The New Family Receipt Book, Containing One Thousand Truly Valuable Receipts ... [By Maria Eliza Rundell.] A New Edition, Considerably Improved

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John Murray, 1824 - 517 pages
 

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How to cut box edgings
50
To raise capsicums and make Cayenne pepper
56
To cultivate the common garden rhubarb
62
To prevent hares and rabbits from barking young planta
68
To preserve wood in damp situations
75
To increase the durability of tiles
80
Economical method of employing tiles for the roofs of houses
81
preserve it from decay
83
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
89
Ferment for bread used by the inhabitants of Long Island
97
An improved method of making the coffee beverage
103
Gooseberry vinegar
109
Singular and simple manner of preserving apples from
115
To make Jamaica vegetable soap
121
To preserve eggs sound for the space of two years
125
Quicksilver
130
Important uses of the leaves of the vine
131
Useful properties of red spurge
137
Expeditious method of taking out stains from scarlet
138
To make one gallon of black writing ink
145
An artificial water for writing letters of secrecy
150
To gild letters on vellum or paper
156
Composition that will effectually prevent iron steel c from
162
To soften ivory and bones
163
To make water more efficacious in extinguishing fires
169
To bleach beeswax
175
To prevent brass vessels from contracting verdigris after
177
Easy method of making a saponaceous liquid which may
183
404
187
To stain wood a fine black
189
Useful property of common glue
195
Turkey cement for joining metals glass c
201
To prepare a cement for joining broken glass China earthen
202
General observations on making varnishes of all kinds
208
Black Japan
214
To make white varnish
218
To make a lacker for brass
224
To make yeast in the Turkish manner
230
Eau de luce
234
Damson wine
248
Syracuse wine
254
Incomparable apricot wine
260
Green gooseberry wine to imitate champagne
265
Deafness
314
Freckles and sunburn
320
Hiccough
326
Mumps
333
Pimples and tetters
340
Scalds
347
Clothing
353
Sickness and vomiting
359
Dentition
365
Worms
369
Alum whey
375
A stimulating embrocation
380
Cold cream
386
The everlasting pea a valuable crop for cattle
392
To prevent cows from contracting bad habits while milking
394
To make bottles airtight
400
Mixture for cleaning stonestairs hall pavements c
403
To take mildew out of linen
409
Substitute for human milk where from any circumstance
413
Another
419
A black varnish for gentlemens old straw or chip hats
421
To stop the rapidity of flames when the female dress happens
427
Useful hints to lamplighters
432
Cement for iron flues
438
To brown gunbarrels
443
To make putty and finish painting
449
To prepare the beautiful colour called Naples yellow
450
To make an excellent smellingbottle
456
A more convenient dye for the hair
462
Rules for flyfishing
463
Paste or food for singing birds superior to the German paste
469
Comfort for those nearly blind
476
Easy method of attracting earwigs from the ear
483
Common drink for a sore throat
488
Small pox
494
449
498
Cement to mend broken china or glass
500
162
501
184
505
Genuine French noyeau as made at Paris
507
412
508
120
512
To paint tables
513

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe New Family Receipt Book, Containing One Thousand Truly Valuable Receipts ... [By Maria Eliza Rundell.] A New Edition, Considerably Improved
AuthorMaria Eliza RUNDELL
PublisherJohn Murray, 1824
Original fromThe British Library
Digitized14 Jan 2015
Length517 pages
  
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