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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Deep Rich Yellow

Proceed as in the receipt for bark yellow; except that, after lifting, instead of a pint of the alum solution, 2 fluid ounces single chloride of tin are added to the bark liquor; work 10 minutes, wash in water, and finish in a solution of white soap.

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