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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Seltzer or Selters Water

The seltzer water, as commonly sold, is prepared as follows: Prepare a solution of fused chloride of calcium, 1 part in 9 of water (specific

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