jelly, 85.

to prevent the moulding of, 315.
Jelly, buck-horn, 85.
gelatine, 85.
Iceland moss, 85.
Irish moss, 85.
isinglass, 85.
sago, 85.

tapioca, 85.

Jepp's apparatus and process of manufacturing
starch, glucose, and dextrose, 341-343.
Jewellers' cement, 66.

foils, 202.

rouge, 77.

Jewelry, alloy for, substitute for gold, 4.
Jewreinoff on platinizing copper and brass,
111.

Johnson's process for potassium ferrocyanide,

70.

Journal-boxes, alloys for, 6.

Juice, orange, 15.

Jungschläger's quick process of tanning, 216.
Juniper berry essence, 15.
Juniper elixir, 17.

liqueur, 22.

Juneman's process for wick-consuming can-
dles, 172, 173.

Jute, to dye, 105.

to prepare for spinning, 346, 347.
working of, 348, 349.

Kahl's patent plaster, 416.

Kid, calf, manufacture of in Philadelphia, 214,

215.

leather, dyes for, 218, 219.

leather, to make soft, 232.

Kindling compound, 137.
King's patent fuel, 137.

Knife-sharpeners, caoutchouc composition for,

60.

Knives and forks, alloy for, 5.

Koch's herb extract, 23.

Koeben's healing powder, 57.

Kolbe's mouth wash, 95.

Kopp's process of obtaining alizarine and in-

digotine, 185-187.

Koumiss, artificial, 294.

for cotton-seed oil, 1.

Ivory and bone, cement for, 65.

and bone, dyeing, 41.

and bone, glue for, 66.

Lemonade powders, 157.

syrups for, 134, 135.
Lemon essence, 15.

juice, to preserve, 312.
lozenges, 84.

soap, 332.

sweetmeat, 82.

Levulose, to prepare, 342.

Liebreich's process for preparing lanolin, 450.
Life, elixir of, 17.

Light blue ultramarine colors with potash
water-glass, 380.

Lightning-rods, to protect from rust, 242.
Lights, Bengal, 124.

Ligroin and air, gas from, 171.
Lily soap, 332.

Lime and sugar paste, 68.

burnt, to preserve, 312.
liniment, 167.

putty for wood, 67.

to harden, 52.

Linen and cotton goods, finishing of, by water-

glass, 380,

fabrics, to tan, 220.

gold embroidered, to wash, 364.

goods, sizing for, 322, 323.

Kuhr's receipt for water-proofing, 386.

marking ink for, 79, 80.

pencils for marking, 79.

sizes for, 326.

to wash, 363.

tracing, 276.

porcelain, 432.

lacquer for, 209, 210.

Linseed oil and gutta-percha cement, 61.

oil, substitute for, 452.

Lipowitz, fusible alloy of, 5.

Liqueur, calamus, 19.

cherry, 19.

Chinese, 26.

chocolate, 20.

cumin, 20.

juniper, 22.

Liqueurs, bitters, cordials, ratafias, 17–27.
cordials, etc., mode of coloring, 12.

Liquid cement for coating metals, papier

maché, etc., 414.

glue, cold, 154.

glue, to prepare, 66.

Graham's bronzing, 47, 48.

wash blues, 370.

water-glass, Kuhlmann's process at Lille,

379.

Liquids, hermetically closing bottles

taining, 311.

con-

Liquors and beverages, beer, brandy, gin,
whiskey, wines, etc, 221-231.

to purify, 230.

Litharge ointment, 166.
Lithium glass, 432.

Lithofracteur made by Krebs & Co., of Deutz,

29.

Lithographers' rollers, artificial leather for,

174.

Lithographic ink, English, 192.
inks, 191, 192.

printing ink, 192.
Lithomarlite, Garvey's, 51.
Litmus, tincture of, to prepare, 71.
Liver-of-sulphur, to prepare, 74.

London purple for the destruction of insects,162.

imitation of for plastic ornaments, 183.

to clean, 420, 421.

to grain imitation, 262.
variegated, to imitate, 51.
Marbleizing sandstone, 53.
Margarine, 131-133.
Marine glue, 235.

Marjoram essence, 15.

Marking brush for boxes, 201.
ink for linen, 79, 80.
inks, 200.
tools, 443.

Marmalade, cherry, 84, 85.
Marmorin, 63.

Martin and Delamotte's process of nickel-
plating, 108.

Martinsen's blasting powder, 32.

Masonry, brick, made impervious to water, 55.
Mass, flexible insulating, 417.

for hollow articles, 63.

for plastic models, 417.

for roofing, fire-proof ceilings, etc., 416.
for toys, vessels, dolls' heads, etc., 62.
resembling leather, 417.

Mastic cement, 63.
Matches, 236-238.

antiphosphorus, 237.

inextinguishable in the wind, 237,
Japanese, 128.

parlor, 236, 237.

quick, 125.

Swedish, 236.

without phosphorus, 237.
without sulphur, 236.

Materials, strength of, 456-458.
Meat biscuit, 130.

English pickle for, 310.
extract with chocolate, 57.
flour, 129.

preservatives of, 310, 311.

quick process of corning, on a small scale,

312.

machinery for various purposes, 406.
new solder for, 441.

polishing powder for, 76.

rags for polishing, 419.

Spence's, 6, 405.

stop-cocks, composition for, 7.

surfaces, ornamenting, 92.

to lacquer, 244, 245.

type, components of, 6.
water-proof paint for, 266.

Metals, and glass, painting with water-glass,
381.

bronzing and coloring, 44-49.
caseine cement for, 65.
coloring, 46, 47.

glazes for, 244, 245.

liquid coating for, 414.

platinizing, 110, 111.

polishing pastes for, 77.
polishing rags for, 77.

preparation of, for nickelling, 110.
staining, 243, 244.

to enamel and cement, 116, 117.
Warne and Trabak, 403.

Metallic colors, zinciferous, 137, 138.
lustre, to impress upon fabrics, 346.
sulphides as mordants, 106.
surfaces, paint for, 264.
wicks, 170.

Metalline, manufacture of, 234.

Metallique, moire, 45, 46.

Metallized caoutchouc, 60.
Meters, dry gas, 170, 171.

Mice, paste for destroying, 162.

Microscopic objects, paste for, 68.
preparations, 68.
Mignonette soap, 332.

Mildew stains, to remove, 75.
Milk, adulterations of, 2.

foods for children, 132.

sugar, 340, 341.

to keep from souring, 157.

to preserve, 314.

Milks, condensed, 132.
Millstones, artificial, 51.

Minargent, 8, 403.

Mineral oils, to purify, 247.

phur, 256.

Morocco paper, stains for, 280, 281.
Mortar, bitumen, 53.

hydraulic, 53.

requisites for, 52.
water-proof, 53.

water-glass and chalk, 382.

Mosaics, staining wood for, 393, 394.
Mosquitoes and gnats, to destroy, 162.
Moth and roach exterminator, 446.
Mother-of-pearl, imitation of, 178.

Moths, packing paper to protect cloths, furs.
etc., from, 408.

receipts for destroying, 161, 162.

to protect furs from, 220.

Moulding figures, pasteboard mass for, 63.

the glue, 151.

Moulds for galvano-plastic deposits, 115.

taking glue from, 152.

Mouth glue, 67.

paste, antiseptic, 95.
washes, 95.

Mowbray's process for nitro-glycerine, 27–29.
Mulberry ratafia, 26.

Munich fire-extinguishing powder, 123.

Musical instruments, steel wire for, 241.
Music printing plates, alloy for, 6.

Musk extract, 283, 284.

essence, 15..

soap, 332.

Muslin and cotton prints, to wash without in-

jury to the color, 368.

fine, to wash, 363.

gold embroidered, to wash, 364.

to bleach, 34.

Mustards, 245–247.

Mustard-seed, yield of oil by, 2.
Must, wine, to improve, 231.

Naples yellow, 270.

Naphtha, ether, 170.

test of, 254, 255.

Naphthaline colors, to dye with, 103.

to prepare, 248.

Napoléon, eau de, 21.

Nectar, 23.

waters, syrups for, 134, 135.

Mine timber, preparation of, 395, 396.

Mint, Paris, bronzing in, 44.

Mirror-glass, 142.

Bohemian, 142.

Mirrors, flexible, 178.

photography, 305.

process, Wothly's, without intensifying
bath, 308.

Nettles, to prepare for spinning, 346, 347.
Neutral soaps, 330.

Nicotine in tobacco, apparatus for testing per-

centage of, 74.

Bouilhet, 5.

baths, 109.

Nutmeg essence, 15.

Nutritive substances, fluids containing, to pre-
serve, 313.

Nuts, pea, yield of oil by, 2.

Oak furniture, to cleanse and beautify, 78.
to grain imitation of, 261.

Offal and waste, utilization of, 370–378.
Oil and wood putty, 67.

a new, from California, 254.
Belmontine and Sherwood, 254.
castor, manufacture of, 247.
cement paint for felt roofing, 52.
-cloth, 345, 346.

-cloth, bronze color, for printing on, 190,

191.

coal-tar, process of producing in England,
256, 257.

coal-tar varnish, 256.

colors, dryer for, 266.

corn, from corn mash, 251.

cotton-seed, manufacture of, 449, 450.

cotton-seed, refining, 451.

crude cotton-seed, production of soap or

sebacic acids from, 451.

drying, Chinese, 248.

fish, new process of extracting, 451.

for pumicing wood, 252.

for watchmakers, 235.

from acid tar, 251.

from sunflower seed, 252.

illuminating, to purify, 251.

linseed, substitute for, 174, 452.
machine, consistent, 232, 233.

machine, from coal-tar varnish oil, 234.
neat's-foot, manufacture of, 248.

of lemon, effect of on oil paintings, 258.
of turpentine, effect of on oil paintings,
258.

of turpentine, substitute for, 174.
olive, clarifying, 449.

oxidized, 412.

painting, green borate of copper for, 268.
painting, to transfer from an old to a new
canvas, 259.

paintings, effects of different solvents on,
257-259.

nish, and to restore gilt-work, 257–260.
paintings, how to pack, 259.

paintings, special instructions for cleansing,
258,259.

paintings, to lacquer and cleanse, 259.
paintings, to paste on wood, 259.
paintings, varnishing of, 259, 260.
poppy-seed, to purify, 251.
rape-seed, to detect, 252, 253.
residues, lubricant from, 233.
rosin, and its uses, 248, 249.
shale, residues of, 247.
sugar, to prepare, 80.

to disguise the taste of, 166.

to make parchment paper impermeable to,
455.

to remove from fleece, wool, silk, and
woollen fabrics, 346.

to remove from silk, 75.
train, to purify, 251.
Vulcan, 234.

white vaseline, 453.

wood-tar, purification of, 255.

Oils and fats, 447-453.

and fats, animal, vegetable and mineral,
247-257.

and fats, bleaching of, 447, 448.

and paraffines, from petroleum residues,
451, 452.

animal and mineral, lessening of the lia-
bility to spontaneous combustion by
mixing, 438.

animal, to purify, 251, 252.

coal-tar, shoemakers' wax from, 257.

cruciferal, to detect, 252.

essential, detection of water in, 449.

hair, 286-288.