1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

259

may be

pound

employed;

sulphur,

ceipt

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pound saltpetre, 2 ounces black

pound madder, \

mix these together, and give a table^

antimony ;

spoonful night and morning in the food.

No. 580. Dr, CuUen's treatment of Epilejpsy^ or Falling Fits. Take of ammoniate of copper 20 grains, bread: crumbs and mucilage of gum-arabic a sufficient quantity to form it into a mass, which is to be divided into 40 pills. In the beginning, one of these is to be taken three times a day, and gradually in- creased to 2 or 3 pills, thrice a day. No. 1. The following are the different receipts for the manufacture of German silver which are adopted by one of the first manufacturers in London ; pre- mising that the metals should be as pure as possible. Common German Silver. — Copper, 8 ; nickel, 2 ; zinc, 3i. This is the commonest that can be mtide with any regard to the quality of the article pro- duced. It might do for common purposes. If the quantity of nickel be reduced much below this, the alloy will be little better than pale brass, and will tarnish rapidly. No. 581. German Silver.

No. 582.

German Silver.

No. 2.

— Copper, 8

Good German Silver.

nickel, 3

zinc,

;

;

This is a very beautiful compound.

It has tho

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