Mr Balls Receipt for making black Ink
Item
- Title
- Mr Balls Receipt for making black Ink
- Creator
- Mr. Ball
- Date
- 1694/1795
- Description
- A recipe for making black ink using iron galls, gum arabic, and copperas (possibly green vitriol)
- Transcript
- 16 Ounces of common Galls chuse those of a bluish cast and firm- 8 oz: of Gum Arabic 4 Oz: of Copperas- This will make one Gallon- put 4 Quarts of Rain-water to it and let it stand for about ten days shaking it two or three times a day.
- Subject
- See all items with this valuegum arabic
- See all items with this valuerainwater
- See all items with this valueiron gall ink
- See all items with this valueferric sulfate
- See all items with this valuegall
- See all items with this valueink
- Contributor
- Caylor, Karmen
- Le, Vincent
- Grimm, Stephanie
- Salahuddin, Shafiya
- Source
- Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
- Publisher
- George Mason University Libraries
- Rights
- Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
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