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Structure of 

 the mirrors, 



METHOD OF KEEPIN3 GftEfiN PEASE AND FRENCH BEANS* 



Dolf, who has spoken of Gaertner* s gilt mirrors, and aftefr 

 him Gehlen, and lastly Fischer, all say, that it is not known 

 how Gaertner made his mirrors. The following is the de- 

 count he gives in his own work. 



" All these mirrors are of common wood ; more of soft 

 wood than of hard. For, though I have made mirrors of 

 all sorts with metals, yet what I have said is to be under- 

 stood of wooden mirrors only, which must be gilt withirt and 

 without. If any amateur wish to make such mirrors him- 

 self, he has only to apply to the inventor, who will inform him 

 and instruct him in every step necessary to be taken both 

 for making and gilding therm" 



Gaertner therefore, though he does not tell us how he 

 fabricated them, made no mystery of it. It is singular, that 

 he directs the mirrors to be gilt on both sides. Perhaps 

 th*i3 tended to preserve the mirror, and prevent its being 

 warped by dryness: perhaps in this way he had a convex 

 and a concave mirror in one: but he says nothing on the 

 subject. 



XIV, 



Is 



Method of keeping Green Pease and French Beans. 



pease, 



i j. ji.NTO a middling sized stewpan, filled with young greet! 

 keeping green pease, put two or three tablespoonfuls of sugar, and place 

 the pan over a brisk charcoal fire; As soon as the pease begin 

 to feel the heat, stir them two or three times; and, when 

 they yield water, pour them out on a dish, to drain off the 

 water that comes from them. When drained, spread them 

 out on paper in an airy room, where the sun does not come; 

 and, that they may dry the more quickly, turn them fre- 

 quently. It is necessary for their keeping, that they should 

 not retain any moisture; if they do, they will soon grow 

 mouldy; 



French beans may be managed in the same way, and thus 

 they will keep till the next season as well flavoured as when 

 first gathered. 



.ir,d French 

 beane-. 



* SonninPs Bibliotheque Pbysico-econom. Aug. 1808, p. 105. 



XV. 



