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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Measures for Housekeepers

Wheat flour......... 1 pound is 1 quart.

Butter when soft.... 1 Loaf sugar, broken.. 1 White sugar, powd.. 1 Indian meal........ 1 " 2 oz. "1 " " "1 “ “ "1 " " 1 oz. "1 " " 2 oz. "1 " Distant sounds may be heard on a still day: Human voice, 150 yards. Rifle 5,300 yards. Military band, 5,200 yards. Cannon 35,000 yards. 10 eggs are 1 pound.

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