Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments
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31 chapters · 3 h 4 min · English
Read by Lynne T, prajak, Adam Starks, Availle, BettyB, Agnes Robert Behr and others
Education · Science · Crafts & Hobbies
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This collection of projects and experiments was submitted by Rufus Tuttle, following an Act of Congress promoting education and learning. The projects were designed to be entertaining and educational, at a relatively low cost. - Summary by Lynne T
Chapters
1 Water-proof gilding and silvering, The art of burnish gilding, Ornamental bronze gilding 8 min 2 To enamel picture glasses with gold, To wash iron or steel with gold, To wash brass or copper with silver, To give wood a gold, silver, or copper lustre, To print gold letters on morocco 6 min 3 To dye silk a brilliant gold colour, To dye silk a brilliant silver colour, 3 min 4 To silver looking glasses,To write on paper with gold or silver, 4 min 5 To make good shining black ink, Blue ink, Red ink, Yellow ink, Green ink, Purple ink, To write in various colours with the same pen, ink and paper 6 min 6 Sympathetic inks for secret correspondence 2 min 7 Luminous ink that will shine in the dark, To make a writing appear and disappear at pleasure, To make a writing vanish and another appear in its place, To restore old writing that is nearly defaced, 3 min 8 To paint a picture that will appear and disappear, Landscape painting on walls of rooms, To paint in figures for carpets or borders, To paint in imitation of mahogany and maple, The art of painting on glass, 10 min 9 Best method of polishing steel, To make letters of blue on polished steel, To preserve the brightness of polished steel, To give steel a temper to cut marble, 6 min 10 To wash iron or steel with copper, To give iron the whiteness of silver, To wash iron with tin, 5 min 11 To give tin the whiteness and brilliancy of silver, To crystallize tin, To make a gold coloured varnish for tin, 4 min 12 To make shellac varnish for japanning, To make the best copal varnish, To make a spirit varnish for maps, To make elastic varnish for umbrellas, To varnish maps and pictures, 7 min 13 To make brunswick blacking, To make a print appear on a gold ground, Best method of tracing or copying a picture, The construction and use of a copying machine, To produce the exact likeness of any object instantly, 10 min 14 Copper plate engraving, Etching on copper plates, Engraving and scraping in mezzotinto, Etching in aqua-tinta, Copper plate printing, 15 min 15 Etching letters and flowers on glass, To print figures with a smooth stone, To cut glass with a piece of iron, 5 min 16 Best cement for joining glass, Best cement for joining china or crockery, To make a strong water proof glue, 4 min 17 The art of moulding figures in relief, To cast images in plaster, 3 min 18 To produce embossed letters on marble, To soften stone, 2 min 19 To change wood, apparently, to stone, To render wood, cloth or paper, fire proof 3 min 20 To produce fire readily, To make super-combustible matches, To make gun powder, To make the common fulminating powder, To make mercurial fulminating powder, 7 min 21 To kindle a fire under water, To light a candle by application of ice, To form letters or flowers of real flame, To produce flame of various colours, 4 min 22 To make sky rockets and fire wheels, To produce detonating balloons, To prepare a phial that will give light in the dark, To make a person's face appear luminous in the dark, 6 min 23 To freeze water in warm weather, To change the colours of animals, To give leather a beautiful metallic lustre, 4 min 24 An easy method of extracting the essence of roses, To prepare various kinds of essences, To prepare soda water, 4 min 25 To produce metallic trees, To tin copper by boiling, A metal that will melt in hot water, 2 min 26 Illustration of calico printing, To prepare an imitation of gold bronze, 5 min 27 To procure the exhilarating gas, Construction of the galvanic pile or battery, Construction of the oxy-hydrogen blow-pipe, To make a dry phosphorescent powder, Curious experiment of precipitation, 8 min 28 To make a beautiful soft glass for jewelry, Composition of various kinds of glass, Composition of various alloys, 5 min 29 To produce various kinds of gas, Various chemical tests, To produce a picture instantly, 5 min 30 A cheap imitation of silver bronze, To make crayons of various colours, To make hard sealing wax, The art of manufacturing paper hangings, To make elastic blacking for leather, Sundry experiments, 13 min 31 Appendix 12 min
