How to harden the white of Eggs into an artificial Gum, fit for many uses.
Separate the whites of Eggs clean from the yolkes, and beat the whites very well into
The book of pretty conceits. Or, The green forest of youthful delights Being merry and pleasant to all such as delight in slights, tricks, stratagems, devises, and fancies. Natural and artifical inventions and conclusions. Experimented as well to profit and delight.
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- The book of pretty conceits. Or, The green forest of youthful delights Being merry and pleasant to all such as delight in slights, tricks, stratagems, devises, and fancies. Natural and artifical inventions and conclusions. Experimented as well to profit and delight.
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- London :: printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball in Py-Corner,
- 1685.
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"The book of pretty conceits. Or, The green forest of youthful delights Being merry and pleasant to all such as delight in slights, tricks, stratagems, devises, and fancies. Natural and artifical inventions and conclusions. Experimented as well to profit and delight." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A77080.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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a clear Oyl of water, and when it is setled, skim off the Froth, then put the same into Bladders, and hang them in a chimney to dry, where fire is usually kept, and in a few days the sume will become as hard as Gum Arabick; in hot weather you may hang your bladders in the Sun to dry: This Gum may be used instead of other Gums, & with it you may varnish Prints, or other things that are wash'd in Colours.