Lime-water, 4 galls…………….. $0.04
Whiting, 112 lbs……………….. 1.12
White lead, ground, 28 lbs………. 2.24
Road-dust, 56 lbs………………. 0.10
Prepared fish oil, 2 galls………. 1.20
Incorporated oil, 3-1/2 galls……. 2.00
Linseed oil, 3-1/2 galls………… 3.15
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Weights, 293 lbs……. $9.85
The above stone-colour fit for use, is not three and a half cents per pound.
261. BROWN-RED COLOURED PAINT
Lime-water, 8 galls…………….. $0.08
Spanish brown, 112 lbs………….. 3.36
Road-dust, 224 lbs……………… 0.40
4 galls. of fish oil……………. 2.40
4 galls. incorporated oil……….. 2.28
4 galls. linseed oil……………. 3.60
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Weights, 501 lbs……. $12.12
This paint is scarcely two and a half cents per pound. The Spanish brown must be in powder.
262. A GOOD CHOCOLATE COLOURED PAINT
This is made by the addition of blue black in powder, or lamp-black to receipt No. 261, till the colour is to the painter's mind; and a lighter brown may be formed by adding ground white lead. By ground lead is meant white lead ground in oil.
263. YELLOW PAINT
This is prepared with yellow ochre in powder, to receipt No. 261, in the same proportion as Spanish brown.