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To Color or Dye Ivory or Bone

With regard to dyeing ivory, it may in general be observed, that the colors penetrate better before the surface is polished than aftergold, and then expose it to the light. Or, soak the ivory in a solution of sal ammoniac into 4 times its weight of nitrous acid.