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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Carbolic Plaster

Carbolic glycerine, 34 parts by weight; prepared chalk, 91 parts. Mix well by kneading, and enclose in closely-stoppered jars.

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