A Cyclopaedia of Six Thousand Practical Receipts, and Collateral Information in the Arts Manufactures, and Trades Including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Domestic Economy: Designed as a Compendious Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of FamiliesD. Appleton & Company, 1854 |
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Strana 189 - As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs; so...
Strana 1 - Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology. Ninth Edition. Woodcuts. 8vo. 18s. - Manual of Elementary Geology ; or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants illustrated by its Geological Monuments.
Strana 3 - AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES, INCLUDING MEDICINE, PHARMACY, AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY ; designed as a General Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of Families.
Strana 35 - For further information on this subject, the reader is referred to the article
Strana 189 - Providence that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his nature, tenderly supporting the drooping head and binding up the broken heart. I was once congratulating a friend who had around him a blooming family knit together in the strongest affection. "I can wish you no better lot," said he, with enthusiasm, " than to have a wife and children.
Strana 145 - ... and, in another vessel, dissolve as much isinglass, previously a little softened in water, (though none of the water must be used), in...
Strana 101 - ... then take four ox-feet boiled tender, and cut them in thin pieces ; lay them in the belly piece, with the head cut small ; roll it up tight with sheet tin, and boil it four or five hours. When it comes out, set it up on one end, put a trencher on it within the tin, press it down with...
Strana 147 - ... it will be fine, clear, and as hard as a piece of Muscovy glass, and will have a very elegant impression of the coin. It will also resist the effects of damp air, which occasions all other kinds of glue to soften and bend if not prepared in this way.
Strana 145 - ... or ammoniacum, which must be rubbed or ground till they are dissolved. Then mix the whole with a sufficient heat. Keep the glue in a phial closely stopped, and when it is to be used set the phial in boiling water.
Strana 147 - ... to keep off the dirt. This removes the objection existing in small families against purchasing a whole cheese at a time. The common practice of buying small quantities of cheese should be avoided, as not only a higher price is paid for any given quality but there is little likelihood of obtaining exactly the same flavor twice running. Should cheese become too dry to be agreeable, it may be used for stewing, or for making grated cheese, or Welsn rarebits. Goats