Thanks!

[mrsbrown]

thanks to pheloniousfrier!

I think me and my friends need to investigate this book a little more closely.

Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes containing Over 6400 Receipts; embracing Thorough Information, In Plain Language, Applicable To Almost Every Possible Industrial and Domestic Requirement

CONTENTS.     Page.   CHEMICAL MANIPULATIONS 9 and 355   PREPARATIONS 17   SPECIFIC GRAVITY 22   ALCOHOLMETRY 23   ACETIMETRY 28   ACIDIMETRY 29   ALKALIMETRY 30   THE THERMOMETER 30   THE ART OF DYEING 31   FAMILY DYEING EECEIPTS 47   To REMOVE STAINS, SPOTS, &c 48   THE ART OF SOAP-MAKING 66   TOILET SOAPS 69   SOAP BY THE COLD PROCESS 72   SOFT SOAPS 73   HOME-MADE TALLOW CANDLES 77   TANNING 78   IMITATION LIQUORS 80   CHAMPAGNE 83   HOME-MADE WINES 84   CORDIALS OR LIQUEURS 89   BITTERS 93   CIDER 94   BREWING 97   PERFUMERY 107   COLOGNE WATER AND PERFUMED SPIRITS 111   To PREPARE FLAVORING EXTRACTS 114   ARTIFICIAL FRUIT ESSENCES 115   EXTRAITS OR PERFUMED EXTRACTS 115   AROMATIC OR PERFUMED WATERS, <fcc..H6   AROMATIC VINEGAR 118   SMELLING SALTS 119   PERFUMED POWDERS AND ROUGES 119   COSMETICS 120   WASHES FOR FAILING HAIR 125   HAIR DYES > 126   DEPILATORIES 128   SCENTED OR PERFUMED OILS 129   POMATUMS OR POMADES .. ...131        TOOTH POWDERS AND DENTIFRICES 135   TOOTH PASTES AND ELECTUARIES 136   TOOTH AND MOUTH WASHES 137   FUMIGATING PASTILS, AND INCENSE 138   SYRUPS 140   SYRUPS FOR SODA WATER 142   ALCOHOL 144   ESSENTIAL OR VOLATILE OILS 148   FIXED OILS AND FATS 152   PETROLEUM AND KEROSENE 157   LUBRICATORS FOR MACHINERY 158   WATERPROOFING 159   HONEY 161   BEES'-WAX 162   CHEESE 164   PRESERVATIVES AND PRESERVING 165   SOLUTIONS FOR ANATOMICAL PREPARA-  TIONS 170   To PRESERVE WOOD 171   FREEZING MIXTURES 172   DISINFECTANTS 173   BLEACHING 175   VINEGAR 177   SAUCES, CATSUPS AND PICKLES 181   YEAST 184   RECEIPTS FOR THE FLOWER AND KITCH-  EN GARDEN 185   THE EXTERMINATION OF VERMIN 191   PREPARED PAPER 193   IVORY, ALABASTER, &c 198   PYROTECHNY 202   EXPLOSIVES 206   CEMENTS AND UNITING BODIES 208   LUTES * 217   FLOUR PASTE ".;.?J. 218   GLUE 219   SEALING WAX 221   BOILER INCRUSTATIONS 222   GLASS... ...223     CONTENTS.      ENAMELS 225   GLAZES .227   ARTIFICIAL GEMS... ...228     FOILS 230   INKS AND WRITING FLUIDS 231   ANILINE COLORS 237   LIQUID COLORS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. 244  PIGMENTS 248   DRYING OILS AND DRYERS . . ,. .252     HOUSE PAINTING 253   KALSOMINE AND "WHITEWASH .. ...257     PAPER HANGING.     .258     SOLUBLE GLASS 259   To DYE WOOD 260   To STAIN WOOD 262   VARNISH 263   OIL VARNISHES.. ...264     .266     SPIRIT VARNISHES   VARNISHING 272   POLISHING 273   FRENCH POLISHING 274   To ENAMEL WOOD-WORK 275   JAPANNING 277   INDIA JAPANNING 278   . LACQUERS 279   PRESERVATION OF LEATHER 281   BOOT AND SHOE BLACKING 282   MARBLES AND SPRINKLES FOR BOOKS... 283   PHOTOGRAPHY 285   METALS 292   ALLOYS 308   FLUXES 316   SOLDERING AND WELDING 317   AMALGAMS 320   GILDING, SILVERING, <fcc 322   ELECTROTYPING 334   ELECTROPLATING 340   ELECTROGILDING 345   ELECTROPLATING WITH VARIOUS METALS. 349     Page.   BRONZING 352   ACIDS 358   ALKALIES 373   ALKALOIDS 375   GASES .377   MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICALS 381   TESTS OR REAGENTS 407   TEST PAPERS 410   FACTITIOUS MINERAL WATERS 411   MEDICINAL TINCTURES 414   FLUID EXTRACTS 418   MEDICINAL ESSENCES 423   MEDICATED SYRUPS 425   Ox YMEL 431   ELIXIRS 431   MEDICATED WATERS 436   MEDICINAL SOLUTIONS 437   LOTIONS 441   LINIMENTS 443   PILLS 446   OINTMENTS, SALVES AND CERATES 447   POULTICES 452   PLASTERS 453   GARGLES 455   CAUSTICS 456   RUBEFACIENTS 456   BALSAMS '. . .456   TONICS 458   ANODYNES 459   DIAPHORETICS 459   DIURETICS 460   ELECTUARIES 460   FOMENTATIONS 461   ALTERATIVES 461   EMETICS 461   PATENT AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINES.. 462   MEDICAL RECEIPTS 478   TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, fcc.513  MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. . . .541    

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[pheloniusfriar.livejournal.com]

Heh, glad you found it interesting :). It truly is a wonderful book to read (even though some of it requires a bit of deciphering with its odd units of measure and certainly some language that is uncommon now).