Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets / Or, A Collection of Above 500 Useful Receipts on a Variety of Subjects
Produced by Andrew Sly.
Transcriber's Comments
This is an adaption of the electronic transcription made by Paul Hubbs and Bob Gravonic. Using microfiche of the original (Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions no. 42355) as a copy-text, I've made corrections and added a considerable amount of material. Irregular spellings in the original have been retained. Explanatory remarks regarding numbering are enclosed in square brackets.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets;
A Collection of Above 500 Useful Receipts on a Variety of Subjects.
Printed by Rowsell & Ellis, Toronto, 1861.
The object of the present work is clearly announced in its title. It is to collect within a small compass the instructions of experimental knowledge upon a great variety of subjects which relate to the present interests of man. It contains above five hundred genuine and practical receipts, which have been compiled by the publisher with extreme difficulty and expense. A reference to the list of subjects which the work contains, will show that the publisher's researches have been extensive, while a comparison of the work with others of the same general character evinces patient labour, and cannot fail to give it pre-eminence. While the track pursued is not new, it is more thorough, and more easily followed than that marked out by any previous compiler known to myself. The work contains not merely the outlines on the subjects to which it refers, but, what appears to my own mind one of its excellences, the full and clear explanations of these subjects. To all classes of people, without exception, the work is of great value. It is fit, on every account, that the publisher should be encouraged in this production. The work is worthy the acceptance of all, and one which every man may prize.
Any bunch of roses or flowers, or anything of the kind that you admire, take the pattern of by placing them against a light of window glass, then lay a piece of white paper over them, and through the latter you will see the roses, &c. Now with a lead pencil take the pattern of the roses, &c., on the paper; when you have them all marked, cut then out with a scissors, so that you have a complete pattern of them. Now take a piece of glass, whatever size your pattern requires, stick the pattern on it with wafers, then paint the glass all over, except where the pattern covers, with black paint, composed of refined lampblack, black enamel, copel varnish and turpentine, mixed. Now let this dry, then take off your patterns and paint your roses, flowers, &c., with tube paints, mixed with demar varnish, so that your roses, &c., may be, in a manner, transparent. Paint your large roses red, some of the smaller ones yellow, or any colour to suit your taste. Paint one side of the leaves a darker shade of green than the other, which will make the picture appear as though the sun was shining on it. When this painting is dry, take silver or gold foil, (gold is best,) wrinkle it up in your hand then nearly straighten it, and cover the back of the glass all over with it; over the large roses let the wrinkles be larger, over the small ones smaller, &c.; then lay a piece of stiff paper, the size of the glass, over the foil, and a piece of very thin board again over this; have it framed in this manner and it is completed. You now have one of the richest of paintings, which is commonly taught at a cost of $5. You may buy all you require for this painting at the druggist's.
Daniel Young
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INTRODUCTION
1. ORIENTAL PAINTING
2. TRANSFER PAINTING ON GLASS
3. TRANSFER VARNISH
4. WHITE SPIRIT VARNISH—THE VERY BEST.
5. TRANSFER PAINTING ON WOOD
6. ELECTRO GOLD PLATING—NEW METHOD
7. ELECTRO SILVERING—NEW METHOD
8. ELECTRO GOLD PLATING—USUAL METHOD
9. ELECTRO SILVERING—USUAL METHOD
10. GOLD PLATING FLUID
11. SILVER PLATING FLUID
12. QUICKSILVER PLATING FLUID
13. TO GILD STEEL
15. GILDING GLASS AND PORCELAIN
16. GILDING THE EDGES OF PAPER
17. PROFESSOR WORTS' AMALGAM FOR SILVERING
18. FOR COPPERING IRON
19. PECULIARITIES IN WORKING CYANIDE OF COPPER SOLUTION
20. PREPARATION OF IRON FOR COATING WITH COPPER
21. SOLDERING FLUID
22. SOLDER FOR TIN
23. COLD METHOD OF SILVERING IRON WITH SILVER-PLATE
24. HOT METHOD OF SILVERING IRON WITH SILVER-PLATE
25. SILVERING LOOKING-GLASSES WITH QUICKSILVER
26. SILVERING LOOKING-GLASSES WITH PURE SILVER
27. PATENT BURNING FLUID
28. BURNING FLUID
29. NON-EXPLOSIVE BURNING FLUID
30. VINEGAR IN THREE DAYS WITHOUT DRUGS
31. CUBA HONEY
32. EXCELLENT HONEY
33. GUNPOWDER
34. EXCELLENT MATCHES
35. FIRE AND WATER-PROOF CEMENT
36. FRENCH CHEMICAL SOAP
37. BLACK INK WITHOUT SEDIMENT
38. INDELIBLE INK
39. INDELIBLE INK
40. WRITING FLUID OR BLACK COPYING INK
41. BEST INK POWDER
42. BEST RED INK
43. YELLOW INK
44. BLUE INK
45. GOLDEN INK
46. WHITE INK FOR WRITING ON BLACK PAPER
47. SECRET INK FOR YOUNG LADIES AND GENTS
48. CIDER WITHOUT APPLES
49. SPRUCE OR AROMATIC BEER
50. LEMON BEER
51. PHILADELPHIA BEER
52. SILVER TOP DRINK
53. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SODA DRINKS
54. IMPERIAL CREAM NECTAR
55. A SUPERIOR GINGER BEER
58. YEAST
59. SODA SYRUPS
60. MINERAL WATER
61. IMPROVED ENGLISH STRONG BEER
62. SANGAREE
63. GINGER WINE
64. HOP BEER
65. USQUEBAUGH OR IRISH WHISKEY
66. ICE CREAM
67. CHICAGO ICE CREAM
70. ORANGE AND RASPBERRY SYRUPS
71. PURE WINE
72. PURE WINE VINEGAR
73. PORT WINE
74. CHAMPAGNE WINE
75. CURRANT AND OTHER FRUIT WINES
76. DINNER WINE OR ENGLISH PATENT WINE
77. VARIOUS WINES
78. BLACKBERRY AND STRAWBERRY WINES
79. FRENCH BRANDY
80. BRANDY FROM OIL COGNAC
81. PALE BRANDY
82. CHERRY BRANDY
83. BLACKBERRY BRANDY
84. STRAWBERRY BRANDY
88. HOLLAND GIN
89. COLOURING
90. TO KEEP SWEET AND SWEETEN SOUR CIDER
91. SCHRUB
92. STOUGHTON BITTERS
93. TO IMPROVE THE FLAVOUR OF NEW WHISKEY
95. MONONGAHALE
96. RYE WHISKEY
97. STOMACH BITTERS
98. PEPPERMINT CORDIAL
99. ST. CROIX RUM
100. LEMONADE
101. A BRILLIANT WHITEWASH
102. CHANGING VARNISHES
103. GOLD LACKER OR VARNISH
104. RED SPIRIT LACKER
105. PALE BRASS LACKER
106. DEMAR VARNISH
107. COPAL VARNISH
108. WHITE HARD VARNISH
109. CRYSTAL VARNISH
110. BLACK VARNISH FOR OLD STRAW OR CHIP HATS
112. TURPENTINE VARNISH
113. IRON WORK BLACK OR BLACK VARNISH FOR IRON
115. QUICK DRYING HARNESS BLACKING VARNISH
116. OIL PASTE BLACKING
117. WATER PROOF OIL OR PASTE BLACKING
118. BEST VARNISH BLACKING EXTANT
119. ASPHALTUM OR WALNUT STAIN
120. POLISH FOR OLD FURNITURE
121. OIL TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW AND CURL
122. BEST SHAVING SOAP
123. NEW YORK BARBERS' STAR HAIR OIL
124. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR HAIR OIL
125. ROSE HAIR OIL
126. BEAR'S OIL
127. OX MARROW FOR THE HAIR
128. COLOGNE
129. HARD SOAP
130. BAR SOAP
131. CARVER'S POLISH
132. FRENCH POLISH
133. WATER-PROOF POLISH
135. COMPOSITION USED IN WELDING CAST STEEL
136. COMPOSITION USED IN WELDING CAST IRON
137. CAST IRON CEMENT
139. TO SOFTEN IRON OR STEEL
140. SOLDER FOR LEAD
141. SOLDER FOR TIN
143. SOLDER FOR COPPER
144. SOLDER FOR STEEL JOINTS
145. HARD SOLDER
146. SOLDER FOR SILVER
150. MOCK GOLD
151. BRITANNIA METAL
152. BLANCHED COPPER
153. COMMON PEWTER
154. BEST PEWTER
155. A METAL THAT EXPANDS IN COOLING
156. QUEEN'S METAL
157. IMITATION PLATINUM
158. CHINESE WHITE COPPER
159. MANHEIM GOLD
160. TOMBACK, OR RED BRASS
161. IMITATION GOLD
162. IMITATION SILVER
163. TRUE IMITATION OF GOLD
164. TRUE IMITATION OF SILVER
165. MOULDS AND DIES
166. TO SOFTEN HORN
167. TO MAKE MOULDS OF HORN
168. TO CASE FIGURES IN IMITATION OF IVORY
169. TRUE GOLD POWDER
170. TRUE GOLD POWDER
171. COLOUR HEIGHTENING COMPOSITIONS
172. FOR GREEN GOLD
173. FOR RED GOLD
174. MOSAIC GOLD
175. DUTCH OR GERMAN GOLD
176. COPPER POWDER
177. COMMON SIZE
178. DR. JOHN'S VARNISH FOR PLASTER OF PARIS CASTS
179. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR BRONZING
180. BRONZING IN WOOD
181. IN BRONZING IRON
182. BRONZING CASTS OF PLASTER OF PARIS
183. SHELL-LAC VARNISH
184. CHLORINE FOR SHELL-LAC VARNISH
185. SHELL-LAC VARNISHES OF VARIOUS COLOURS
186. GOLD OIL-COLOUR, OR SIZE
187. JAPANNING
188. GRINDING COLOURS IN JAPANNING
189. COLOURS REQUIRED IN JAPANNING
190. TO PREPARE A FINE TORTOISE-SHELL JAPAN
191. DIRECTIONS FOR USING TORTOISE-SHELL JAPAN
193. CROCKERY CEMENT
195. ANGLER'S SECRET
196. MORELLA WINE
197. HAIR DYE
198. TALLOW CANDLES IN IMITATION OF WAX
199. TO STAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS A CRIMSON STAIN
203. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR DYEING
204. FOR COLOURING SKY BLUE
205. FOR LILAC COLOUR
206. TO COLOUR BLACK
207. TO DYE LEMON COLOUR
208. TO DYE ROYAL PURPLE
209. TO DYE SLATE COLOUR
210. TO DYE SCARLET
211. TO COLOUR A BRIGHT MADDER
212. TO COLOUR GREEN
213. TO DYE STRAW COLOUR AND YELLOW
214. TO DYE A DRAB COLOUR
215. TO DYE PURPLE
216. TO DYE BROWN
217. TO COLOUR PINK
218. TO DYE A COFFEE COLOUR
219. TO DYE NANKIN COLOUR
220. TO MAKE ROSE COLOUR
221. TO DYE STRAW AND CHIP BONNETS BLACK
222. TO DYE WHITE GLOVES A BEAUTIFUL PURPLE
224. TO DYE SILKS BLACK
225. TO COLOUR YELLOW ON COTTON
258. LEAD COLOURING PAINT
TO ALL WHO HAVE PURCHASED THIS WORK