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Read by Lynne T, prajak, Adam Starks, Availle, BettyB, Agnes Robert Behr, Romeo J., twomustangs, EmilyCripps, Stacey Malcolm, jenno and Larry Wilson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License
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Water-proof gilding and silvering, The art of burnish gilding, Ornamental bronze gilding (8:20) To enamel picture glasses with gold, To wash iron or steel with gold, To wash brass or copper with silver, To give wood a gold, silver, or copper lustre, To print gold letters on morocco (6:09) To dye silk a brilliant gold colour, To dye silk a brilliant silver colour, (3:18) To silver looking glasses,To write on paper with gold or silver, (4:03) To make good shining black ink, Blue ink, Red ink, Yellow ink, Green ink, Purple ink, To write in various colours with the same pen, ink and paper. (6:27) Sympathetic inks for secret correspondence (2:27) Luminous ink that will shine in the dark, To make a writing appear and disappear at pleasure, To make a writing vanish and another appear in its place, To restore old writing that is nearly defaced, (3:00) To paint a picture that will appear and disappear, Landscape painting on walls of rooms, To paint in figures for carpets or borders, To paint in imitation of mahogany and maple, The art of painting on glass, (9:54) Best method of polishing steel, To make letters of blue on polished steel, To preserve the brightness of polished steel, To give steel a temper to cut marble, (6:05) To wash iron or steel with copper, To give iron the whiteness of silver, To wash iron with tin, (5:15) To give tin the whiteness and brilliancy of silver, To crystallize tin, To make a gold coloured varnish for tin, (4:30) To make shellac varnish for japanning, To make the best copal varnish, To make a spirit varnish for maps, To make elastic varnish for umbrellas, To varnish maps and pictures, (6:46) To make brunswick blacking, To make a print appear on a gold ground, Best method of tracing or copying a picture, The construction and use of a copying machine, To produce the exact likeness of any object instantly, (9:57) Copper plate engraving, Etching on copper plates, Engraving and scraping in mezzotinto, Etching in aqua-tinta, Copper plate printing, (15:03) Etching letters and flowers on glass, To print figures with a smooth stone, To cut glass with a piece of iron, (4:38) Best cement for joining glass, Best cement for joining china or crockery, To make a strong water proof glue, (3:40) The art of moulding figures in relief, To cast images in plaster, (2:48) To produce embossed letters on marble, To soften stone, (2:14) To change wood, apparently, to stone, To render wood, cloth or paper, fire proof (2:38) To produce fire readily, To make super-combustible matches, To make gun powder, To make the common fulminating powder, To make mercurial fulminating powder, (6:53) To kindle a fire under water, To light a candle by application of ice, To form letters or flowers of real flame, To produce flame of various colours, (4:29) To make sky rockets and fire wheels, To produce detonating balloons, To prepare a phial that will give light in the dark, To make a person's face appear luminous in the dark, (6:20) To freeze water in warm weather, To change the colours of animals, To give leather a beautiful metallic lustre, (3:52) An easy method of extracting the essence of roses, To prepare various kinds of essences, To prepare soda water, (4:29) To produce metallic trees, To tin copper by boiling, A metal that will melt in hot water, (2:18) Illustration of calico printing, To prepare an imitation of gold bronze, (5:00) To procure the exhilarating gas, Construction of the galvanic pile or battery, Construction of the oxy-hydrogen blow-pipe, To make a dry phosphorescent powder, Curious experiment of precipitation, (7:49) To make a beautiful soft glass for jewelry, Composition of various kinds of glass, Composition of various alloys, (5:19) To produce various kinds of gas, Various chemical tests, To produce a picture instantly, (5:27) A cheap imitation of silver bronze, To make crayons of various colours, To make hard sealing wax, The art of manufacturing paper hangings, To make elastic blacking for leather, Sundry experiments, (12:36) Appendix (12:06)
