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92 To Make Shoemakers Wax
Shoemakers Beeswax 8 oz. Tallow 1 oz. Melt
Wax and add powdered gum Arabic
1 oz. and lamp Black to color.
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To Write on Colored paper so that
To Write a White line will appear where
on Colored the ink touches, use 1 part of
paper Muriatic Acid and 20 parts of
Starch Water. Very dilute Oxalic
Acid may also be added. Write
with a steel pen
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What Whenever the words are used such
are as "a part" as 2 parts of Acid
"Parts" and 10 of gum, it means that
you should use any given weight
of the acid and ten ties the
same amount of the gum
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Liquid "Liquid Stove Polish"
Stove Black lead pulverized 1 tbs [tablespoon]
Polish Turpentine 1 gill, Water 1 gill
Sugar 1 oz. Mix well together
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Lemon Lemon Sugar
Sugar To 1/4 #b [pound] Sugar add 1/2 ounce
of Tartaric Acid
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To Cut To Cut Stoneware
Stoneware Use a thin disk of copper charged
with Emory and water. Revolve it in
a lathe, and apply the ware with it
with a gentle pressure
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Length of Tacks 93
Three ounce means that the package
so labelled contains Tacks 3/8 of
Length of an inch long, and that for every
Tacks 3 ounces of that length, there should
be 1000 Tacks. 4 ounce would be
7/16 of an inch long. 6 ounce 1/2
an inch long. 8 ounce 9/16. and
for each "full weight" package thus
labelled there should be 1000 tacks
and so on up to 24 ounce, which
likewise is Equivalent to 1 and 1/4 inch
long, and 1000 Tacks
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To Stain White Wood Cherry, Mahog [mahogany], Walnut
Stain Water, 1 quart, Washing Soda 1 1/2 ounces.
for Vandyke Brown 2 1/2 ounces. Bichromate
Wood of Potash 1/2 ounce. Boil for 10
Minutes. Dilute with Water if it is
necessary, and apply hot with a Brush
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To Carpet a Room
Number A room 14x15 contains 210 square
of feet or 23 1/3 square yards. Carpet
Carpet being 27 inches wide, you will need 1 1/2
Yards yards of it to make a square yard or
31 yards 4 inches in all. February 15 1873 [Scientific American]
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Iodine To Remove Iodine from Marble
Use Strong Liquid Ammonia
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Waterproof Boot Soles
Waterproof A coat of gum Copal Varnish
Boot applied to the soles of shoes, and
Soles repeated as it dries, until the
surface is all filled up and shines
like polished mahogany, will make
shoes waterproof and last longer
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