Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

How to silver a mirror, brew ginger beer, kill moths, make fireworks, tan a hide, bronze iron, cure a ham and clean a straw hat: William B. Dick's numbered encyclopedia answered the questions a nineteenth-century household actually had.

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Blowing Out Steam Boilers

Steam boilers should never be blown out under steam pressure. The safety valve should first be raised until the pressure is all removed by letting the steam escape as rapidly as pos-

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