Transcriber's Notes:
- Some minor obvious typographical errors have been corrected silently.
- For the sake of consistency and clarity, fractions appearing hyphenated throughout the book have been changed from e.g. 1-4 to 1/4. Fractions were also changed from e.g. 1 1-2 to 1-1/2.
- Missing page numbers are attributed to blank pages in the original text.
- Headings in the Table of Contents do not match headings in the main body of the book.
Corrections made:
- [Pg. 7]: "are the best, is erroneous [added comma] even heavy oxides"
- [Pg. 8]: "for color, by sufficient [replaced with "insufficient">[ caution in their handling"
- [Pg. 13]: "the extraordinary adaptibility [replaced with "adaptability">[ of paper"
- [Pg. 17]: "those indispensible [replaced with "indispensable">[ to the art"
- [Pg. 32]: "The preparation of carragreen [replaced with "carrageen">["
- [Pg. 37]: "saw accidently [replaced with "accidentally">[ that this obstacle"
- [Pg. 38]: "to the color to spread out. [replaced period with comma] I filled the trough"
- [Pg. 44]: "It forms flat ribbon like [replaced with "ribbon-like">[ pieces"
- [Pg. 53]: "yellowish white, hornlike [replaced with "horn-like" in keeping with rest of text]"
- [Pg. 60]: "combination with tauro-cholic [replaced with "taurocholic" in keeping with rest of text] acid"
- [Pg. 60]: "it reacts feebly [added "with">[ acid"
- [Pg. 62]: "impregnate them with alum water [added comma] allow them to dry partly"
- [Pg. 65]: "color [added "and">[ why they appear pale,"
- [Pg. 81]: "when the excess of acetic acid is evaporated and [deleted "and" added comma] we have the desired acetate"
- [Pg. 81]: "some [replaced with "same">[ way as alum water"
- [Pg. 132]: "bluish-green as described above [added ; here] ochre;[deleted ;] yellow, 2 parts light chrome yellow"
- [Pg. 132]: "In producing pea-cock [replaced with "peacock" in keeping with text] marbles,"
- [Pg. 137]: "in my many year's [replaced with "years'">[ experience"
- [Pg. 167]: "a good help to an [removed "an">[ the inexperienced"
- [Pg. 198]: "use ultramarine blue, [removed comma] for dark [added comma]"
- [Pg. 213]: "the gold laid on slightly [added comma] afterwards continue"
- [Pg. 241]: "Irish Moss, [carageen [replaced with "carrageen">[]"
- [Pg. 242]: "1 Sprinkling Brush for heir-vein [replaced with "hair-vein">[ edges."
- [Pg. 242]: "1 Sprinkling Sieve for heir-vein [replaced with "hair-vein">[ edges."
- [Pg. 242]: "1 Sprinkling Sieve for heir-vein [replaced with "hair-vein">[ edges." (In Size B)
Not changed:
- [Pg. 62]: "If 2-5 [not a fraction] ounces of rosin be boiled"
Both versions of the following words are used in the text and have been left as they appear:
- alkalis, alkalies
- Carrageen, carrageen
- Clichè, Cliche
- comb-edges, comb edges
- laying-on, laying on
- marsh mallow, marsh-mallows
- viz., viz