Ink, Mark′ing. Syn. Packer’s ink. Ink bottoms. Used by packers for marking bales, boxes, &c.
Ink, Perpet′ual. Prep. 1. Pitch, 3 lbs.; melt over the fire, and add of lampblack, 3⁄4 lb.; mix well.
2. Trinidad asphaltum and oil of turpentine, equal parts. Used in a melted state to fill in
the letters on tombstones, marbles, &c. Without actual violence, it will endure as long as the stone itself.
Ink, Print′er’s. See Printing Ink.
Ink, Pur′ple. 1. A strong decoction of logwood, to which a little alum or chloride of tin has been added.
2. (Normandy.) To 12 lbs. of Campeachy wood add as many gallons of boiling water, pour the solution through a funnel with a strainer made of coarse flannel, or 1 lb. of hydrate, or acetate of deutoxide of copper finely powdered (having at the bottom of the funnel a piece of sponge); then add immediately 14 lbs. of alum, and for every 340 galls. of liquid add 80 lbs. of gum Arabic or gum Senegal. Let these remain for three or four days and a beautiful purple colour will be produced.
Ink, Red. Prep. 1. Brazil wood (ground), 4 oz.; white-wine vinegar (hot), 11⁄4 pint; digest in glass or a well-tinned copper or enamel saucepan, until the next day, then gently simmer for half an hour, adding towards the end gum Arabic and alum, of each 1⁄2 oz.
2. Ground Brazil wood, 10 oz.; white vinegar, 10 pints; macerate for 4 or 5 days; then boil as before to one half, and add of roach alum, 41⁄2 oz.; gum, 5 oz.; and when dissolved, bottle for use.
3. As the last, but using water or beer instead of vinegar.