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Marine or Waterproof Glue
by dissolving 1 ounce gum-arabic and 2 Take of gum shellac 3 parts, caoutchouc drachms of glycerine in 3 ounces boiling (India-rubber), 1 part, by weight. Dissolve water. the caoutchouc and shellac in separate vessels, 2300. Government Postage Stamp in ether free from alcohol (see No. 2248), ap- Mucilage. The substance used for gumming plying a gentle heat. When thoroughly dis- stamps is made as follows. Gum dextrine, 2 solved, mix the two solutions, and keep in a parts; acetic acid, 1 part; water, 5 parts. bottle tightly stoppered. This glue resists the Dissolve in a water-bath, and add alcohol, 1 action of water, both hot and cold, and most part. of the acids and alkalies. Pieces of wood, 2301. Mucilage for Labels. Macerate leather or other substances, joined together 5 parts good glue in 18 to 20 parts water for a by it, will part at any other point than at the joint thus made. If the glue be thinned by the admixture of ether, and applied as a varnish to leather, along the seams where it is sewed together, it renders the joint or seam water-tight, and almost impossible to separate.