Items

• Water Proof . – The following is the Chinese method for rendering cloth water-proof:
• To Paint Grates Black
• To Make Ink
• To Dy[e] a Good Red

  This recipe gives instructions for creating a red dye for wool, using brazilwood, madder, alum, and chamber-lye (urine).
• To Dy [Dye] Blue

  This recipe gives instructions for creating a blue dye for wool, using logwood and verdigris.
• Patent granted to Mr. Wm Jayne of Sheffield...

  A recipe for a preservative for eggs using quicklime, salt, and cream of tartar.
• My Grandmothers F: Sear Cloth
• Mr Balls Receipt for making black ink
• In the [Annales] des [Cortes] J. is the following receipt for making a milk white paint
• For keping Shoos Black

  A recipe for making shoe black (keeping shoes black).
• An Important Improvement in Shoes and Boots from the London Chronicle

  A method for waterproofing leather shoes using wax, oil, turpentine, and burgundy pitch, used to soften and weatherproof.