essence, 13. extract, 13. tincture, 13. Anisette cordial, 17. French, 17. Holland, 18. Annotto and turmeric, the least stable yellow dyes, 3. Antarthritic papers, 298. Anthoine and Genaud, process for dynamite, 29. Antiscorbutic sweetmeat, 83. Antiseptic agents, effective power of different, 407. and preservative agents, 405-408. Antiseptics, new, 406, 407. Ants, to drive from closets, etc., 162. Apparatus for purifying water, 72. for testing percentage of nicotine in tobacco, 74. Appert's method of blowing glass by means of compressed air, 426-430. Apple champagne, 158. ratafia, 26. wine, 158. Bags, to water-proof, 385, 386. Baking powders, 85, 86. Ballatschano and Trenck's new tanning process, 214. Balling's method of preparing caustic sodalye, 335. Balloon varnish, 207, 208. Balls, billiard, composition for, 62. Balm of Gilead, 294. Balsam, aromatic, 295, 296. for colds and asthma, 294. for sprains, 296. for wounds, etc., 167, 168, 296. fumigating, 293. Bandage, plastic, 297. Bandoline, receipts for, 85, 86. Barbadoes essence, 13. ratafia, 25, 26. Bärenburg snuff, 353. Barium, sulphate of, for sizing, 327. Barff's preserving compound, 405, 406. Barley, germinating the, for brewing, 221. kiln-drying for brewing, 221. steeping the, for brewing, 221. test of, 254, 255. Benzole, test of, 254, 255. snuff, 353. Berlin bitters, 18, Beryl, formula for, 11. Bessemer steel, to silver, 112. Billiard balls, composition for, 62. Birdlime, description of, 156. Bismuth and platinum alloy, 4. solder, 337. to silver wooden figures with, 91. Barrels and wooden articles, to preserve by Bisulphide of carbon in extracting oils, 247. of carbon, to purify, 77. of carbon, use of in determining oils in seeds, 1. Bitter almond essence, 13. almond soap, elixir, 294. Bitters, Berlin, 18. 331. coloring substances for, 12, 13. cordials, elixirs, liqueurs, ratafias, and essences; extracts, tinctures, and waters used in their manufacture, and the manner of coloring them, 12-27. English, 22. Greek, 22. Blasting compounds, blasting powder, dyna- | Bone glue, 154. mite, gun-cotton, gunpowder, nitroglycerine, fulminates, etc., 27-34. compounds, new, 32, 33, compounds, nitro-glycerine, fulminates, etc., 27-34. Bleach and harden tallow, to, 37. Bleaching, 34-39, 409, 410. bones and ivory, 41. horn, and ivory, to bleach and dye them, and make imitations and compositions, 40-41. Bones and ivory, bleaching, 41. fat of, to bleach and purify, 250. cream, 81. malt, 81. of caramel sugar with soft filling, to pre pare, 81. pectoral, 81. raspberry, 81. Bonnet-frames, size for, 326, 327. Bookbinders' lacquer, 210, 412. bones for turners' use, Hedinger's method, Bookbinding, gilding and ornamenting, 410– Bouquets, 284. Bouquet soap, 331. Brass, bath for nickelling, 109. black bronze on, 46. malleable, receipt for, 241. to coat wire with, 114. table of metal for, 406. Bread for horse-feed, 130. improved processes of, 222. Brianchon's process of painting glass, etc., 137. Brick and stone walls, to protect from moisture, 164. Brick masonry made impervious to water, | Building materials, artificial stones, mortars, statuary, 8. etc., 49-55. materials, fire-resisting properties of, 415. stone, artificial, 49. stones, 51. Burgundy wines, 230. Busks for corsets, artificial whalebone for, 178. Busts, composition for, 62. surface on iron, process for producing, Candied cherries, 83, 84. 414. Walker's, 46. Bronzes, aluminium, 4. Chinese and Japanese, 7. commercial, 45. for castings, 8. Bronzing and coloring of metals, 44-49. copper, 413. gilding, silvering, 412-415. Gourlier's salt mixtures for, 114. green, 414. in Paris mint, 44. liquids, Graham's, 47, 48. on iron, new process of, 414. Brown bronze, 46. crayons, 79. dyes, test for, 3. Brunswick black, 267. Brush, for marking boxes, 201. Brushes, paint, 260. paint, to cleanse, 76. Buck-horn jelly, 85. Buffalo-skin, as substitute for horn, 178. Building materials, 415, 416. fruits, 84. Caoutchouc composition for sharpening and | Celluloid, caoutchouc, gutta-percha, and similar polishing knives, 60. dried, to remove stickiness from, 60. stances, 33. Cartwright's tooth powder, 94. Carved work, to polish, 209, 210. Case-hardening compound, 240. Caseine cements, 65. Cast-iron, substitute for, 176. tinning of, 113, 114. to harden, 238. welding to steel, 238. Cast-steel, to restore burnt, 238. Castings, cement for repairing, 64. copper, dense and flexible, 242. mitis, 441. to obtain smooth, 240. wrought-iron, 441. Casts, plaster, which can be washed, 308-310. Castor oil, to make, 247. Cattle feed, from alcohol and yeast waste, 313. compositions, 58-63. how to work and treat, 59. imitations, substitutes, etc., 416-418. new, 59. preparation of, 58. preparation of, Magnus & Co.'s formula printing plates, 416, 417. Cellulose dynamite, 29. Cement, artificial, Schöttler's, 52. blood and ash, 65. for glass retorts, 63. for aquaria, 64. for fastening iron in stone, 64. for fastening rubber upon metal, 64. for filling teeth, 68, 69. for horses' hoofs, 61. for leather belts, 64. for meerschaum, 65. for mending enamelled dial-plates, 421. for petroleum lamps, 65. for porcelain, 63. for repairing defective castings, 64. for repairing sandstone, 64. for rubber combs, 61. for rubber shoes and boots, 61. for steam-pipes, 63. for stone troughs, 64. for tortoise shell, 65. for vulcanized caoutchouc, 60. for wooden vats, 64. from blast-furnace slag, 51, 52. glycerine, 65. gutta-percha and linseed oil, 61. hard and durable, 52. hydraulic water-glass, 382. iron to iron, 63. jewellers', 66. mastic, 63. substitute for, 176. to harden, 52. |