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Cure for Bad Burns
Raw Linseed oil and
Lime water Equal parts.
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This receipt [recipe] is from Elijah
Smethurst of Wellington
Mine and is used for
all bad burns at the Mine
May 1881
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How to measure a Vessel
Multiply length Breadth and
depth together and divide
by 100 - Thus a vessel
124 feet long
24 feet wide
5 foot deep
Measures 148 Tons 80/100
[multiplication and long division showing math]
But she can carry 300 Tons Coal
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To Test for Silver
Powder the ore - Dissolve it
in Nitric Acid - Pour off the
liquid and at to it a solution
of common salt. If a white
powder falls to the Bottom, which
upon exposure turns black,
there is silver in it.
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To Make Good Whitewash
Take a clean tight Cask,
Put in 1/2 a bushell of Lime,
Slack it by putting in Boiling
water to cover it 5 inches deep,
stir it all time well. When it
is slacked [slaked], dissolve in water
and add 1 #b [pound] common salt. If you
want cream color, add 3 #bs [pounds]
yellow ochre. Also put in 1/2
#b [pound] Glue to a barrel of Whitewash
to make it stick well.
From Scientific American
May 19, 1866
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Wash to clean Silver or plate
Plunge it for 1/2 and hour in a
bath made of
1 gallon Water
1 #b [pound] hyposulphate of lime [struck through] Soda
8 oz [ounces] muriate of ammonia
4 oz [ounces] Liquid ammonia
4 oz [ounces] Cyanide of Pottasium
but you can leave the Cyanide
out if you like, as it is
very dangerous to use
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