A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments,: Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense.Unknown
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A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments,: Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense.
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Formulas, recipes, etc.; Workshop recipes
A catalogue of the various articles mentioned in the preceding pages,
with the prices, explanations, &c.
--> The articles which have this mark * prefixed may be procured at
135, Washington-street, Boston.
ACETATE OF COBALT, produced by digesting the oxide of
cobalt in strong vinegar, _Cts._
* ACETATE OF LEAD, (sugar of lead) procured by
dissolving white lead in vinegar, and evaporating, _oz._ 6
* ACETIC ACID, vinegar concentrated by distillation, _pt._ 25
* ALCOHOL, rectified spirit of wine, _pt._ 25
* ALUM, sulphate of alumine and potass, _oz._ 3
* AMMONIA, (hartshorn) a volatile alkali, _oz._ 12
* ANTIMONY, a dark porous metal, _oz._ 6
* BEES WAX, a yellowish resinous substance procured
from honey, or honey combs, _oz._ 6
* BISMUTH, (tin glass) a reddish white metal, _oz._ 12
* BORACIC ACID, procured by adding sulphuric acid to
a hot solution of borax; the acid crystallizes, _oz._ 100
* BRAZIL-WOOD, (red-wood,) _lb._ 6
* BORATE OF SODA, OR SUB-BORATE OF SODA, (borax) is
brought from the East-Indies in an impure state
called tincal, _oz._ 6
BURNISH GOLD-SIZE, and BURNISHERS, may be had of Bittle
and Cooper, Pemberton's-hill, Boston, prices various,
* CAMPHOR, obtained from a species of laurel tree, _oz._ 12
* CARBONATE OF COPPER, (French green) produced by
adding a solution of super-carbonate of soda, to
a hot solution of sulphate of copper, _lb._ 50
* CARBONATE OF LEAD, (white lead) is formed by
exposing thin sheets of lead to the vapour of
vinegar, after which they abstract the carbonic
acid from the atmosphere, _lb._ 16
* CARBONATE OF STRONTIA, a native mineral, _oz._ 50
CARBONATE OF LIME, (marble, chalk) a native earth,
* CHLORATE OF POTASS, procured by passing a current
of chlorine gas through a solution of pearl-ash, _oz._ 100
* CHROME YELLOW, a pigment, is formed by the combination
of a metallic substance with the chromic acid, _oz._ 12
* COBALT, (Zaffre) a metal of a reddish grey colour;
when exposed to a gentle heat, it becomes oxidized and
takes the form of a black powder, _oz._ 50
* CITRIC ACID, procured from lemons, limes, &c., _oz._ 75
* CALOMEL, white sublimate of mercury, _oz._ 20
* DRAGON'S BLOOD, a red mucilage extracted from
a plant, _oz._ 10
* FLUATE OF LIME, (fluor spar) is found in abundance in
Derbyshire, England, its acid constituent has the peculiar
property of dissolving glass, _lb._ 50
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