Index to Manual of Formulas, 1875

Acid, test for alkalies or, 215
Adhesives, 1
Airplane, dope for model, 114
Alcohol, how to make solidified, 134
Alcohol, test for acetone in, 208
Alcohol, test for purity of, 209
Alcohol, wood, test for, 207
Alloys, acid tests for steel, 214
Alloys, dental, 153
Alloys, easily fusible, 236
Alloys, low melting, 150
Alloys, white metal, 152
Alloys, yellow naetal, 152
Aluminum, cleaning, 101
Aluminum, copper plating on, 157
Aluminum, solder for, 203
Aluminum, to blacken, 147
Aluminum, to copper, 147
Amalgam, copper, 147
Amalgam,  gold, 147
Amalgam, sodium, 148
Antiseptic, boric acid, 72
Antiseptic, carbolic acid, 72
Antiseptic, iodoform, 72
Antiseptic, thymol powder, 72
Art and decorations, 9
Asphalt, to whitewash, 185
Automobile, dressing for top, 22
Automobile, metal polish for, 161
Automobiles, 21
Baby, French chalk powder for, 74
Baby, magnesium stearate powder for, 74
Baby, zinc stearate powder for, 73
Baking powder, add phosphate, 100
Baking powder, cream of tartar, 100
Baking powder, how to make, 100
Baking powder, tartaric acid, 100
Baking powder, to preserve, 101
Balloons, how to fill, 113
Bath, baking soda for, 58
Bath, borax for, 58
Bath, Epsom salts for, 58
Bath, powders, 57
Bath, salts, 57
Batteries, care of storage, 236
Battery, solution for, 22
Beer, ginger, 25-26
Beeswax, test for adulteration of, 213
Beeswax, to bleach, 91
Belt, dressing for leather, 131
Belt, paste for slipping, 125
Beverages, 23
Birds, poisonous bait for, 120
Blackboard, paint for, 185
Blade, handle cement for, 126
Bottle, for show, 17
Bottle, four different drinks in one, 112
Bottle, heat generating, 94
Bottle, how to cap, 89
Bottle, to clean, 94
Bottle, to remove stopper from, 87
Brake, fluid for hydraulic, 23
Brass, antique green on, 144
Brass, brown on, 142
Brass, brushed brass on, 146
Brass, colored deposits on, 173
Brass, dipping fluid for, 146
Brass, dull black on, 141
Brass, green bronze on, 142
Brass, how to color, 140
Brass, light green on, 144
Brass, nickel plating on, 157
Brass, olive green on, 143
Brass, plating without battery, 168
Brass, solution for black on, 141
Brass, steel gray on, 142
Brass, to bronze, 145
Brass, to clean, 93
Brass, to polish, 161
Brass, violet on, 142
Bricks, metal polishing, 131
Bronzing, solution for, 146
Bums, treatment for, 71
Cadmium plating, 168
Camphor ice, how to make, 70
Camphor with lard, 71
Camphor with oil of almonds, 71
Candy, butter scotch, 99
Candy, cheap fudge, 99
Candy, chocolate caramel, 99
Candy, common twist, 99
Candy, cream, 99
Candy, French cream, 99
Candy, homemade fudge, 98
Candy, maple, 99
Candy, Turkish Paste, 99
Carbon tetrachloride, use of, 84
Care of clothing, 27
Case hardening, 127
Case hardening cast iron, 127
Castor oil, tasteless, 75
Cattle, mineral licks for, 97
Celluloid, to color, 13
Cement, 35
Cement, acid proof, 37
Cement, aquarium, 42
Cement, casein, 41
Cement, celluloid, 44
Cement, dental, 40
Cement, Evan’s dental, 40
Cement, filling cracks with, 81
Cement, flexible, 44
Cement, for china, 39
Cement, for iron, 37
Cement, for marble, 37
Cement, for meerschaum, 44
Cement, for paper and iron, 37
Cement, for rubber articles, 39
Cement, for rubber, wood, ivory, 43
Cement, for skylight, 44
Cement, for turning lathe, 41
Cement, heat resisting, 37
Cement, insulating, 36
Cement, iron, 36
Cement, jeweller’s, 39
Cement, litharge-glycerine, 35
Cement, metal, 39
Cement, molding, 37
Cement, oil proof, 39
Cement, plaster of Paris, 37
Cement, pliant, 42
Cement, roof flashing, 46
Cement, rubber, 38
Cement, semi-plastic, 36
Cement, shellac, 43
Cement, Sorel’s, 38
Cement, stone, 36
Cement, to be used hot, 41
Cement, to fill cracks in mahogany, 81
Cement, to patch, 81
Cement, to remove surplus, 44
Cement, transparent, 40
Cement, water-glass, 38
Cement, waterproof, 36
Cement, waterproof bichromate, 38
Cement, wood to metal, 41
Chalk, to make precipitated, 129
Chemicals, names of, 237
Cigarette lighter fluid, 133
Clay, coloring for plaster casts, 16
Clay, face pack, 56
Clay, for modeling, 15
Clay, Fuller’s earth, 56
Clay, hydrogen peroxide face, 56
Clean, how to use tn-sodium phosphate to, 110
Cleaner, liquid, 110
Cleaner, mechanic’s hand, 126
Cleaning, preparation for, 91
Cloth, waterproofing, 28
Clothing, disinfecting, 35
Clothing, disinfecting woolen, 35
Clothing, dry cleaning, 32
Clothing, removing stains, 33
Clothing, to clean, 29
Clothing, to remove blood from, 33
Clothing, to remove grass stains, 33
Clothing, to remove ink stains, 33
Clothing, to remove mildew, :33
Clothing, to remove paint, 32
Clothing, to remove rust stains, 32
Clothing, to remove scorch stains, 33
Clothing, use of Javelle water, 33
Clothing, waterproofing, 29
Coal, to make dustless, 92
Cod-liver oil, to disguise, 76
Coins, to weigh with, 237
Cold, eucalyptus for, 71
Cold, inhaler for, 71
Cold, menthol crystals for, 71
Colored fire, blue, 77
Colored fire, green, barium chlorate, 77
Colored fire, green, barium nitrate, 77
Colored fire, potassium chlorate, 76
Colored fire, red gum, 76
Colored fire, strontium carbonate, 76
Colored fire, strontium nitrate, 76
Colored fire, white, 77
Concrete, how to make, 4S
Concrete, to waterproof, 80
Copper, antique bronze on, 145
Copper, antique green on, 143
Copper, black on, 143
Copper, bright blue on, 143
Copper, gray on, 143
Copper, how to plate, 159
Copper, oxidized finish for, 145
Copper, silver on, 142
Copper, silver plating on, 158
Copper, silver powder to coat, 156
Copper, to make colors with, 111
Copper, to stiffen, 158
Copper, welding platinum to, 173
Corks, protective coating for, 123
Corks, to make acid proof, 124
Corks, to soften, 124
Cosmetics, 47
Cream, almond oil, 48
Cream, ammonia massage, 52
Cream, bust developer, 47
Cream, casein massage, 53
Cream, castile soap, 50
Cream, cleansing, 50
Cream, cocoa butter, 50
Cream, cocoa butter massage, 52
Cream, dried casein, 52
Cream, for face, vanishing, 46
Cream, glycerin, 48
Cream, glycerin massage, 52
Cream, greaseless, 49
Cream, hand cleaning, 50
Cream, hard paraffin massage, 52
Cream, how to make cold, 46
Cream, lanolin, 52
Cream, lemon scented, 49
Cream, liquid almond, 48
Cream, massage, 52
Cream, mineral oil, 49
Cream, paraffin wax, 47
Cream, petrolatum, 47
Cream, petroleum jelly, 52
Cream, pink cold, 48
Cream, skimmed milk massage, 53
Cream, sodium carbonate, 49
Cream, soft cold, 47
Cream, stearic acid, 47
Cream, white cold, 47
Cream, white wax, 49
Cream, witch-hazel, 48
Cream, witch-hazel massage, 52
Crystals, bursting test tube with, 112
Cup grease, to make, 123
Dandelions, chemical to kill, 121
Dandruff, boracic acid_for, 63
 quinine sulphate for, 63
Deodorizers, moth balls, 75
Depilatories, quicklime, 61
Depilatories, sodium carbonate, 61
Depilatories, zinc oxide, 61
Designs, how to transfer, 14
Disinfectant, chlorinated lime, 89
Disinfectant, lye, 89
Disinfectant, pine oil, 89
Disinfectant, slaked lime, 90
Drawings, charcoal, fixing fluid, 16
Drawings, varnish for, 17
Drinks, effervescing, 27
Drinks, to age, 27
Duralumin, 154
Dust, to keep down, 92
Dye, black for cotton, 35
Dye, black for silk, 34
Dye, blue for cotton, 34
Dye, blue for silk, 34
Dye, blue for wool, 34
Dye, brown for cotton, 35
Dye, buff for silk, 34
Dye, crimson for cotton, 34
Dye, crimson for silk, 34
Dye, green for cotton, 34
Dye, green for silk, 34
Dye, green for wool, 34
Dye, orange for silk, 34
Dye, pink for wool, 33
Dye, scarlet for wool, 33-34
Dye, yellow for cotton, 34
Dye, yellow for silk, 34
Earthenware, body material for, 12
Earthworms, to kill, 119
Electric cleaner, 163
Electric light, to color bulbs, 20
Electroplating, 163
Electroplating, black nickel, 165
Electroplating, brass, 167
Electroplating, chromium, 170
Electroplating, cobalt, 172
Electroplating, copper, 168
Electroplating, gray-black nickel, 165
Electroplating, gun metal, 167
Electroplating, lead, 172
Electroplating, silver, 171
Electroplating, tin, 171
Electroplating, to clean work for, 164
Electroplating, zinc, 171
Elements, electromotive series of, 159
Enamel, black ground coat, 20
Enamel, dark blue, 20
Enamel, green, 19
Enamel, red, 19
Enamel, silicate, 174
Enamel, white powder, 19
Enamel, yellow, 19
Epsom salts, to disguise taste of, 71
Etching, aluminum, ground powder, 19
Etching, on aluminum, 19
Etching, on brass, 11
Etching, on copper, 11
Etching, on glass, IS
Etching, on metal, 9
Etching, on steel, 10
Eyebrow, pencil for, 64
Family medicine chest, 69
Fertilizers, garden, 118
Fertilizers, potted plant, 118
Files, to clean, 125
Files, to sharpen, 125
Fire, liquid to extinguish, 136
Fire, powder to extinguish, 136
Fire, showers of, 79
Fire clay, home workshop, 132
Fireplace, fairy flames for, 112
Fireworks, 76
Fireworks, black rain daylight, 80
Fireworks, black smoke, 80
Fireworks, detonating, SO
Fireworks, fuse for, 78
Fireworks, light sticks, 79
Fireworks, Pharaoh’s egg, 80
Fireworks, powder for, 78
Fireworks, smoke composition for, 79
Fireworks, the safe side of, 76
Fixed condenser, 137
Flame, compounds that, 112
Flame, how to make sulphur, 111
Flame, to extinguish, 111
Flavoring, paste for, 98
Flavoring, vanilla extract, 99
Fleas, derris powder repellent, 96
Fleas, kerosene repellent for, 96
Flies, to prevent hatching of, 90
Floor, dustproofing concrete, 124
Floor, filling cracks in, 91
Floor, polish for hardwood, 98
Floor, preparation for dance, 88
Floor, wax dressing for, 88
Flower jar, dried lavender, 98
Flower jar, how to make, 98
Flowers, changing color of, 13
Flowers, dyeing, 15
Flowers, to preserve, 12
Fly paper, poison, 96
Fly paper, rapeseed oil, 96
Fly paper, rosin, 96
Fly paper, turpentine, 96
Fly paper, boric acid powder, 75
Foot, powders for, 75
Foot, salicylic acid powder, 75
Foot, talcum powder for, 75
Foot, zinc peroxide powder, 75
Foot, zinc stearate powder, 75
Formaldehyde, fumigating with, 137
For the handy man, 80
For the household, 84
For the kitchen, 98
For the laundry, 103
Freckles, ammonium chloride for, 65
Freckles, potassium chlorate for, 65
Freckles, precipitated sulphur for, 65
Freckles, zinc oxide for, 65
Freezing, mixtures that cause, 129
Freezing, powders to cause, 131
Fruit juice, how to prepare, 23
Fumigant, non-inflammable, 136
Fun with chemistry, 111
Galvanizing, 158
Garden, humus for, 119
Garden, labels for, 121
Gardening, 114
Gas, how to find carbon dioxide in, 111
Gas, solid carbon dioxide, 131
Gases, preparation of, 135
Gasoline, how to make solidified, 134
Gasoline, testing, 210
Gasoline, to deodorize, 21
Glass, Blue, 230
Glass, chipped effect, IS
Glass, common and colored, 230
Glass, common flint, 230
Glass, etching on, 233
Glass, frosted appearance, 18
Glass, frosting on, 233
Glass, green, 230
Glass, green bottle, 230
Glass, how to make, 230
Glass, red, 230
Glass, silvering with molten metals, 235
Glass, to pulverize, 233
Glass, to silver globes of, 232
Glass, to stain, 231
Glass, transferring photo to, 233
Glass, turquoise, 230
Glass, violet, 230
Glass, water, 231
Glass, white bottle, 230
Glass, yellow, 231
Glassware, coloring, 11
Glassware, electroplating, 234
Glassware, marking, 234
Glassware, to clean, 129
Gloves, dry cleaning, 33
Glue, casein, I
Glue, flake, 3
Glue, gluten, 2
Glue, gluten, how to prepare, 3
Glue, for celluloid, 7
Glue, stick, 4
Glue, transparent, for glass, 6
Glue, waterproof, 4
Glue, yellow, 3
Gold, for bronzing, 15
Gold, gilding, 12
Gold, how to test, 215
Gold plating, 172
Grafting, wax for, 122
Hair, bay rum for the, 63
Hair, black dye for, 63
Hair, brown dye for, 64
Hair, chestnut dye for, 64
Hair, cocoa butter for the, 63
Hair, dressing for, 62
Hair, liquid for the, 63
Hair, liquid gloss for, 62
Hair, paste for the, 63
Hair, pomade for the 63
Hair, solid gloss for, 62
Hair, to keep curled, 63
Hair, walnut dye for, 64
Hair, white petrolatum for, 62
Hair, white wax for, 62
Hands, alcohol emulsion for, 61
Hands, almond oil for chapped, 72
Hands, cleaning paste for, 60
Hands, cleanser for, 60
Hands, glycerin lotion for chapped, 72
Hands, lanolin cream for, 61
Hands, quince seed lotion for, 61
Hands, to remove iron stains from, 110
Hands, vaseline for chapped, 72
Hats, to clean straw, 29
Hats, waterproofing straw, 28
Heat rays, to prevent escape of, 128
Hectograph, dextrin, 83
Hectograph, gelatin, 83
Hectograph, glue for, 83
Hectograph, glycerin, 83
Hectograph, to make, 83
Hectograph, zinc oxide, 83
Herbarium, mounting material, 122
Hints for the mechanic, 123
Home chemist’s guide, 128
Hosiery, to prevent runs in, 98
Ice, cold without, 131
Incense, balsam tolu, 133
Incense, gum arabic, 87
Incense, gum olibanum, 87
Incense, myrrh, 133
Incense, orris root, 133
Incense, powdered sassafras, 133
Ink spots, to remove from wood, 88
Insects, cedar oil spray for, 116
Insects, dust to kill, 117
Insects, gasoline and kerosene spray for, 117
Insects, spray for, 116
Iodine, to remove stains of, 110
Iron, black anti-rust for, 144
Iron, blue on, 143
Iron, brass plating on, 157
Iron, copper dip for, 145
Iron, is it steel or wrought?, 212
Iron, plating on, 172
Iron, plating tin on, 157
Iron, white metal plating on, 157
Iron, or steel, black on, 142
Iron, or steel, black polish on, 143
Iron, or steel, blue on, 142
Iron, or steel, bronze on, 142
Iron, or steel, brown on, 142
Iron, or steel, to bronze, 146
Iron, or steel, to clean before coloring, 143
Iron, or steel, to temper color on, 147
Iron, or steel, welding, 154
Iron parts, to harden small, 128
Ivory, to bleach, 14
Japanning, how to do, 222
Lacquer, 138
Lacquer, a general, 139
Lacquer, a universal, 139
Lacquer, bookbinder’s, 139
Lacquer, bronze-colored, 139
Lacquer, Dammar, 140
Lacquer, for brass, 139
Lacquer, for maps, 140
Lacquer, gold colored for brass, 140
Lacquer, gum lac, 140
Lacquer, gum sandarac, 140
Lacquer, pale colored, 139
Lacquer, strain resisting, 139
Lacquer, to test quality of, 216
Lacquer, tooth brush handle makes, 138
Lacquer, transparent, 139
Lead, bright plating, 168
Lead, nickel plating on, 167
Leaves, sun pictures on, 15
Leaves, to bleach, 13
Leaves, to preserve, 13
Lemonade, artificial, 26
Lemonade, grape juice, 27
Lemonade, bow to make, 25
Liniment, menthol, 69
Liniment, oil of turpentine, 69
Liniment, rheumatic, 72
Liniment, rubbing alcohol, 69
Liniment, tincture of arnica, 69
Linoleum, polish for, 93
Linoleum, to clean, 102
Lotion, astringent, 53
Lotion, barley water, 54
Lotion, bitter almond, 51
Lotion, boracic acid, 54
Lotion, castile soap, 51
Lotion, for oily skin, 54
Lotion, mineral oil, 51
Lotion, quince, 51
Lotion, sweaty hand, 60
Lotion, sweet almond, 51
Lotion, witch-hazel, 51
Lubricant, tapping and thread cutting, 125
Machinery, to clean, 125
Magnetic lines, prints of, 132
Make-up, freckles, 69
Make-up, grease paint, 68
Make-up, lampblack, 69
Make-up, nose putty, 69
Make-up, zinc white, 69
Match scratches, to remove, 87
Matches, explosive, 137
Matches, waterproofing, 137
Medicine chest, contents of home, 70
Mercury, to purify, 132
Metal, babbitt, 153
Metal, bell, 153
Metal, bullet, 153
Metal, cymbals and gong, 153
Metal, dentists’ molds, 153
Metal, making type, 153
Metal, organ, 153
Metal, paste polish for, 93
Metal, polishes for, 160
Metal, rivet, 153
Metal, to clean, 149
Metal, to gild, 158
Metal, to make impressions with, 153
Metal, to remove varnish from, 149
Metals, 140
Metal, casting, 174
Metal, colored enamels on, 174
Metal, enameling, 174
Metal, expand on cooling, 148
Metal, green bronze on, 145
Metal, nickel plating bath for, 167
Metal, paste polish for, 162
Metal, rust-proofing, 81
Metal, the behavior of, 159
Metal, to bronze, 144
Metal, universal solution for, 144
Metric Conversion Tables, 238
Mildew, to prevent, 91
Mildew, to remove from canvas, 91
Mirrors, making picture, 234
Mirrors, speculum metal for, 153
Mirrors, to silver, 232
Mirrors, varnish for, 233
Moisture, how to remove, 131
Mosquito, citronella repellent, 97
Mosquito, oil of eucalyptus repellent, 97
Mosquito, repellent, 93
Mosquito, smoke repellent, 97
Mosquito, to relieve bite of, 73
Moth, oil of cedar repellent, 95
Mouth wash, acid tannic, 74
Mouth wash, boracic acid, 74
Mouth wash, thymol, 74
Mucilage, for envelope, 9
Mucilage, gum arabic, 5
Mucilage, rye flour, 6
Mucilage, stick form, 6
Mucilage, transparent, 4
Mucilage, with alum, 6
Mucilage, with hot water, 6
Mucilage, with sugar, 5
Nail gloss, 59
Nails, carmine polish for, 60
Nails, liquid polish for, 60
Nails, oil of rose polish for, 60
Nails, polishing powder for, 60
Nails, tin oxide polish for, 59
Nickel, yellow on, 144
Nickel plate, to dean, 163
Non-alcoholic drinks, emulsion for, 25
Non-alcoholic drinks, tablets for, 25
Oil of mirbane, to make, 192
Oil stone, cleaning, 82
Ointment, carbolic acid, 58
Ointment, lard, 58
Ointment, oil of juniper, 58
Ointment, oil of tar, 58
Ointment, paraffin wax, 59
Ointment, petrolatum, 58
Ointment, skin, 58
Ointment, stainless iodine, 58
Ointment, vaseline, 58
Orangeade, how to make, 25
Orangeade, powder for, 27
Paint, aluminum in outside, 182
Paint, brushes to clean 188
Paint, calcium oxide luminous, 188
Paint, concrete floor, 180
Paint, fire-resistant, 184
Paint, for outside wood, 177
Paint, general facts about, 175
Paint, green phosphorescent, 187
Paint, hot water, 190
Paint, how to mix, 175
Paint, linseed oil for, 176
Paint, mixing for outside work, 177
Paint, porch floor, 182
Paint, putting drier in, 185
Paint, removers, 188
Paint, rust preventing, 185
Paint, stucco or brick, 180
Paint, to mark tools, 189
Paint, to prevent settling in, 177
Paint, to remove from auto, 188
Paint, to test quality of, 213
Paint, white, 178
Paint, white, to color blue-green, 180
Paint, white, to color buff, 179
Paint, white, to color dark olive green, 180
Paint, white, to color gray, 180
Paint, white, to color greenish, 179
Paint, white, to color light yellow, 179
Paint, white, to color red, 179
Paint, yellow phosphorescent, 187
Paper, 190
Paper, anilin hydrochloride for, 128
Paper, blueprint, 192
Paper, brown-print, 192
Paper, frosted design on, 191
Paper, gelatin treatment of, 128
Paper, light sensitive, 191
Paper, to fireproof, 190
Paper, to make luminous, 136
Paper, waterproof, 190
Papier-mache, to make, 14
Paste, bill poster’s, 5
Paste, bottle label, 5
Paste, corn starch, 8
Paste, flour, 8
Paste, for labels, 8
Paste, for leather, 9
Paste, for mounting, 9
Paste, for wall paper, 8
Paste, library, 7
Paste, wheat, 8
Paste, white glue. 5
Pearls, test for real, 215
Perfumes, 192
Perfumes, bouquet de fleurs, 194
Perfumes, elder flower, 194
Perfumes, heliotrope, 194
Perfumes, honeysuckle, 194
Perfumes, mignonette, 194
Perfumes, oil of citron, 193
Perfumes, oil of lavender, 193
Perfumes, oil of sandalwood, 193
Perfumes, orange flower extract, 193
Perfumes, use of denatured alcohol in, 192
Perfumes, verbena, 194
Perfumes, ylang-ylang, 194
Permanganate of potash, uses of, 133
Pewter, how to make, 151
Phosphorescent, to make substance, 137
Photographs, line drawing from, 200
Photographs, restoring faded, 197
Photography, 194
Photography, amidol developer, 195
Photography, blue on white, 200
Photography, chrome alum fixing bath, 195
Photography, flashlight, 198
Photography, hypo-acid fixing bath, 196
Photography, mounting paste for, 197
Photography, ordinary fixing bath, 196
Photography, pictures on copper, 198
Photography, pictures on silk, 198
Photography, printing paper for, 199
Photography, reducing solution, 197
Photography, sensitizing bath, 200
Photography, sensitizing paper for, 199
Photography, short stop, 197
Photography, stock developers, 194
Photography, toning bath, 200
Photography, to remove film from negative, 200
Pipe joints, to make tight, 82
Pipes, to prevent sweating of, 91
Plants, food for, 118
Plaster casts, hardening, 16-17
Plaster, filling cracks in, 82
Plating, silver, 154
Plating, without electric current, 154
Poison, antidotes for, 69
Poison, carbolic acid antidote, 70
Poison, iodine antidote, 70
Poison, lye, ammonia, antidote, 70
Poison, opium, morphine, antidote, 70
Poison, potassium cyanide, antidote, 70
Poison ivy, benzoyl peroxide for, 73
Poison ivy, lotion for, 73
Poison ivy, sodium hyposulphate for, 73
Polarity, to determine, 135
Polish, alcohol shellac, 86
Polish, beeswax furniture, 84
Polish, cedar oil,85
Polish, gum sandarac, 86
Polish, kerosene, 85
Polish, laundry soap, 86
Polish, red oil furniture, 84
Polish, shaved soap, 86
Polish, shellac, 85
Polish, white wax, 85
Polish, yellow wax, 85
Pop, package, 26
Porcelain, painting on, 11
Porcelain, sodium acid cleanser for, 102
Porcelain, to remove brown stains, 102
Porcelain, to remove stains from, 102
Pottery, drilling of, 12
Pottery, glazing paint for, 12
Pottery, to cut, 12
Poultry, tonic for, 95
Powder, boracic acid face, 57
Powder, corn starch face, 57
Powder, excessive perspiration, 59
Powder, ingredients for face, 56
Powder, liquid face, 56
Powder, orris root face, 57
Powder, rose leaf, 59
Powder, sachet, 59
Powder, sandalwood, 59
Powder, talcum face, 57
Powder, zinc oxide face, 57
Powder, zinc white face, 57
Putty, how to make, 45
Putty, slow drying, 189
Pyro, to remove stains of, 198
Radiator, freezing points of solutions, 22
Radiator, to stop leaks, 23
Radio minerals, how to make, 132
Rain spots, to remove, 87
Roaches, sodium fluoride repellent, 97
Roaches, to kill with borax, 97
Rodents, poison paste for, 120
Rodents, strychnine to kill 121
Rodents, white arsenic to kill, 121
Rouge, carmine powder, 65
Rouge, essence of rose, 65
Rouge, liquid, 64
Rouge, powdered cochineal, 65
Rouge, solid for compact, 64
Rust, to protect metals from, 148
Rust, to protect nails from, 149
Rust, to remove from metals, 149
Rusted screw, to remove, 82
Shampoo, bay rum, 55
Shampoo, castile soap cream, 56
Shampoo, cocoanut oil, 55
Shampoo, cream, 55
Shampoo, green soap, 55
Shampoo, liquid, 54
Shampoo, paste, 56
Shampoo, potassium carbonate, 55
Shampoo, soap bark cream, 56
Shampoo, witch-hazel, 55
Shaving, aid to, 67
Shaving, alcohol for, 68
Shaving, bay rum lotion for, 68
Shaving, boric acid lotion, 67
Shaving, caustic potash cream, 66
Shaving, cocoa butter stick, 67
Shaving, latherless cream, 67
Shaving, potassium hydroxide cream, 67
Shaving, quince seed lotion, 68
Shaving, salicylic acid lotion, 68
Shaving, sodium salicylate for, 68
Shaving, stearic acid cream, 66
Shaving, witch-hazel for, 68
Shellac, liquid, 222
Shellac, preparing colorless, 220
Shellac, solution for, 3
Shingles, stains for, 226
Shoes, beeswax polish, 30
Shoes, black polish for, 30
Shoes, lampblack polish, 30
Shoes, paraffin polish, 30
Shoes, pipe clay dressing, 31
Shoes, to polish, 30
Shoes, waterproofing, 28
Shoes, white dressing, 31
Shoes, yellow wax polish, 30
Silver, chloride, to prepare, 155
Silver, cream polish for, 162
Silver, german, 152
Silver, nitrate, how to secure, 155
Silver, to polish, 160
Skating rink, artificial ice for, 133
Smelling salts, ammonia, 74
Smelling salts, phenol, 74
Smoke, to kill odor of, 88
Snow, artificial paint, 17
Soap, carbolic acid, 106
Soap, carpet, 107
Soap, cocoanut oil, 105
Soap, fatty acid, 105
Soap, how to make, 103
Soap, jelly, for flannel, 10?
Soap, liquid, 106
Soap, mechanic’s, 109
Soap, oleic acid, 106
Soap, palm kernel oil, 106
Soap, perfumes for, 107
Soap, powdered, 107
Soap, powdered for mechanics, 109
Soap, sal soda paste, 107
Soap, sal soda powdered, 107
Soap, semi-boiled, 105
Soap, tallow, 104
Soap, textile, 106
Soap, to make simple, 107
Soap, transparent glycerin, 107
Soap, tri-sodium phosphate, 106
Soap, water-glass, 103
Soap, yellow powdered, 107
Soap bubbles, blowing permanent, 135
Soap bubbles, liquid for, 135
Soil, thiocyanate test of, 217
Soil, to test for acid, 217
Soil, Truog test of, 217
Solder and its uses, 201
Solder, black, 206
Solder, brass, 206
Solder, fluid, 201
Solder, flux, alcoholic, 202
Solder, for iron, steel, copper, 207
Solder, for tinned iron, 202
Solder, German silver, 206
Solder, half and half, 207
Solder, hard, 204
Solder, iron to brass, 201
Solder, nickel, 206
Solder, paste, 201
Solder, self, 201
Solder, silver, 206
Solder, soft, 205
Solder, soft low melting, 203
Solder, without an iron, 202
Solder, zinc chloride crystals in, 202
Solder, zinc flux, 203
Soldering, fluxes for hard, 206
Soldering, how to do soft, 205
Soldering, to hide, 207
Solution, how to make, 215
Sore throat, gargle for, 74
Sparklers, home made, 79
Specimens, to preserve anatomical, 84
Spray gun, preparation for, 93
Stains for table top, 189
Stains, to remove stubborn, 131
Starch, home manufactured, 108
Starch, how to make laundry, 108
Starch, lard used in, 108
Starch, paraffin wax, 108
Starch, to change paper cuts, 112
Statuary, bronze for, 153
Steel, to blue, 143
Stink bombs, 133
Stoneware, body material for, 12
Stove, gasoline polish for, 103
Stove, graphite polish for, 102
Stove, lampblack polish for, 102
Stove, linseed oil polish, 103
Sulphur, changing color of, 111
Sunburn, almond lotion for, 72
Sunburn, bismuth subnitrate for, 72
Sunburn, glycerin lotion for, 72
Sunburn, paraffin oil for, 73
Sunburn, potassium chlorate for, 72
Sweeping, fine sawdust for, 95
Sweeping, paraffin oil for, 96
Sweeping, salt for, 95
Sweeping, sifted sand for, 95
Table, to remove spots from, 95
Tables and useful information, 236
Tear gas, bomb for, 133
Teeth, how to whiten, 65
Temperature, determining, 129
Tempering liquid, 127
Tests for materials, 207
Tin, testing metals for, 212
Tires, sealing punctures in, 21
Tools, tempering and hardening, 126
Tooth paste, 65
Tooth paste of honey, 66
Tooth paste of orris powder, 66
Tooth paste with bicarbonate of soda, 66
Tooth paste with castile soap, 66
Tooth powder with borax, 66
Tooth powder with calcium phosphate, 66
Tooth powder with castile soap, 66
Tooth powder with orris root, 66
Tooth powder with precipitated chalk, 66
Toothache, creosote for, 71
Toothache, liquid for, 71
Toothache, oil of cloves for, 71
Toothache, powder for, 71
Trees, how to make chemical, 113
Trees, kerosene spray for, 115
Trees, material for banding, 115
Trees, protection for, 115
Trees, rosin, castor oil for, 115
Trees, spray for shrub and, 116
Trees, sulphur spray for, 114
Trees, to keep borers from, 115
Trisodium phosphate, use of, 90
Typewriter, re-inking ribbon for, 92
Valves, grinding compound for, 23 —
Varnish and shellac, 217
Varnish, anti-rusting, 220
Varnish, battery top, 219
Varnish, bodied linseed oil, 220
Varnish, borax-water, 219
Varnish, castor oil, 218
Varnish, celluloid, 219
Varnish, Dammar, 218
Varnish, driers for, 221
Varnish, for paper, 218
Varnish, four-hour, 220
Varnish, glucose, 218
Varnish, green Japan, 223
Varnish, ground glass, 222
Varnish, gum mastic, 218
Varnish, hard resin, 221
Varnish, maps and charts, 218
Varnish, red Japan, 222
Varnish, shellac, 219
Varnish, special metal, 219
Varnish, violin, 219
Varnish, water, 217
Varnish, waterproof, 220
Varnish, white hard, 219
Varnish, yellow Japan, 223
Vinegar, artificial, 102
Vinegar, chemical trick with, 111
Vinegar, testing artificial, 211
Warts, chromic acid for, 73
Warts, salicylic acid for, 73
Warts, to remove, 73
Warts, vaseline ointment for, 73
Washing powder, 108
Watches, testing oil for, 237
Water, hot plate trick with, 111
Water, surface active solubles on, 111
Water, to color and clear, 112
Water, to dissolve gas in, 111
Water, to make it soft, 109
Water, to test hard, 211
Water, to test purity of, 215
Water, to trace underground, 82
Wax, for casting figures, 16
Weeds, to control, 121
Weeds, to destroy, 121
Welding, thermite, 150
Whiskey, artificial or blended, 209
Whitewash, casein, 183
Whitewash, colors for, 184
Whitewash, outdoors, 182
Whitewash, powdered alum, 183
Windows, to clean, 89
Windshield, prevent misting of, 2&
Wine, black cherry, 24
Wine, damson, 24-25
Wine, dried fruit, 24
Wine, ginger, 24-26
Wine, grape, 24
Wine, ripe sweet fruit, 24
Wine, strawberry, 25
Wood, artificial, 228
Wood, basic stains for, 226
Wood, beeswax filler for varnished, 229
Wood, black stains for, 226
Wood, bleaching out stains, 225
Wood, bronze for, 227
Wood, brown stain for, 227
Wood, casein filler for, 229
Wood, easy dyes for, 227
Wood, ebony stain for, 225
Wood, filling cracks in, 82
Wood, fireproof paint for, 224
Wood, fireproofing, 223
Wood, logwood stains for, 228
Wood, red stain for, 227
Wood, rose stain for, 227
Wood, to darken stain for, 227
Wood, to preserve in ground, 225
Wood, to prevent decay of, 225
Wood, wax polish for, 228
Woodwork at home, 223
Working on glass, 230
X-Ray, fluorescent screen for, 138
Zinc, golden scintillation with, 114
Zinc, iridescence on, 144
Zinc, nickel plating on, 167