, nd as
it becomes colored absorb with a blot-
ting or other soft absorbent paper;
coarse butcher's paper is good. As soon
as the ink is removed wash with warm
water and castille soap to remove the
grease of the milk.
For a cement for mending stone jars,
coarse earthenware, tin pans, boilers,
iron kettles, etc., mix litharge and gly-
cerine, making a paste as thick as putty.
It will fasten brass tops of lamps, tight-
en loose nuts, secure bolts when nuts
are missing and make joints of iron or
wooden implements firm. Do not use
the mended article until the cement is
set and hardened, which may require a
week.
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To stain wood to look like ebony, take
a solution of sulphate of iron, and wash
the wood over twice. When the wood
becomes dry apply two or three coats of
a strong decoction of logwood. Wipe
the wood dry, and polish with a flannel
wet in linseed oil.
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To clear the air of a room put a lump
of camphor in a saucer and apply a very
hot poker to it. This will cause strong
fumes, which cleanse the air very speed-
ily, and at the same time act as a power-
ful disinfectant.
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A few drops of turpentine sprinkled
where cockroaches congregate will ex-
terminate them at once, while it will
also drive red and black ants away.
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The quickest and easiest way to bright-
en copper or brass is to wet a cloth in a
strong solution of oxalic acid and rub
till it is clear; then dip a dry flannel into
tripoli or prepared chalk, and rub it well.
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WHAT CHINESE NAMES MEAN
A few definitions of Chinese geogra-
phical prefixes and suffixes may be of
service in elucidating the nomenclature
of current war news, says the Boston
Taku means great, and siao as in
Taku meanes great, and saio as in
Siao-Ping-Thou means small. Pei or
Pe, nan, tung, and si are respectively
north, south, east and west. Thus the
Pei-Ho is the North river, etc. Shang
and Hei are upper and lower. Pai
hei and whang are white, black and
yellow. Suffixes are more numerous
and familiar. Kianz, ho, tehnan, nia
muren and tohu each and all mean
river. Thus Yain Kiang and Liao Ho
are simply Yain river and Liao river.
Shui, kou, thsuan, khi, gol and ussu
are unfamiliar terms, meaning a brook
or small river. Hu, nor and omo mean
lake, as in the well-known Loh Nor
and Kossi Gol Po, tse and tien mean a
small lake or swamp, or a town sit-
uated near such a place. Hai means
sea: thus Whang-Hai is the Yellow sea,
Tung-Hai is the Eastern sea and Nan-
Hai is the southern ea. Tao and
sometimes shan more often means a
mountain range. Ling is a pass over
a mountain.
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