Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Volume II, is a Victorian reference work: a compendium of formulas and technical notes for arts, manufactures, trades, medicine, pharmacy, hygiene and domestic economy. Designed as a supplement to the pharmacopoeia, it offers glimpses of nineteenth-century craft and chemical practice, from lithographic ink to household preparations.
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COOLEY’S CYCLOPÆDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES
INCLUDING Medicine, Pharmacy, Hygiene, and Domestic Economy DESIGNED AS A COMPREHENSIVE SUPPLEMENT TO THE PHARMACOPŒIA AND GENERAL BOOK OF REFERENCE FOR THE MANUFACTURER, TRADESMAN, AMATEUR, AND HEADS OF FAMILIES SIXTH EDITION REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED BY RICHARD V. TUSON, F.I.C., F.C.S. PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE; FORMERLY LECTURER ON CHEMISTRY AT THE CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL.
6 oz.; when dissolved, further add of hard tallow soap (in shavings), 6 oz.; and when the whole is perfectly combined add of lampblack, 4 oz.; lastly, mix well, cool a little, and then pour it into moulds, or upon a slab, and when cold cut it into square pieces.
2. (Lasteyrie.) Dry tallow soap, mastic (in tears), and common soda (in fine powder), of each 30 parts; shell-lac, 150 parts; lampblack, 12 parts; mix as last. Both the above are used for writing
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