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vat, 503 ; Cochineal Red on Wool, 502 ; Rose-colored Stain for Wood, 509 ; 

 Chocolate Culor on Woolen Garments, 504 ; Scarlet on Half- Wool Garments, 

 506 ; Beautiful White for Wool, 502 ; Aniline Blue on Wool, 504; Egyptian 

 Blue, 536; Dyeing Ornamental Feathers Black, 503; a Fast and Easily 

 Prepared Black, 505 ; Dyeing with Aniline Black, 536 ; Yellow on Silk 

 Garments, 505. 



Plating, Tinning, Polishing, Bronzing, and Enameling : English 

 Enamel for' Cast Iron, 535 ; Preparation of Tripoli for Polishing Varnished 

 Articles, 525 ; Polishing Powder for Gold Articles, 526 ; Green Bronze for 

 Iron, 545 ; Gold and Violet Bronze Powder, 538 ; Artificial Coloration 

 of Metals, 537 ; Bronzing Wood, 539 ; Tinning Linen and Cotton Fabrics, 

 539; Electro-stannus, 509 ; Tinning Iron Wire, 511 ; Developing the Crys- 

 talline Structure of Tin-foil, 526 ; New Process for Nickel Plating, 512. 

 Casting, Hammering, etc.: Malleable Brass, 510; Casting Cylinders, 

 Calenders, Tubes, Pistons, etc., of Glass, 540. Tempering: Restoring 

 Burned Steel, 513 ; Tempering Steel, 513. Ceramics : Glaze for Earthen- 

 ware, 512. 



Alloys: Electro-stannus, 509; Alloy Resembling Steel, 511; Alloy Re- 

 sembling Silver, 512. Lubricants : Treatment of Lubricating Oils, 525 ; 

 Fine Machine Oil, 526. Cements, and Adhesives generally : Paste for 

 Labels on Bottles, etc., 496 ; very Adhesive Mucilage or Vegetable Glue, 

 513; Preparation of Russian Isinglass, 519; Preparation of Starch Paste, 

 534 ; a Paste Superior to Gum Arabic, 541. See also Sizing, Dressing, 

 Water-]) roofing. 



Antiseptics and Preservatives : Use of Carbolic Acid in the Trans- 

 portation of Hides and Bones, 514 ; New Method of Treating Hair, Fur, etc., 

 514. Adulterations : Detection of Fuchsine, 514. Sundry Processes of 

 Chemical Technology : Improved Process of Making Alkali, 517 ; Prep- 

 aration of Coralline, 540; Improvement in the Manufacture of Stearic Acid, 

 517 ; Diffusion Process in Making Sugar, 520. 



Utilizing Waste Products : Utilization of Certain Offal, 521 ; Sulphate 

 of Ammonia from Nitrogenous Organic Refuse, 522 ; Extraction of Silk 

 from Half- Silk Rags, etc., 523; Ammonia Chloride from Boiling Estab- 

 lishments, 523 ; Utilizing Waste Organic Material, 523 ; Utilization of 

 the Refuse from Scouring Wool, 524; Carbonization of Half- Wool Stuff, 

 542. 



Raw or Simple Materials Used in the Arts: Japanese Bronze, 511; 

 Improved Form of Rubber, 515 ; a Substitute for Ivory, 543 ; Value of Jute 

 for Fabrics, 546 ; New Method of Making Paper Pulp, 518 ; Paper Industry 

 of the United States, 521 ; Water-proof Tissue-paper, 489 ; Paper Imitation 

 of Leather, 545; Production of Starch, Paper, and Soap from Corn, 522; 

 Pure Collodion from Celloidine, 519. 



Miscellaneous : Starch for Rendering Clothing Incombustible, 496 ; Pro- 

 tection of Lead Water-pipes by a Film of Sulphide, 497; Friction within 

 Rifled Guns, 525; Substitution of Charcoal for Lime in Removing Hair 

 from Hides, 528 ; Separation of Honey from the Comb by Centrifugal Ac- 

 tion, 541 ; Removal of Burs, etc., from Wool by Chemical Agents, 541 ; 

 Preparation of Russian Isinglass, 519. 



