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Factitious Oil of Spike

Oil of of the application, the part should be after- turpentine, 3 pints; oil of lavender, 1 pint; wards covered with a piece of flannel of suit- mix. Used by enamelers to mix their colors able size, more or less wetted with the in. Or: Oil of turpentine, 1 gallon; Barbathe in. Or: Oil of turpentine, 1 gallon; Barbaspirits, and the whole covered with oil silk does tar, 4 ounces; alkanet root, 2 ounces; digest a week. Used as a liniment for horses. for the purpose of restraining evaporation .

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