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To Etch on Ivory

Cover the ivory to be etched with a thin coating of bees' wax, then trace the figure you desire to present through the wax. Pour over it a strong solution of nitrate of silver. Let it remain a sufficient length of time, then remove it, with the wax, by washing in warm water. The design will be left in dark lines on the ivory.