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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To Wash Mirrors or Windows

For washing finger-marks from looking- 6338. Gelatine Capsules. A strong glasses or windows, put a few drops of am- solution is made of 6 parts gelatine and 1 part monia on a moist rag, and make quick work sugar; the extremity of a rod of bulbous shape is oiled, and dipped into the solution;

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