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J. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY 355 



BUILDING MATERIALS. 

 See Mechanics and Engineering. 



HOUSE AND FURNITURE. 

 Cleaning Marble, 376 ; Tightening Curtain Cord, 384 ; Fire-proofing Wood, 

 376; Embossing Wood, 452; Mirrors, 509, 531 ; Soluble Glass for Floors, 

 383 ; Insertion of Screws in Wood, 383 ; Paste for Wall-paper, 384 ; White- 

 washing, 375. Cements ; Glue ; Paste, etc., see Technology. 



LIGHTING, HEATING, AND VENTILATION. 



Making Fires in India, 386 ; Gas Stove for Cooking, 372 ; Fastening Can- 

 dles in Sockets, 381 ; Corn-cobs as Fuel, 388. 



THE LAUNDRY. 



Washing and Ironing Machines, 374 ; Washing Powders, 477 ; Purification 

 of Water, 374 ; Removal of Stains and Spots, 377, 378, 379, 388 ; Bleaching, 

 378 ; Soap, 385, for Wool, 477 ; Metallic Soap, 478. 



FOOD. 



Preservatives : Ice, Natural and Artificial, 355, 358 ; Aseptin, 359 ; Car- 

 bolic Acid, 359 ; Bisulphite of Lime, 387. Animal. Meats : Concentrated, 

 369 ; Preserving in Cans, 356 ; Pelouze Process, 358 ; Meat Extracts in 

 Java, 357 ; Meat of diseased Cattle, 358. Soups : Soup Tablets, 360 ; Tapi- 

 oca Beef Bouillon, 360. Fish: Keeping Salmon fresh, 356 ; Importance of 

 killing for Food, 387. Milk: Shipping of, 361. Butter: Keeping, 361; 

 Coloring for, 362. Eggs : Preservation of, 362 ; Oil from, 362. 



Vegetable. Flour: Keeping in Barrels, 362. Bread: as Diet, 363; 

 French preserved, 364. Wine: Coloring Matter of, 364. Beer: Preserva- 

 tion of, 364 ; Restoring sour, 365 ; from Rice, 366 ; Cleaning Bottles, 366 ; 

 Tannin in, 366. Vinegar : Pasteur Process, 367; from Unripe Fruit, 368; 

 Greening Pickles, 368. Sugar: Cutting Machine, 372 ; see also Technology. 

 Vegetables: Desiccated, 370. Fruits: Preserving Lemons, 369; Preserves, 

 370; Theory of, 370; Sirups, 371. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Preserving Corks against Acids, 384. Court-plaster, 384. Bird-lime, 385. 

 Skinning Animals, 386. Air-cushion for the Feet in Traveling, 386. Oint- 

 ment for Gun-barrels, 380. Imitation Cigar-boxes, 381. Improved Envel- 

 opes, 381. Labels for Plants, 382. Extirpation of Vermin ; Cockroaches, 

 382; White Ants, 383. Petroleum for Dry Rot, 374. Salt for preserving 

 Wood, 420. 



K MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING 389 



GENERAL. 



Least Action in Nature, 389 ; Rhysimetre, 389 , Wooden Water-pipes, 424. 



CONSTRUCTIVE MATERIALS. 



Natural Stone : Blackening, 410 , Protecting by Salts of Copper, 420 ; Hy- 

 drate of Silica, 411. Artificial Stone : Coignet Concrete, 401 ; Victoria 

 Stone, 405, 407; Apoenite, 407 ; Iron Slag, 408, 462 ; Artificial Porphyry, 409 

 Dinas Stone (fire-proof), 421. Cement and Mortar : Sorel Cement, 402 

 Portland Cement, 407 ; Hard Cement, 407 ; from Furnace Slag, 408, 410, 462 

 Scott's Mortar, 403, 421 ; Improved Mortar, 405 : for damp Places, 462 : Fire 



