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28
How to calculate Brick
in making a wall
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Allow 7 1/2 Brick per square
foot to every 4 inch of thickness
of wall. Thus a 14 inch thick
wall will require 26 1/4 Brick
per square foot
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Liquid Glue
Dissolve (with heat) 2 #bs [pounds] Glue
in 1 quart water, add 7 oz [ounces] Nitric
acid, and when cold, Bottle it
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To Keep Brass from Tarnishing
mix Equal quantities of
Canada Balsam and very clean
spirits of Turpentine until it
is like ordinary Varnish.
Apply with a Brush
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Crimson Ink
Powdered Cochinial [Cochineal] 1 oz [ounce]. Hot
water 1/2 pint. Digest and
when quite cold add Ammonia
1 oz. [ounce] diluted with 3 or 4 oz [ounces]
of water. Macerate for a few
days and decant when cold
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One Tablespoonful Strong
Gum arabic Solution to Each
Pint of Starch makes a fine
gloss on starched goods
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1877 Dec 8. A German has
made a porcelain Violin
with metal strings in Vienna [corrected to Venice]
in Italy.
RIGHT PAGE
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Various Vessels Names
connected with the History of
Vancouver Island & [and] British
Columbia for 25 years
Compiled Nov 10 1882
SideWh [Side Wheel] Steamer Beaver still running
Screw [Screw Steamer] " Otter " "
SideWh [Side Wheel] " Labouchere Lost at Sea
SideWh [Side Wheel] " Caledonia Wrecked
Screw [Screw Steamer] " Leviathon Worn Out
SternW [Stern Wheel] " Governor Douglas Broken up
SternW [Stern Wheel] " Col. [Colonel] Mordy " "
SternW [Stern Wheel] " Henrietta " "
" " " Flying Dutchman " "
" " " Maria Sunk at Portland
" " " Umatilla Went back to S.F. [San Francisco]
SideW [Side Wheel] " Caribor Blown up
SternW [Stern Wheel] " Fort Gale Blown up
" " " Union Used up
" " " Hope Used up
" " " Enterprise Upper Fraser Worn out
SideW [Side Wheel] " Enterprise at Victoria Still afloat
" " " Eliza Anderson Worn out
Screw [Screw Steamer] " Emily Harris Missing
SternW [Stern Wheel] " 'Enterprise' Capt. [Captain] Tom Wright Worn out
SideWh [Side Wheel] " Surprise Went to Frisco [San Francisco]
" " " Sea Bird Burnt
Screw [Screw Steamer] " Santa Cruz Worn out
" " " Columbia I don't know
SideWh [Side Wheel] " Pacific Lost at Sea
" " " Sierra Nevada " " "
" " " Oraflamme " " "
Screw [Screw Steamer] " Continental " " "
SideW [Side Wheel] " Constitution Burnt
Screw [Screw Steamer] " City of Panama Still Running
" " " Salvador " "
SideWh [Side Wheel] " William Tabor Worn Out
Screw [Screw Steamer] " Vasco De Gama Still Running
SideWh [Side Wheel] " Constantine " "
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