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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Marvels of the Microscope

A ing that rewards are given for obediencc. beautiful and easily produced exhibition of Never allow a parrot to be startled or teased, crystal formation may be seen under the or permit it to be fed indiscriminately by microscope as follows: Upon a slip of glass, visitors. Keep the cage extremely clean; let place a drop of liquid chloride of gold or ni- it be wiped out and fresh sand given every trate of silver, with a particle of zinc in the day. Some birds drink very little, but they gold and copper in the silver. A growth of should always be able to get a drink of fresh exquisite gold or silver ferns will vegetate water if they wish. It is also a good plan to under the observer's delighted eve. let a small quantity of canary seed be in the seed can; it is possible that the morning bread and milk may be forgotten, and the seed will thus prevent the bird being starved.

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