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Hastings Formula
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To make Paste that will stick Paper
firmly to Bright Tin - mix a table
spoonful of Brown Sugar to Flour Paste
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Imitation Rosewood. dissolve 4 oz. [ounces] of
Potash in 1 gallon Hot Water and 4
oz. [ounces] Red Sanders Wood, when the color
of the wood is Extracted, 2 1/2 tbs [tablespoons] Gum
shellac are added and dissolved
over a quick fire. Use this on a
groundwork stained with longwood
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Fancy Gilding. The metal may be gilt
by using solution made by dissolving
as much gold in "aqua Regia" as it
will take up. Fine linen Rags are soaked
in this solution, carefully dried, and
afterwards burnt to tinder. The substance
to be gilt must be well polished; a
piece of cork is first dipped into a
a [struckthrough] solution of common salt in water, and
afterwards into the Tinder, which is
well rubbed on the metal to be gilt, and
the gold appears with its proper lustre.
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A meteor fell near Farmersburgh [Farmersburg] MO. [Missouri]
in 1874 which was 20 feet out of
the ground and 25 feet in diameter
It fell with a shock like an earthquake
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To Extract oil spots from cloth Etc.
Wet the spot with Benzine and put
2 pieces soft Blotting paper over it and
2 under it, and press with a
hot iron.
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HE [The] SEATTLE POS [Post] / [verso, not shown] Y, JULY 2, 1905
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