Biting Off Red-hot Iron, 612

Bitter Almond Oil Poison, 93

Bitters, 762

Blackberry Cholera Mixture, 180

— Cordial, 763

Blackboard Paint and Varnish, 489

— Varnish, 720

Black Color on Brass, 129

— Dye for Tanned Leather, 447

— — — on Cotton, 266

— — — on Wool, for Mixtures, 267

Blackening Iron, 495

“Black Eye” Lotion, 333

Black Finish for Brass, 129

— Grease Paints, 229

— Hair Dye without Silver, 390

Blackhead Remedies, 232

Blacking Copper, 221

— for Harness, 450

— for Shoes, 631

— Stove, 700

Black Japanese Varnish, 719

— Lake Dyes for Wall-paper, 278

— Marble, Imitation, 699

— Marking Inks, 407

— Paint for Polished Iron, 495

— Patina, 585

— Putty, 607

— Ruling Ink, 403

— Sheet Rust Preventive, 624

— Starch, 680

— Straw Hat Varnish, 266

— Varnish, 543, 544, 719

— Wash for Casting Molds, 150

Blanching Silver, 640

Blanket Washing, 399

Blasting Powder, 330

Blazing Sponge Trick, 611

Bleach for Hands, 233

Bleaches, Bone, 430

Bleaching, 120

— and Coloring Feathers, 335

— Bone Fat, 333

— Cotton by Steaming, 245

— Cotton, 245

— Feathers, 121, 335

— Linen, 120

— of Linseed Oil, 459

— of Vegetable Fibers with Hydrogen Peroxide, 245

— Oils, 484

— Photographic Prints White, 553

— Silk, 120, 639

— Skin Salves, 234

— Solution, 121

— — for Photographs, 553

— Solutions for the Laundry, 446

— Sponges, 678

— Straw, 120

— Tallows and Fats, 334

— Wool, 120

Bleeding, Local, 701

Blight Remedies, 121

Blisters, for Horses, 729

Block for Soldering, 667

— Hollow Concrete Building, 691

— Machines, 694

Blocks Poured from Wet Concrete, 694

Blood-red Brick Stain, 166

Blotting Paper, 503

Blue, Ball, 281

Blue-black Ink, 414

— Patina, 585

Blue Bronze, 138

— Dye for Hosiery, 268

— from Green at Night, 121

— Indelible Ink, 406

— Paving Bricks, 166

Blueprint Inks, 403

— Paper Making, 536

Blueprints, to Change, 121

— to Turn Brown, 542

— Waterproofing, 741

Blue Ruling Ink, 403

— Sanitary Powder, 263

— Vitriol Poison, 94

Bluing, 443

— Compounds, 443

— of Steel, 682

Bluish-black Lake Dye, 278

Blush Pink Dye on Cotton Textile, 279

Board-sizing, 38

Boiled Oil, 484

Boiler Compounds, 121

— Plates, Protecting from Scales, 122

— Pressure, 123

— Scales, Prevention of, 122

Boiling the Linseed Oil, 409

Boil Remedy, 121

Bone Black, 123

— Bleaches, 430

— Fat, 333

— Fertilizers, 338

— or Ivory Black, 123

— Polishes, 395

— Uniting Glass With, 17

Bones, A Test for Broken, 124

— Treatment of, in Manufacturing Glue, 10

Bookbinders’ Varnish, 720

Book Disinfectant, 263

— How to Open, 125

Bookworms, 425

Books, their Preservation, 124

— to Remove Marks from, 186

Boot Dressings, 631

— Lubricant, 460

Boot-top Liquid, 632

Boots, Waterproofing, 750

Borated Apple Blossom Powder, 243

— Talcum, 510

Borax in Food, 350

— for Sprinkling, 125

— Soap Powder, 650

Boric Acid, Detection of, 350

Borotonic, 258

Bottling Sweet Cider, 181

Bottle-cap Lacquer, 440

Bottle-Capping Mixtures, 126

Bottle Cleaners, 210

— Deodorizer, 127

— Stoppers, 700

— Varnish, 720

— Wax, 553

Bottles, 126

— White Glass for, 373

Bouillon, 113

— Chicken, 112

— Clam, 113

— Hot Egg, 112

— Tomato Extract, 212

Bowls of Fire Trick, 611

Box Glue, 15

Bradley Platinum Paper, 529

“Braga,” 117

Bran, Sawdust in, 126

Brandy, Artificial French, 768

— and Brandy Bitters, 762

Brass, 127, 435

— A Bronze for, 136

Brass and Bronze Protective Paint, 495

— Articles, Restoration of, 132

— Black Color on, 129

— Black Finish for, 129

— Bronzing, 566

— Brown Color to, 130

— Cleaners, 202, 203

— Coloring, 129, 473

— Colors for Polished, 127

— Etching Bath for, 324

— — — Fluid for, 323

— Fastening Porcelain to, 17

— Gilding, 576

— Graining of, 130

Brass-Iron (Aich’s Metal), 53

Brass Parts, Improved, 132

— Pickle for, 132

— Platinizing, 566

— Polishes, 590

— Sand Holes in, 150

— Solders, 657

— to Cast Yellow, 54

— Tombac Color on, 130

— Unpolished Coloring, 128

— Varnishes Imitating Gold, 725

Brassing, 572, 581

— Zinc, Steel, Cast Iron, 581

Brassware, Gold Lacquers for, 440

Bread, Dog, 265

Breath, Fetid, Remedies for, 133

— Perfumes, 258

Brewers’ Yeast, 339

Brick and Tilemakers’ Glazed Bricks, 164

— Arches, Waterproofing, 741

Brickbat, Cheese, 176

Brick, Blood-red Stain, 166

— Colors, 165

Brickmakers’ Notes, 167

Brick Polishes, 600

— Stain, 133, 166

— Walls, to Clean, 197

— — — to Renovate, 190

— Waterproofing, 134

Bricks, 164

— Glaze for, 377

— of Sand-lime, 689

— Polish for, 600

Brie, Cheese, 176

Brightening Pickle, 469

Bright Red Rouge, 229

Brilliantine, 390

— Florician, 483

Brimstone (Burning), 611

Bristol Brass (Prince’s Metal), 53

Britannia Metal, 55

— — to Clean, 201

— Silver-plating, 587

British Champagne, 118

— Oil, 484

Brocchieri’s Styptic, 701

Brocq’s Pomade for Itching, 228

Broken Bones, A Test for, 124

Bromine, Antiseptic, 100

Bromoform, 134

— Rum, 134

Bronze, Aluminum, 56

— Annealing, 56

— Articles, Polish for, 591

— Casting, 150

— Cleaning, 202, 205

— Coloring, 138

— Dye, 272

— for Brass, 136

— Gilding, 137

— Leather, 447

— Lettering, 456

— Machine, 58

— Phosphor, 58

— Polishes, 591

— Powder, Liquid for, 567

Bronze Powders, 134, 139

— Preparations, 135

Bronze, Renovation of, 205

— Silicon, 61

— Steel, 61

— Substitutes, 137

— Tincture, 135, 137

— to Renovate, 201

— Varnishes, 726

Bronzes, 55

— Art, 57

— Pickle for, 138

— Statuary, 57

Bronzing, 566

— and Patinizing of Articles, 136

— Engraved Ornaments, 137

— General Directions for, 135

— Liquid, 136

— Metals, 567

— of Brass, 571

— of Gas Fixtures, 566

— of Wood, 782

— of Zinc, 137

— Solutions for Paints, 489

— with Soluble Glass, 139

Brooches, Photographing on, 551

Brown Dye for Cotton, 267

— for Silk, 267

— for Wool, 267

— — — — and Silk, 267

— Hair Dye, 390

Browning of Steel, 583

Brown Ink, 414

— Ointment, 486

— Oxidation on Bronze, 139

— Shoe Dressing, 632

Brownstone, Imitation, 133

Brown Tints, 559

— Varnish, 726

Brunette or Rachelle Powder, 242

Brushes, 140

Bubble (Soap), Liquid, 655

Bubbles, 141

— in Gelatine, 370

Buff Terra-Cotta Slip, 166

— Wheels, Rouge for, 618

Bug Killers, 420

Building Blocks, Concrete, 691

Bunions, 224

Burning Banana Trick, 103

— Brimstone, 611

— Sealing Wax, 611

Burns, 486

— Carbolic Acid, 147

— Mixture for, 142

Burnt Alum, 80

— Steel, to Restore, 686

Butter, 142, 354

— Artificial, Tests for, 354

— Color, 142, 359

Buttermilk, Artificial, 143

Buttons of Artificial Agate, 44

— Platine for, 80

C

Cadmium Alloy, about the Hardness of Zinc, 77

— Alloys, 61, 64

— — with Gold, Silver, and Copper, 62

— Amalgams, Applications of, 87

Calcium Carbide, 144

— Sulphide (Luminous), 494

Camera, Renovating a, 553

Campchello, 117

Camphor for Cholera, 180

Camphorated and Carbolated Powders, 252

— Cold Cream, 226

— Ice, 145

— Pomade, 145

— Preparations, 144

Camphorated Substitutes in the Preparation of Celluloid, 157

Canary-Bird Food, 729

— Paste, 145

Canary Birds, Their Diseases, 729

Concrete, 689

Candles, 145

— Coloring, 145, 146

— Fumigating, 365

— Transparent, 145

Candy, 216

— Colors and Flavors, 218

— Orange Drops, 216

Canned Vegetables, 352

Canning, 602

— without Sugar, 603

Cantharides and Modern Potato Bug Poison, 94

— Pomade, 392

Can Varnish, 720

Canvas Waterproofing, 742

Caoutchouc, 618

— Solution for Paints, 719

Capacities of Utensils, 703

Capsule Varnish, 720

Capping Mixtures for Bottles, 126

Caramels, 146, 216

Caramel in Food, 352

12-Carat, 433

4-Carat Gold, 433

18-Carat Gold for Rings, 433

22-Carat Solder, 433

Carats, to Find the Number of, 432

Carbolic Acid, 147

Carbolic-acid Burns, 147

— Decolorization of, 147

— Disguising Odor of, 147

Carbolic Powder, 263

— Soap, 647

Carbolineum, 497

Carbonated Pineapple Champagne, 118

Carbon Ink, 403

— Paper, 503

— Printing, 531

— Process in Photography, 531

Carbuncle Remedies, 121

Cardboard or Leather Glue, 15

— Waterproofing, 751

Cards (Playing), to Clean, 209

Care of Refrigerators, 401

Carmelite Balm Water, 519

Carmine, 403

— Lake Dye for Wall Paper, 278

Carnation Lake Dye, 277

Carpet Preservation, 399

— Soap, 644

Carpets, How to Preserve, 399

Carriage-top Dressing, 448

Carron Oil, 242

Case Hardening, 648

Casein, 34, 148

— Albumen, and Glue, 34

— Cements, 20

— Massage Cream, 233

— Paste, 38

— Varnish, 34

Cashmere Perfumery, 516

Casket Trimmings, 150

Casks, 149

— Watertight, 149

Cassius, Purple of, 383

Cast Brass, 53

Cast-brass Work, Sand Holes in, 150

Castile Soap, to Cut, 644

Casting, 149