BRuise to Powder a handful of Galls half an ounce of Vitriol and the like quantity of Gum-Arabick and Gum-Sandrick mingle them finely sisted together and when you have occasion to write rub over your Paper with a little of it laid upon Cotton-Wool and then having sufficiently smoothed it take water and write upon the said Paper when suffering it to dry it will take a black impression occasioned by the Powder as if it had been written with Ink. Another curious Powder Ink fit for Travellers c. or the London Powder-Ink Take ten ounces of Nut-Galls bruise them well three ounces of Roman Vitriol Gum-Arabick and Roch-Alum of each an ounce make them into fine powder sift and dry them at which time put the Powder up in close Boxes or Papers and when you have occasion to use it put a little quantity into a good quantity of water and shake it well about and it will instantly change the colour of the water and at length become good Ink that is in less than two hours space by which means any person without giving himself considerable trouble of carriage may be furnished at all times Another curious Powder of the like efficacy how to make and lately known by the white Powder-Ink so much coveted of late c. Take Gum-Sandâ—ick two ounces beat it well to Powder and sift it through a fine sieve and as much of Chalcanthâ— so called by the Latins of which you may furnish your self at the Druggists mix them well beaten and pulverized and a quarter of an ounce of this or little more will turn a pint of Water or Vinegar into a curious writing Ink in a very short time Mathoilus 's Direction for making a curious and lasting Ink c. Take five ounces of Galls well bruised Roman Vitriol three ounces Gum-Arabick two ounces Bay-falt a drachm or instead of it a quantity of Alum mix them well together in a new glaz'd earthen pot and pour upon the mixture White-wine very strong and hot about five pints and suffer it the weather being hot to stand in the Sun for the space of fisteen days or it may be done in a stove Oven or in the Chimney-corner frequently stirring it about and so pouring out the dross an excellent Ink will be had not subject to change by time nor alter its colour Two excellent ways of speedily making Ink c. 1. Take Vitriol and Gum-Arabick of each an ounce of Galls well broken a like quantity of sharp Wine or Wine-Vinegar ten ounces and suffer them to stand together for an hour sometimes shaking them they will turn the liquid part exceeding black and render it fit for your use 2. Take of Galls half an ounce well bruised mingle with it a like quantity of Gum Arabick and of Roman Vitriol eight drachms put these into eight ounces of White wine pretty hot and in as short a time as the former a perfect Ink will be made How to make a Black that will not only serve for Ingrossing but Painting c. Take Copperas half an ounce bruised Galls an ounce Lamp-black an ounce Gum-Arabick half in ounce mix them with a pint of Wine or Vinegar set them over a gentle fire and suffer them to simper till a half part be consumed and what remains will render an excellent thick and black Ink. The famous George Machijus 's Receipt for curious Writing-Ink c. Take of Galls three ounces Râ—man Vitriol two ounces Gum-Arabick half an ounce and having well bruised them infuse the Galls in two quarts of White wine for the space of eight days stirring them well about each day and three days after the putting in the Galls put the Gum in dissolved in a little Wine by it self before it be put in three days after the Galls and the Vitriol as long after that stirring them at sundry times and at the termination of eight days the Ink will come to a full and curious perfection To make a kind of Ink to write obscurely and not to be read unless the Paper whereon the Writing is be held to the Fire Take that which is vulgarly called Sal-Armoniack and Nitre of each half an ounce mingle them with the Juice of Limon over a gentle fire and having refined the liquid part from the dross use it when cold and so holding the Paper when it is written on to the fire the Letters will fairly appear or otherwise it will not c. To take away spots or defects out of Writing either on Paper or Parchment Take Roch-Alum burnt half an ounce as much of the Flour of Brimstone and being finely in Powder wet the Paper a little and put a small quantity of the Powder upon the place rubbing it gently with your finger and the Maculation will disappear And thus much for the Treating of Inks c. wonderful necessary and useful on all occasions and profitable to those that will undertake to make them for Sale. CHAP. IX The Art of making Washes and other Beautifying Materials for taking away Sun-burn Morphew Freckles Roughness of the Skin and restoring a curious Complexion as also Whitening the Teeth Enlivening the Eyes Curling and Colouring the Hair c. A Water to restore a faded Complexion TAke the Flowers of Rosemary Comfrey and Cammomile boil them in White-wine and wash your face and hands therewith mornning and evening To create a very fair Complexion Take two ounces of white Tartar burn or calcine it then quench it in the destilled Water of Roses and wash the face with it To render a fresh and comely Complexion Take an ounce of the Oyl of Sweet Almonds the like quantity of the Oyl of Myrrh bruise in them of the Powder of Gum-Sandrick a grain and with the whole mixture rub and anoint the face To render the Skin clear and of a very fair Complexion Take Bean blossoms and the Water that destilis from the Vine with the Flowers of Fumitory distill them and make a Wash with what proceeds there-from To make the Skin smonth and shining Take of the Marrow of Swines-feet an ounce Oyl of Nutmegs a quarter of an ounce Dears suet half an ounce Oyl of Bay berries two ounces make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and anoint the face hands or any part of the body therewith To remove Freckles Tan or Sun-burn Take the Juice of Burdock leaves and Limons of each a like quantity mix them together and add half as much Oyl of Chammomile a little Rye-meal and the Gall of a Cock or Capon make them into an Ointment and anoint the place therewith and in a short time the defect will be removed To remove Pimples or Redness Take an Egg and roast it hard then take out the Yolk at the top and fill it with Copperas and put it close covered in the Embers till the Copperas is melted or become water then pour out the water and bath the face with it but if it be too sharp you may allay it with
half a handful bruise them with a quarter of a pint of Vinegar straining the liquid part through a cloth and mingle it with the materials before mentioned so thin that it may take either in dying or painting To make a black water to dye Silk Cloth c. Take half a pound of Nut-galls add to them a pottle of water and an ounce of Lamb-black with a handful of the rust or filings of Iron heat them up adding half a pound of coperas seeth them to a half Consumption adding then a pint of gum-Gum-water and so set it by for your use c. and it will prove excellent good the longer it is kept it being the better To dye Linen or Silk a Rose red Take to every four yards and a half a pound of Nut-galls and seeth them in fair water unbrused for the space of two hours when pouring out the liquid part into another Vessel or Fatt put your Linen c. into it and suffer it to soak for the space of four hours then wring it dry and heat it again in Alum and fair water adding half a pound of Braziel powder and a pound of Greening-weed and so by gentle heats make up your colour to the heighth To dye a fair green Take Bran-water and Alum a Gallon of the former to a pound of the latter and seeth them up till the Alum is dissolved then for about a quarter of an hour let your Silk or Cloth lie therein then take more Bran-water and a few handfuls of woad and put it therein till it become a dark yellow then add Verdigrease and Indico of each half a pound or more or less of the one or the other as you would have it lighter or darker To dye a good black Take two pounds of Galls and half a pound of Coperas seeth them in water over a gentle Fire putting your Silk Stuff or Cloth therein and stirring it about then hang it to dry and prepare your dye in this manner viz. Take a large Fatt and put therein three or four handfuls of Rye Meal and half so much of swarf of the Grind-stone or Smiths water with two handfulls of elder bark and the like quantity of the rust of Iron and having suffered it to stand for the space of three days heat it up and put your materials therein c. To make a thick water to work on yellow Silk the best way Take two quarts of the best Varnish add to it an ounce of the Flower of Sulphur half an ounce of Camphire then seeth it a while and suffer it to cool straining it through a Cloth to take away the grosser part and when you use it let it be mixed with a small quantity of Gum-Arabick water To make a curious red Water Take two quarts of fair water four ounces of Gum-Arabick a pound of faucet Woad seeth them together till half be consumed and then taking it off put into the remainder half an ounce of Spanish green and about thirty grains of Cochinele and so use it as you see convenient To make a curious blue Water for Silks Stuffs or Woollen Take three parts of Soap boilers Ashes and one part of unquenched Lime make of them a Ley and suffer it well to settle then add to the thinner part taken off a pound of Boloemen stirring them well together over a gentle fire adding a pound of Woad and half a pound of Indico dipping what you intend to colour therein when it is very hot To work on yellow Silk white grey or Azure Colour Take a pottle of fair water and a fourth part of Gum-Arabick and half a pottle of faucet Woad an ounce of Arshick and the like quantity of Turmerick ground small and seeth them over a gentle Fire putting a small quantity of Grains therein and so apply it to your use as you see convenient To make a red Water for white Silk or Wool green yellow Violet or Azure Take two quarts of running water and an ounce of Braziel heat them up till half be conlumed then take it off the Fire and put in an ounce of Grains and a quarter of an ounce of Gum Arabick with a quarter of a pound of Alum Powder and suffering it to stand all night in the Morning you may use it To make grey Florey Take Florey and soak it twenty four hours at the end of which wring it through a Cloth then take the Ashes of the Vine and make a Ley with them and spread the Florey for the space of two hours upon a Table and having put the Ley into three Vessels take the Florey and put it into one of the said Vessels and so shift it to the rest putting before you dip your Linen c. Vinegar to it and your Colour will be good To dye Linen with Crampmede Use in this a pound of Crampmede to three Ells of Linen and put it to a gallon and a half of water or so proportionable to the quantity and warm it over the Fire till it appears ready to seeth then add to it two ounces of Galls and so put your Linen into it and as often as you take it out which must be frequent wring it when having a pot of fair water ready heated with Alum dissolved in it put the Linen well wrung into it and so rub it over at the taking out and dry it but if you would have it the darker Colour then is it requisite to have a Ley made with Lime-Stones or unslaked Chalk c. To dye Velvet or other things requiring it the most curious of Blacks Take of Galls two pound Coperas half a pound Smiths water a Gâ—llon the powder of burnt Ivory an ounce and of Oak bark and Shooe-makers black ground to powder the like quantity and two gallons of fair water mix them well together and suffer them to stand in the Sun or some other warm place for the space of thirty days with often stirring about then put your materials therein and as often as you diâ— hang them to dry and your expectation will be answered To make Bran water much used in dying c. Take half a peck of Wheat Bran and two gallons of fair water set them on the Fire giving them a gentle heat which being done put half a pound of Alum powder into it and suffer it to stand a week or more with sometimes stirring it about before you use it To dye Wooll or woollen Yarn Take four pound of Wooll or yarn two pound of Woad putting the Woad into a Kettle to two gallons of water then throw in two handfuls of Wood-Ashes and when it seetheth put your Wool or Yarn into it and let it remain there about half an hour at what time take it out and wring it and put it in again and let it seeth as long as before and then if it be before a brown blue it will be a dark green or if it was white it will be a yellowish colour And thus much
the spot invisible To take Pitch Tar Rosâ—n or Bees wax out of any Stuff Silk or Cloth. Take Oil of Turpentine warm it a little and apply it to the place suffering it to soak in for the space of an hour and then gently rub it and you will perceive the Rosin c. losened and instantly to crumble away A Soap water to take out any manner of spots how to make it Boil Straw-berries or the Leaves thereof in a quart of fair water and a pint of Vinegar then add two pounds of Casteel Soap and half a pound of Chalk finely scraped boil them till the moisture is consumed and when you have Occasion wet the place with sharp Vinegar and rub it over with this Soap drying it afterward against a Fire or in the Sun. A speedy way to take all manner of Spots or Stains out of Scarlet or out of Velvet of what Colour soever not changing it Take Soap-wort an herb so called strain out the Juice it being bruised add to the Juice a small quantity of black Soap if the Scarlet be â—â—t dyed in clear grain and these being made â—â—in wash the place with the liquid part sufâ—â—ring it to dry between whiles and by this means in a day or two you will perceive the Spots to disappear To take Iron Moulds or Stains out of Linen Take the Juice of a Limon warm it with a little Powder of Alum dissolved in it wet it and as it is wet dry it with a spoon wherein is a live coal and so continue to do for the space of two hours and the Spot or Iron-mould in a washing or two will disappear This likewise will take out Spots of Ink c. To take out oily Spots out of parchment or oily Paper the manner Take the Powder of burnt Bone finely fifted â—nd place between two boards pressing it hard â—ome of the powder on either side the Spot and â—n two days it will be quite vanished An excellent way to take Spots or Stains out of Linen viz. Take fair water and dissolve it in Bay-salt â—nd steep the Linen therein then take juice of â—â—rrel and sharp Vinegar and â—ub the Spot with them suffering it likewise to soak in and in so often doing it will disappear To take away Ink-Stains Stains with Fruit c. Take the powder of Alum half an ounce the juice of Housleek or Sengreen two ounces and apply them the Alum being dissolved very hot and the business will be effected Instructions how to keep Silks from staining in the washing Heat rain-water and when it is very hot put into it casteel Soap dissolve it well then suffer it to be almost cold after which sprinkle in a small quantity of fulling Earth and so scowre out your Silks then suffer them not to lie on heaps but spread them and clap them between clean dry Cloaths and they will be fresh and fair Directions to keep Linen layed up without using from Damage for many Years Having washed and well dried your Lineâ— the Sun fold it up and scatter in the foldinâ— the Powder of Cedar wood or Cedar smaâ—â— ground having first perfumed your Chest wiâ—â— storax by which means not only dampness 〈◊〉 prevented but Worms or Moths c. Further Directions to keep Woollen or Linen sweet and pleasant as likewise from being damaged by Moths Worms c. Take Orange Peels dry them in an Oven and beat them to Powder add to that Powder of Elicampane roots the Powder of Arras and that of Juniper and air your Cloaths when you lay them up over a Fire wherein Bay-leaves are cast and burnt A pleasant water to preserve Linen or any other thing a long time gâ—ving it moreover a curious scent Take of Spike flowers two pound Costmary one pound Balm an handful penny-royal as much Mace two ounces Arras Powder an ounce soak these in White-wine and distil them and sprinkle your Cloaths in a fair day suffering them afterward to dry and then lay them up A good way to wash any Linen or Woollen inter woven with Gold or Silver and not to impair it Dip the part you design to favour in Urine and Alum and suffer it well to be soaked then soap the rest but not that place and having washed it hang it to dry in the shade and your expectation will be answered To remove stains occasioned by Wine or Vinegar Take new Milk and steep the thing stained therein a night then take Runnet and apply to the Stain rubbing it in and by so doing twice or thrice you will find it fair as at first To make Linen that is turned yellow very white Heat Milk over the Fire and add to a Gallon a pound of Cake soap scraped in so that it may dissolve and when the Cloaths have boiled therein take them out and clap them into a Lather of hot water and wash them out speedily To whiten Cloth the best way Take your Cloth and buck it well then spread it upon the Grass and sprinkle it with Alum-water suffering it to continue abroad for three or four days then buck it again with Soap and fullers Earth and use it as before and so it will be both thick and white CHAP. IV. Directions to scowre Silver and gold Lace make Plate bright and look like new take Spots and Stains out of it to diaper Linen whiten Ivory make Cement for broken Glasses c. Perfumes of divers kinds Musk-balls and many other things and matters c. To scowre Silver and Gold Lace and to restore it to its first Lustre as also Imboss or Imbroidâ—ry TAke the Lace and lay it as smooth as may be upon a dry Woollen Cloth then burn Alum and beat it to Powder sifting it afterward through a very fine fieve then with a brush rub it gently over the Lace and by so doing and often turning it the business will come to Perfection And thus To scowre and take Stains out of any Silver Plate c. Steep you Plate in Soap-leys for the space of four hours then run it over with whiting wet with Vinegar so that it may stick thick upon it and dry it by a Fire after which rub off the whiting and pass it over with dry bran and the Spots will not only disappear but it will look exceeding bright To boil up Plate that it may look like new Take of unslaked Lime a pound of Alum the like quantity Aqua vitae and Vinegar of each a pint and of Beer grounds two quarts boil the Pâ—ate in these and they will set a curious gloss upon it To make any Linen at the first appearance look like Diaper Take it when new washed spread it upon a Table somewhat damp and sprinkle it over with a brush dipped in Alum and Rose-water in form and manner as best shall suit with your fancy To whiten any piece of Ivory that is turned yellow as also Bone c. Take a pound of Quick-lime beat small and place it
for Walls and Conduits use a mixture of white and black as likewise for other materials but if a Brick-house use red Lead and white and where the Houses stand thick together there use sundry Colours suitable to the occasion Tâ— cleanse old Pictures and render them fair and pleasing Take Wood-Ashes the whitest that may be had sift them through a fine lawn sieve and with a Spunge and fair water wash the Picture gently over not rubbing it hard least you impair the shadows which being done and the Picture dry take distilled Varnish and rub it thin and gently over and it will create a lasting freshness or for want of this you may do it with the whites of Eggs exceeding well beaten or with Gum-water But note the Pictures to be thus used must be such as are laid in Water-Colour Oil. CHAP. XIV Instructions for restoring Tapestry Hangings Carpets or Turky Chairs that are faded or decayed to their lively Colour to prepare Flock Cloth for Hangings Spanish white Size Alum water and Gum-arabick water how to make them as also to thicken Cloth for Screens c. To refresh Hangings or Tapestry Carpets or Chairs BEat the dust out of them in a dry day as clean as may be then rub them over well with a dry brush and make a good Ladder of â—asteel or Cake Sope and rub them well over with a hard brush then take fair water and with it wash off the froth and make a water with Alum and wash them over with it and you will find when dry most of the Colours restored in a short time and those that are yet too faint you must touch up with a Pencil dipped in suitable Colours and indeed you may run over the whole piece in the same manner with water Colours mixed with weak Gum-water and it will cause it if well done to look at a distance like new To make Flock Cloth Hangings c. To do this take a course Canvas spread it even upon a Flour or Table then take flocks or shreads of Woollen grind them as small as dust and having sized over your Cloth with a good strong size sift whilst it is wet the flocks on through a sieve very fine and having done it even in all places run a rowler of wood or Iron over the piece to press them down close and so suffer them to dry in the shade lest the Sun or Fire parch and make them crack and when dry brush them lightly over with Alum-water and so draw your design with black Lead red Lead Charâ—coal black or any other Colour you fancy and it will at a distance look like Tapestry and be very lasting in a room where no great Fires are made How to thicken Linen Cloth for Screens Bed-teasters and the like Grind whiting with size and to prevent its cracking add a little Honey to it then take a soft and smooth brush and lay it upon the Cloth and so do two or three times suffering it the mean while to dry between layings on and for the last laying smooth it over with Spanish white laid with Line-seed Oil the Oil being first heated and mixed with a small quantity of the Litharge of Gold the better to endure the weather and so it will be lasting Spanish white how to make it Take fine Chalk with a tenth part of Alum grind them with fair water till very soft and then bring them to a thickness and make them up into Balls lay them to dry leasurely and then heat them well in the Fire and so use them To make a very good Size useful upon sundry Occasions c. Take glue a pound steep it in four gallons of water till it be dissolved then take a pound of the shreds or cuttings of Gloves or other the like Leather and boil them in the water wherein the glue has been dissolved over a gentle Fire till it feel very clammy between your fingers and when that is done strain the liquid part through a sieve and keep it for your use To make Alum water the best way Take a pound of Alum bruise it and put it into two gallons of water adding a small piece of Gum arabick and having scumed it after a gentle heating from the froth or scurf strain the water and keep it for your use and especially to wash over printed Pictures lightly before you paint or colour them by which means they being afterward suffered to dry the Colour will be prevented from sinking or soaking in unseemly To make Gum-arabick water for all Occasions Take of the transparent or white Gum two ounces half an ounce of Alum and two quarts of Spring water dissolve the former in the latter over a gentle Fire scum it and take away the dross and so use it with Colours or in making Ink or the like and if you perceive it too strong you must put more water but if too weak then more Gum taking out the dross as before And thus much may suffice for the first part of this Book and past all peradventure prove useful to the Reader and Practitioner in such a manner that I can scarcely believe he ever will or at least will never have cause to repent of or repine at the cost and labour so necessary a Treatise fill'd with so much variety puts him to The End of the First Part. Art's Treasury or a profitable and pleasing Invitation to the Lovers of Ingenuity contained in many rare and extraordinary Experiments and Inventions c. CHAP. I. Metals and Minerals their Quality and Generation from what they proceed and how produc'd the â—rt of transmuting and making artificial Metals or Minerals with other material matters IN case of Minerals and all things inanimate concenter'd or contained in the Bowels of the Earth it is convenient to reduce them to four kinds of Mixtures viz. Metals Stones Earth or Juices Nature producing them with mixture and participation of each oâ—her and here by Earth I mean the simple Element only of which as the Philosophers affirm all sublunary Bodies are compounded and though the Earth according to the situations of Countries and differences of Climes differs in Scent Colour and Taste yet that proceeds from a mixture of some other part or effect of the former the pure Elementary Earth being in all places one and the same in which and by the operation of heat and moisture the others are generated and as there are more or less of these the Metals are finer or courser But to come nearer to our purpose Gold is found in Grains or Sand and Silver in veins and sometimes twisted and wreathed like the branches of a Vine and at other times these Metals are found in stones with whose hardness they have incorporated themselves and being broken are with fining materials extracted As for Gold it is the most perfect of all inanimate bodies and has its Generation as I have said from heat and moisture in the Original but of Parts so well contracted
be somewhat cool and it will be very flexible Instructions to harden soft Iron Take the concoction of Vervein Housleek Juice the juice of Hore hound Radish or Rue dissolve in them some Alum-powder and the business will be effected if you anoint your Metal when hot with the liquid part To harden all manner of Iron Tools or Instruments Take the Leaves or juice of Pentefole or five leaved Grass the juice of a Limon or White-wine Vinegar and dip the pieces of Metal or Tools in it when hot and do so often and you will find the advantage To make Iron as hard as Steel Take the juice of Roman Nigrel and Mouse-ear herbs so called and strike over the Metal being hot and by this means Tools may be made of it that will cut Iron To harden Metal so that it shall not crack nor flaw c. Take Oil of Spike and Mutton Suet and dawb over the Metal hot then plunge it suddenly in cold water and the business will be effected To harden Augres Files Chizels Mattocks c. for use Take the Juice of Radish or Cole-worts mix it with Ley made of Soap-ashes heat it over the Fire and when your Tools are well heated or red hot in the Fire quench them in it To make Tools so hard that they will cut Iron Copper c. Take Salt Peter and Copperas strew them in Powder upon the Tools when red hot and then quench them in the destilled water of Shell-snails and your expectation will be answered To colour or varnish Tin Copper or the like metals Take half a pint of Line-seed Oil warm it over the Fire and scum it then put therein bruised Amber and Aloepaticum of each a quarter of an ounce and suffer them to boil up to the thickness of an Ointment after that set them in a close earthen Vessel under ground for the space of four days and when you use it strike over your Metal with a brush or Pencil it being at the same time hot over a pan of Small-coal and it will be of a curious Amber or golden Colour The manner of gilding upon Metals viz. Take Wine-stone Verdigrease and Sal-armoniack seeth them in White-wine with some common Salt strike over the Metal indifferent warm with the liquid part and suffering it to dry a little take Water or Leaf Gold and lay it on which by the Virtue of the washing will stick fast so that with a burnisher of Ivory you may finish it in its proper Luster How to make a water for the gilding Metals Take three pints of Spring water two pound of Roch Alum an ounce of Roman Vitriol and as much Verdigrease and Orpiment boil and deum them and then put in water of Tartar and Bay Salt of each two ounces and when â—he Ingredients are well dissolved and come to a â—hickness strike over your Metal therewith dry â—t against the Fire and burnish it How to gild Iron or Steel with Quick-silver and Gold Foil Take Vitriol and Sal-armoniack of each an ounce and of Alum two ounces beat them fine and boil them to a thickness in fair water add a dram of Verdigrease and half an ounce of Sublimatum and sperce over your Metal with it when having mixed your Gold and Quicksilver together lay them on with a Leather Spatula as smooth and even as may be then suffer the Varnish to take it and burnish it over To make Iron or the like a curious blue or Steel Colour Burnish your Metal to a brightness and take Cows-hools burn them and hold the Metal over the smother or smoak of it and it will answer the end designed c. To make Copper c. a Silver Colour Take Bay-salt Alum and Wine-stone grinâ— them to Powder adding in your grinding some leaves of Silver and put them into an eartheâ— pot close stopped with your Copper amongst it and then taking it out ruâ— it over with some 〈◊〉 the Powder and burnish it A very good way to burnish Iron or other Metals Take of Aloepaticum Citrinum and Amber each an ounce make them into Powder and place them over a gentle Fire in a well glazed pot and when you perceive it melted put to it a quantity of scalding Oil and when the mixture is well made let it cool and so your Metal being glowing hot lay a little piece upon it and rub it over To make a good solder for Iron or any hard Metal being cold Take of Sal-Armoniack two ounces two ounces of common Salt the like quantity of Wine-stone in Powder six ounces of thick ground Glass two ounces of Clock-spike bruise and mingle them wall together and so put them into a linen Cloth and suffer the Cloth to be laid a finger thick with soft Clay encompassing it on the out-side and put them inâ—o a well glazed earthen pot with a lid or cover and put that into another larger not of Earth well covered and suffer 〈◊〉 to stand over a gentle Fire that the heat may eâ—creasie by degrees to all be red hot and râ—â—â— then suffer it to cool and break it small and grind it to Powder Then in case of soldering make your Iron c. fast and the joints close laid lay a paper under them and upon it some of the Powder as also between the Joints then wrap it round with Clay except the upper part which you must leave open to solder at then take the Powder of Burras and put it into Wine or Aqua-vitae and suffer it to dissolve when dipping a feather therein strike over the upper part of the Joints and it will begin to smoak and hiss the which ended you may uncase it and find it perfectly soldered A way to solder warm or rather hot on Iron Steel c. Take Gum-water beat it up with green herbs of any kind till it become a Paste or of that thickness and strike it on your Metal or lay it on the Joint rubbing Soap over at what time heat it and it will prove a good Cement c. To solder on copper c. Take of Copperas an ounce half an ounce of Orpiment or white Arsnick dividing it into two parts and then make your Copperas run with Fire then add one part of the Arsenick or Orpiment and after you have spread it thin on a fine stone add the other part then beat it into Powder and use it as the solder for Iron c. To solder Latten a Metal or mixture of Metals so called Take a File and make the parts to be joined very smooth then put them together and being hot scrape your Powder of Burras and keep it close till cool and the Joints will be fastened or fixed To varnish like Gold on Tin Silver or Copper c. Take an earthen Pot well glazed with a close Lid to shut in and put into it six ounces or half a pint of Lin-seed Oil an Ounce of Aloe-paticum and the same quantity of Mastick make them into a fine Powder
a siâ—ilitude or likeness either in Statue or Porctraiture whether it be for Wood Ivory or any thing tractable in this nature and before you proceed to your rough carving with a black or red Lead Pencil or piece of Coal draw as well as may be the true Proportion Posture and Features having before reduced the Wood or Stone to some set form then cut them out as you see it convenient or let them swell as curiously as may then with smaller Tools proceed to polish them yet finer and so working by degrees till you have brought your matter to a proportion and then remains the Curiosity of fashioning to the Life and in this you must be curious in eying your Copy beginning with the head or upper part and so descend by degrees running it over three or four times before you come either to washing or polishing that no unseemly knob or other deformity may appear c. And in case any Statue or Image either cast or carved require to be painted in lively Colours the rule for painting in Oil ought as well in the mixtures as laying on to be observed In casting of Images or Figures the curiosity lies in forming the Mould and bringing the stuff to a fineness which if done in beaten Chalk Terrace Plaister of Paris or the like they must be mixed with gum-Gum-water the better to strengthen them but in case of Lime c. it needs not and then no more is required than bringing the stuff to a fit temper or stiffness of dough and the Mould being to clasp in the middle and take asunder fill it with the Material and squeeze it hard in a Vice having rubbed the out-side of the Mould before with dry whiting or chalk finely beaten to prevent the sticking then take it out and set it to dry in a place where there is a stove and when it is thoroughly dry you may glaze or colour it at Pleasure If you design any Figure in Metal and will not be at the trouble of imbossing it in the expanse and so soldering it together thereby rendering it hollow as in fine Metals 't is often done then must you make your Mould of Brick Chalk fine Clay or the like and place it when dry and firm in a Bed of Sand or in the Ground keeping it close together have then your Metal rarefied or purged from dross by well refining and a trough or spout layed from the Plug of your Melter and when the Metal is melted and skimmed suffer it all at once to run with what speed it may into the Mould that every part taking hold of each other whilst liquid the whole Mass may the better incorporate and render the thing designed without flaw or scaling suffer it then to be thoroughly cold before you take it out which done polish it by taking off the rough outside and proceed with your tools to rectifie what is unseemly To polish Marble or any curious Stone Take fine Sand and the Powder of Alabaster polish it with a Polisher and then suffer it to be laid over for a time with Oil after that calcine or burn Egg-shells and with the calcination thereof rub off the Oil and polish it and it will be of a lasting gloss c. To make any Writing on Parchment or from Paper decay and become unlegible in a short time Take Quick-lime and mix with it the white of an Egg and rub over with the said mixture the Parchment or Paper when you intend to write and although the writing for a time will seem fair it will in a short time decay and look so faint that it can by no means be read To make new writing look old and of a long standing Take a dram of Saffron and infuse it into half a pint of Ink and suffer it to warm over a gentle fire and it will cause whatever is written with it to turn yellowish and appear as if of many years standing To make a curious Purple Ink. Take a quarter of an ounce of Lake and half an ounce of Indico and bruise them small which done warm half a pint of water and infuse into it an ounce of Gum-arabick then put the Colour in and shake them well together Take Blots or Letters out of Paper or Parchment Take an ounce of Alum dissolve it in a quarter of a pint of water over a gentle Fire and drop a drop of it warm as you see occasion upon the spot and suffering it to lie for a time take it up again with clean Cotton Wool on which you have breached to moisten it and the business in once or twice doing will be effected To render Writing very fair Take Gum sandrick bruise and sift it very fine dip into it Cotton-Wool and gently rub therewith your Paper or Parchment and this is called the pouncing it and is often used by School Masters to set of their Copies to advantage To write Letters like Gold without the help of Gold. Take of Vermilion half an ounce Gum-armoniack the like quantity bruise and mix then with the whites of a couple of Eggs and temper them in water to a thinness that you may write therewith and then your writing being dry glaze it over with a Polisher To write Letters that will appear like Silver without any Silver Take of Block-tin Quick-silver and the whites of Eggs each an ounce melt the two former and having ground them fine and small put them to the latter and mix them with Gamwater to the thinness of Ink and so proceed to write polishing your writing when dry How to prepare your Shell-Gold and write with it Take the ragged cuttings of Leaf Gold grind them upon a curious smooth and clean stone with Gum-water and a little Alum Powder and when they are well incorporated drop of the substance into small shells and when you use it temper a little fair water to bring it to a thinness and having written with it your Pleasure suffer it to dry and then polish the writing c. To make a good red sealing wax Take of Bees-wax a pound fine Turpentine three ounces red Lead or Vermilion finely ground an ounce and a half Olive Oil an ounce melt well the Wax and Turpentine adding an ounce of Rosin fine in Powder and when they â—re well melted and the dross taken off put in â—he Lead or Vermilion and stir them well together her till they are well incorporated and so make them into what form you please for your use To make black Wax Take of Lamp-black or black Earth an ounce and a half Turpentine and Rosin of each four ounces of Bees-wax a pound incorporate them as the former with Oil. To make green wax Take Verdegrease an ounce and all the other Ingredients except the colouring as the former ordering it in the like manner To make golden or transparent Wax Take clarified Rosin four ounces Turpentine two ounces Bees-wax four ounces Olive Oil two ounces melt them well together and
bruised to powder put to it a considerable quantity of Spring-water and so being boiled up over a quick fire put in the Plate and let it continue for a considerable time To soften Gold or Silver Take sublimate Mercury Sal-Armoniack of each a like quantity and when the Metal of either sort is melted put a small quantity of the phwder into it and so suffer it to operate thereon if Gold put more if Silver less To soften Bone or Ivory Take Bone or Ivory that is hollow and take the Juyces of Alexand. Milfoyl Radish roots Hore-hound and sharp Wine-vinegar and fill the cavity after which lay it near a gentle fire that the heat may infuse and in suffering it so to do in a little time it will mollifie the hard quality Experiments of other Natures viz. How to keep Grapes fresh al the year Cather the Grapes in a fair day when no wet or moisture is upon them cleanse them from those that are any ways perished and let them steep a while in white Muscadine a little warm after which dry them and stop them up in new earthen bottles setting them in a cool place free from the Sun or too much Air and they keep without perishing To make Mellons Cucumbers or such-like Fruit ripen by Art. Boil Wheat bran in Water and a little fine Mould and water the roots of the Plants with it morning and evening setting them in hot beds and covering them from cold and blasts with pots glasses c. To make Trees bear Fruits of any Colour Bore a hole in the body of the Tree at such time as the Sap begins to rise and plug it up close and you will perceive what liquid Colour you put in the same will tincture the Fruit and give it a participation of its hue To kill or drive away Fleas or Buggs Take the Juyce of Rue and the Gall of an Ox mix them together and anoint the post and frame therewith and strow in the Mat Powder of Southern-wood and Wormwood To make one that is very boarse or speaks inwardly have a very clear Voice Take the Flowers of Elder dry them in the Sun and so order it that without taking wet they may be beaten to powder which done keep the Powder in a glass and when you would use it put as much as will lie upon a six-pence into a glass of Wine pretty warm and drink it off To make Letters that will soon vanish Take Aqua-vitae dissolve a little Camphire in it and put to them the Ashes of burnt Straw well mingled or tempered together which for a time will produce a fair Writing but at your pleasure you may wipe it off the Paper or Tablet nor will it be long ere it decays of it self To renew Letters decayed Boil a few Galls in Wine and wipe over the faint Letters with a Spunge dipped in the Juyce and they will appear fresh and in full lustre as when written To renew the Marks in â—nives that are in a manner worn Polish them well with Powder of Emeril and Oyl after that cleanse them with chalk to a brightness then wet the Blades in Lime Juycâ— and Tanners water made with Vitriol and they will cause the marks to appear exact and fair and this way you may damask them How to Grave a Porphory-Marble without an Iron tool Take a small quantity of sublimate Mercury a like quantity of Sal-Armoniacum with as much Verdigrease destil them in a Retort of Glass calcine a small weight of Tin and Fire-stone and some Sal-Gem destilling them over three times in sharp Vinegar and so making a ground of Wax Rosin and Turpentine lay it on the stone as in the case of Etching and when you have drawn with an Iron point what you intend pour on the water and suffer it to continue till it has corroded the stone according to what you drew upon it How to make Water rise by heat c. Let there be a Vessel above either of Brass Clay or Tin and a pipe in the middle of it that may descend into the Water below so fastned that it takes not Air then let the Vessel above be made hot and it will by means of the Air 's being rarefied by the heat attract the water to it CHAP. XI Another Miscellany of rare and eurious Experiments useful profitable and altogether pleasant c. To cause Water contrary to the nature thereof to ascend PRepare a Bason with a pint of Water in it or thereabouts then take an earthen Pot or Jug with a round belly fitted for this service and light a piece of Paper cast it into the Jug flaming then turn quickly the mouth of the Jug downward and set it on the midst of the Bason of water it will suck up all the water if it be not more than it can receive and contain within the belly thereof To carry a Jug or earthen Pot sticking without any thing unto the palm of the hand Take a piece of Paper set it on fire and cast it flaming into the mouth of the Jug presently clap the palm of your hand on the mouth of the said Jug or Pot not hollow but plain and smooth the Jug will not fall from your hand but you may walk many paces and carry the same sticking unto the palm of your hand unless by violence you pluck it away To break a Stick placed upon the brims of two Glasses and not break the Glasses Place the Glasses on a smooth stone of an equal height and put the stick upon them then take a battoon or cudgel and therewith strike upon the midst of the stick perpendicularly or downright so may you break the stick and not hurt the Glasses To take the impression of any Seal Melt a little Brimstone casting in some Ceruse or white Lead put this mixture on the Seal strengthening it with a small piece of Paper a little bigger than the impression is being cold take it off and you will find the print of the Seal thereon How to write a Letter secretly that cannot easily be discovered or suspected 1. Write your mind at large on one side of the Paper with common Ink and on the other side with milk that which you would have secret and when you would make the same legible hold that side which is written with Ink to the fire and the milky Letters will shew blewish on the other side 2. Rule two Papers of one bigness with lines of an equal distance make the one full of Glass windows through which you must write your mind upon the second Paper then fill up the spaces with other words at your pleasure but if all were made to hang together in good sence it would carry the less suspicion Each friend must have one of these cut Papers to read all such Letters for without the Paper it will trouble a good Decypherer to read the Letter Of the Dyal upon the Fingers and the Hand Is not a commodity very agreeable when