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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Russian Weights

The Russian pound is 6317+ grains, or the weight of 25.019 cubic inches of water. The Pood, about 36 pounds, 1½ ounces avoirdupois. 6085. Weights Used in the Netherlands. The pound is 1 pound 14 ounces avoirdupois. 1 Pound = 10 Lood 1 Lood = 10 Wigtj

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