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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Dextrine or Starch Gum

Heat 4 gallons water in a water-bath to between 770 and 86° Fahr.; stir in 1 or 2 pounds finely ground malt; raise the temper-

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