Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets: Or, A Collection of Above 500 Useful Receipts on a Variety of Subjects — John Shaqi
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets: Or, A Collection of Above 500 Useful Receipts on a Variety of SubjectsYoung, Daniel
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Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets: Or, A Collection of Above 500 Useful Receipts on a Variety of Subjects
Young, Daniel
Formulas, recipes, etc.; Science -- Methodology
Any bunch of roses or flowers, or anything of the kind that you
admire, take the pattern of by placing them against a light of
window glass, then lay a piece of white paper over them, and through
the latter you will see the roses, &c. Now with a lead pencil take
the pattern of the roses, &c., on the paper; when you have them all
marked, cut then out with a scissors, so that you have a complete
pattern of them. Now take a piece of glass, whatever size your
pattern requires, stick the pattern on it with wafers, then paint
the glass all over, except where the pattern covers, with black
paint, composed of refined lampblack, black enamel, copel varnish
and turpentine, mixed. Now let this dry, then take off your patterns
and paint your roses, flowers, &c., with tube paints, mixed with
demar varnish, so that your roses, &c., may be, in a manner,
transparent. Paint your large roses red, some of the smaller ones
yellow, or any colour to suit your taste. Paint one side of the
leaves a darker shade of green than the other, which will make
the picture appear as though the sun was shining on it. When this
painting is dry, take silver or gold foil, (gold is best,) wrinkle
it up in your hand then nearly straighten it, and cover the back of
the glass all over with it; over the large roses let the wrinkles be
larger, over the small ones smaller, &c.; then lay a piece of stiff
paper, the size of the glass, over the foil, and a piece of very
thin board again over this; have it framed in this manner and it is
completed. You now have one of the richest of paintings, which is
commonly taught at a cost of $5. You may buy all you require for
this painting at the druggist's.
2. TRANSFER PAINTING ON GLASS
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