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Paris Toilet Tablet Soap

87 pounds of this soap can be made by the cold process by using the following ingredients : 20 pounds tallow, 30 pounds cocoanut oil, 8 pounds lard, 31 pounds caustic soda lye of 36° Baumé, and 5 pounds caustic potash lye of the same strength.

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