Lee's Priceless Recipes
At the turn of the 20th century, it was popular to publish books that
professed to include virtually all knowledge to date. Most popular of
the genre were the books of "secret" recipes, revealing industrial secrets
to the layman.
First published in 1895, Lee's Priceless Recipes covers an extraordinary
range in its 3000 secrets. There are several hundred formulas for stains,
paints, waxes, and false finishes of all types, as well as advice on
tanning hides, preserving eggs, drying fruit and purifying rancid butter.
The following excerpts show the range as well as any further explanation
could.
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A Metal That Expands
in Cooling. — Lead 9 parts, antimony 2, bismuth 1.
The metal is very useful in filling small defects in iron castings,
etc.
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Transparent Varnish for Pictures. — Take
the white of 4 eggs and 2 ounces of loaf sugar; beat them up in lime
water to the proper consistency of varnishing.
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To Loosen Rusted Screws. — One
of the simplest and readiest ways of loosening a rusted screw is to
apply heat to the head of the screw. A small bar or rod of iron, flat
at the end, if reddened in the fire and applied for 2 or 3 minutes
to the head of the rusty screw will, as soon as it heats the screw,
render its withdrawal as easy by the screw-driver as if the screw
had been only recently inserted. As there is a kitchen poker in every
house, that instrument, if heated at its extremity and applied for
a few minutes to the head of the screw or screws, will do the work
of loosening; an ordinary screw-driver will do the rest without causing
the least damage, trouble, or vexation of spirit.
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| Clearing Ground of Stones. — Heat
the stone to a high degree by means of a fierce fire applied to one
part of it only, which will cause it to expand; then pour water upon
it to make it crack, the effect being increased by blows from a heavy
sledge hammer. |
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Softcover, 4-1/2" x 6", 370 pages, this is an exact reprint of the 1895
original published by Laird and Lee of Chicago. The signatures are Smyth
sewn for a sturdy binding – the pages will not fall out. |
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Lee's Priceless Recipes
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$8.95 |
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