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.

Electrotyping

9 receipts in this part of Practical Receipts and Processes.

To Amalgamate Zinc

Immerse a plate or strip of zinc of the required size in diluted sulphuric acid, for a few moments; then rub quicksilver over the surface…

Decomposing Cell

This is a vessel of suitable shape and dimensions, con- cell (see No. 3334), and is the receptacle or taining the plating or electrotyping…

Electrotyping with a Battery

For this purpose a Smee's battery (sce No. 3667) is usually employed, in connection with a decomposing cell. (See No. 3664.) As the method…

To Take Moulds in Plaster

If a plaster of Paris mould is to be taken from the metallic medal, the preparation of the medal is the same as described in No. 3676; and…

Copper Moulds from Plaster

Many electro-metallurgists prefer taking a mould in copper when the medal is of plaster of Paris. This is done by the electrotype process…

To Mould Figures in Paste

Take the crumbs of a new drawn white loaf, mould it until it becomes as close as wax, and very pliable; beat it, and roll it with a…

To Take Moulds of Figures

If the model or figure be composed of plaster of Paris, a mould is often taken in copper by deposition. The figure is saturated with wax…

To Coat Figures with Copper

When plaster busts or figures are wanted in copper, the usual way is to prepare the figure moisten it thoroughly; this is put into a me…

To Use Metal Moulds

The mould in fusible alloy does not require to be together, and boil the cast until it will not black-leaded, but the surface to be…

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