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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Extract of Ginger

Pack 4 ounces powdered ginger in a percolator, moisten it with a little alcohol, then pour on alcohol until 14 pints of tincture have passed

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