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Lime with it, 519 ; Color of Chinese Bronzes, 520. Painting" and Interior 

 Decoration : Artificial Decoration and Hardening of Sandstone, 520 ; Pro- 

 tection of Patina, of Different Colors, on Bronze, 521. 

 (1>.) THE MECHANICAL AND 'CHEMICAL ARTS. 



Sizing and Dressing : Starching Linen, 522 ; Paste for Photographs, 523. 

 -Water-proofing : Water-proofing Composition for Boots, 523. Cleaning 

 and Bleaching : Rapid Bleaching of Linen, 52-1 ; Rapid Bleaching Proc- 

 ess, 524; Removal of Stains of Nitric Acid from Woolen Goods and the 

 Fingers, 525 ; Whitening Wool without Sulphur, 526. Dyeing and Print- 

 ing : Chrome-yellow, or Green upon Indigo Ground, on Cotton, 525 ; Dye- 

 ing Feathers Green, 525; Yiolacein, a New Blue Dye-stuff, 527 ; Stamping- 

 ink, for Cotton and Linen unaffected by Chlorine, 527; Dyeing Horse- 

 hair, 527 ; New Black Printing Color, 528 ; New and Durable Colors, 528 ; 

 Iodine Green on Woolen Yarn, 528; Improved Chrome Green, 529; Be- 

 havior of Aniline Colors toward Infusorial Earth, 529 ; New Dyes of Crois- 

 sant & Bretonniere, 529; New Colors of Croissant & Bretonniere, 5-49; 

 Tests for the Principal Dye-stuffs in Colored Fabrics, 550. Antiseptics : 

 Antiseptic and Physiological Effects of Salicylic Acid, 530. Painting, 

 Staining, and Varnishing : Coloring Copper Alloys and Silver a Deep 

 Black, 526 ; Imitation of Walnut, 530 ; on Paint as an Engineering Mate- 

 rial, 531 ; Varnish for Imitating Gilding on Brass and Bronze, 531 ; Golden 

 Varnish for Leather, 532 ; Prevention of Yellowing of White Paint, 532. 

 Oils and Wax : Mucyline, a Composition for Oiling Wool, 523 ; Purifica- 

 tion of Hydrocarbons employed in Dry or Chemical Cleaning, 526 ; Kekune 

 Oil, or Huile de Bancoul, 534 ; Oil from the Carapa-tree, 534 ; Vaseline, a 

 New Petroleum Product, 534; Manufacture of Stearic Acid, 537. 



Plating and Coating with Metals : Tinning various Metals in the 

 Humid Way, 535; Gilding Glass, 535; Plating with Aluminium, 537; 

 Rendering Iron Wire of a Silvery Whiteness, 539. Alloys : Color of Chinese 

 Bronzes, 520 ; New Phosphor-bronzes, 535 ; a New Silver-like Alloy, 537 ; 

 Phosphor-bronze, 558. Welding and Soldering: Soldering Platinized 

 Glass Surfaces to Metals, 545. Polishing : Gaudin's Polishing Paper, 538 ; 

 Polishing-cloth for Brass, 544. Cementing : Cement for Marble and Ala- 

 baster, 538. Casting and Fusing : Filling Hollow Brass Articles with 

 Molten Iron, 538 ; Manufacture of Copper and Brass Wire, 546. 



Sundry Chemical Processes : Preparation of Absolute Alcohol, 538 ; 

 Caustic Soda and Potash, 540. 



Treatment of Raw and Simple Materials used in the Arts : The 

 Microscopic Study of Fibres used in the Fabrication of Paper, 541 ; Use 

 of the Wild Rice Plant in Paper-making, 542 ; Value of the Milk-weed as 

 a Fibre-plant, 542 ; Preparation of Wood-paste for Plates, etc., 543 ; Vul- 

 canizing of Caoutchouc at Common Temperatures, 539; Preparation of 

 Artificial Caoutchouc, 542; Preparation of Ebonite, 543; the Japanese 

 Leather-paper, 548 ; De la Bastie's Hard or Tempered Glass, 554 ; De la 

 Bastie's Experiments in Tempering Glass, 556 ; Explanation of so-called 

 Hardened Glass, 557 ; Glass manufactured from Sulphate of Soda, or Cal- 

 cined Glass, 540. Utilizing Waste Products : Utilization of Leather 

 Waste, 545. Tanning and Dressing : New Treatment of Hides in Tan- 

 ning, 540. Miscellaneous : Glazing Paper by Paraffin, 544 ; Improved 



