1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 588.

How to make Otto of Hoses, Gather the flowers of the hundred-leaved rose, (rosa cgptifoHa,) put them in a large jar or cask, with just sufficient water to cover them ; then put the vessel to stand in the sun, and in about a week after- ward the otto (a butyraceous oil) will form a scum on the surface, which should be removed by the aid of a piece of cotton.

No. 589. Japan for Leather

burnt umber, &

1. Boiled linseed-oil, 1 gallon ;

boil, and add oil of

ounces

; asphaltum, 3 ounces ;

turpentine to dilute to a proper consistence. 2. Boiled oil, 1 gallon ;

the black of Prussian blue

Prussian blue, when heated, turns of a thus the black japanned cloth used

to colour.

black colour ;

for table-covers is prepared by painting the cloth with Prussian blue and boiled oil, and then drying

by the heat of a stove ;

when, in the drying, it

it

takes its intense colour.

No. 590. Jet for Harness and Boots. Three sticks of the best black sealing-wax dissolved in J pint spirits of wine ; to be kept in a glass bottle, and well shaken previous to use. Applied with a soft sponge.