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Litkofracteur, 483 ; Explosion of Gun-cotton at Stowmarket, 484 ; Fulmin- 

 itine, 484. 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



Thawing Frozen Ground, 473 ; New Fire Engine, 486 ; Indication of Heat- 

 ing by Friction, 492 ; Leather Belt for Machinery, 519 ; Safety Lamp, 547. 



M. TECHNOLOGY 495 



THE LIBERAL ARTS. 



Printing : On Glass, 501. Engraving and Lithographing : Substitute 

 for Lithographic Stone, 514 ; Photo-lithographic Process, 518. Writing, 

 Drawing, and Copying : Liquid India Ink, 500 ; Safety Ink, 472 ; Re- 

 production of Manuscript, 518 ; Indestructible Ink, 525 ; Zuccator Copy- 

 ing-machine, 533 ; Reproducing Drawings, 471. Photographing : Trans- 

 parent Stereoscopic Pictures, 503 ; Window's Process, 515 ; New Wood- 

 bury Process, 517; Mercurial Process, 524. Modeling and Casting: Gel- 

 atine Moulding, 501. Painting and Interior Decorations : Glazing for 

 Frescoes, 502 ; Ground fur Stereochromic Pictures, 502 ; New Mode of Paint- 

 ing, 531. 

 THE MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL ARTS. 



Netting and Weaving : New Netting-machine, 499. Water-proofing : 

 Gelatine Sizing for, 523. Sizing and Dressing : Casein for Cotton Goods, 

 516; Improvement in Sizing Fabrics, 527; New Size, 526 ; Size for Paper, 

 546 ; Barytes for Weighting Goods, 523 ; Antiseptics, 507, 508. Bleaching 

 and Discharging : New Process for, 508 ; by Permanganate of Potash, 509 ; 

 by Sulphurous Acid, 529 ; Chromate of Potash for Discharging Colors, 509. 



Dyeing and Printing : New Mode of Printing White Goods, 535. Dyes 

 and Dye Stuffs used by Ancients, 509 ; Action of Starch on Anilines, 508 ; 

 Glycerine Solution of Aniline, 527 ; Aniline Colors for Tin-foil, 522 ; New 

 Colorimeter, 510; Saline Waters in Dyeing, 514; Collodion Lacquer, 522; 

 Iodine Green on Alpaca, 510; Non-poisonous Green, 511; Indulin Blue, 

 511; Indigoline, 511; Antimony Blue, 530; New Blue, 530; Indigo Blue 

 and Indigo White, 545 ; Hull of Walnut for Black, 512 ; New Aniline Black, 

 512; Campobello Yellow, 512; Pale Nankin Yellow, 531 ; Palatine Orange, 

 532 ; Scarlet on Wool and Silk, 513, 530 ; White for Woolens, 513 ; Night 

 Violet, 472. Fabrics : Wood Pulp for, 539 ; Japanese Felt, 528 ; Linoleum, 

 525. 



Paints, Oils, and Varnishes : Coating Metals with Coal Varnish, 505 ; 

 Rapid Drying of Paints and Varnishes by Borate of Manganese, 506 ; by Bo- 

 rax, 545 ; Improved Paint, 507 ; Paints used by Ancients, 509 ; Extraction 

 of Oils by Gasoline, 503. 



Antiseptics and Preservatives : Carbolate of Soda for Paste, 507 ; Pre- 

 vention of Mould in Size, 508 ; Objections to Use of Glycerine, 538 ; Egyp- 

 tian Embalming, 538 ; Glycerine for Leather, 507 ; Petroleum for Pegged 

 Shoes, 507 ; Fire-proofing AVood, 525 ; Preserving Wood by Paraffine, 528 ; 

 Protecting Zinc against Acid, 498 ; Mouldiness in Gum, 248 ; Keeping 

 Wines, 464. 



Plating, Silvering, and Gilding : Silvering Glass Globes, 495 ; New 

 Mode of Silvering Mirrors, 540 ; Gold Powder, 531 ; Pyroplating with Sil- 

 ver, 495 ; Coating Zinc with Iron, 529 ; Nickel Plating, 84, 537. Welding 



