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Title
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Patent granted to Mr. Wm Jayne of Sheffield...
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Creator
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Mr. William Jane of Sheffield
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Date
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1694/1795
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Description
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A recipe for a preservative for eggs using quicklime, salt, and cream of tartar.
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Transcript
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Patent granted to Mr Wm Jayne of Sheffield confectioner, for his invention of a composition, or mixture, for keeping and preserving perfectly sound, for the space two years at the least the eggs of hens, turkeys, geese, and ducks
Put into a tub or vessel one bushel, Winchester measure, of quick-lime, thirty-two ounces of salt, eight ounces of cream of tartar; and mix the same together with as much water as will make them of such a consistence that it will cause an egg, put into the mixture, to swim with its top just above the surface; then put and keep the eggs therein. which will preserve them perfectly sound for the space of two years at least
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Contributor
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Caylor, Karmen
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Grimm, Stephanie
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Bakir, Mehtap
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Source
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Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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Publisher
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George Mason University Libraries
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Rights
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Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
