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Take 1 ounce avoirdupois each pure white wax and spermaceti, and 1/4 Imperial pint oil of almonds; melt, pour the mixture into a marble or wedg- pound, during constant trituration, and
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Take 1 ounce avoirdupois each pure white wax and spermaceti, and 1/4 Imperial pint oil of almonds; melt, pour the mixture into a marble or wedg- pound, during constant trituration, and