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Ivory black, two ounces; brown ⟨sugar,⟩ one ounce and a half; sweet oil, half ⟨a⟩ table spoonful. Mix them well, and ⟨then⟩ gradually add half a pint of small beer.
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Chinese method of mending China.
Take a piece of flint-glass, beat it to a ⟨fine⟩ powder, and grind it well with the ⟨white⟩ of an egg, and it joins china ⟨without⟩ rivetting, so that no art can break it in ⟨the⟩ same place. You are to observe that ⟨the⟩ composition is to be ground extremely ⟨fine⟩ on a painter's stone.
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To take Iron Moulds out of Linen.
Hold the Iron-mould on the cover of a tankard of boiling water, and rub on the spot a little juice of sorrel and a little salt, and when the cloth has thoroughly imbibed the juice wash it in lie.
