Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.

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Title: Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.
Author: Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
Publication: London :: Printed for Matthew Gilliflower ... and James Partridge...,; 1685.
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Subject terms: Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800.; Recipes.; Home economics -- Early works to 1800.
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A Cloth Shasse.

Take half a pound of Lytharge of Silver well ground, three pound of clear Oyl of Nut, set it over a small fire that it do not boil the next day, pour out the Oyl by Inclination, what remains at the bottom will serve another time, then take Rosin a pound and a half, beat it and mix it with the Oyl, upon a Char∣cole fire, always stirring it till it be melted, then take it off, and put in half a pound of Venice Turpentine; being cold, anoint the Cloth; this will last many years. Also you may mix Burgundy Pitch with Oyl of Nuts, or else Rosin and Virgins Wax.