A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments
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This collection of projects and experiments was submitted by Rufus Tuttle, following an Act of Congress promoting education and learning. The projects were designed to be entertaining and educational, at a relatively low cost. - Summary by Lynne T (3 hr 3 min)
Chapters
Water-proof gilding and silvering, The art of burnish gilding, Ornamental bronz…
8:20
Read by Lynne T
To enamel picture glasses with gold, To wash iron or steel with gold, To wash b…
6:09
Read by prajak
To make good shining black ink, Blue ink, Red ink, Yellow ink, Green ink, Purpl…
6:27
Read by prajak
Luminous ink that will shine in the dark, To make a writing appear and disappea…
3:00
Read by BettyB
To paint a picture that will appear and disappear, Landscape painting on walls …
9:54
Read by BettyB
Best method of polishing steel, To make letters of blue on polished steel, To p…
6:05
Read by prajak
To wash iron or steel with copper, To give iron the whiteness of silver, To was…
5:15
Read by prajak
To give tin the whiteness and brilliancy of silver, To crystallize tin, To make…
4:30
Read by prajak
To make brunswick blacking, To make a print appear on a gold ground, Best metho…
9:57
Read by prajak
Copper plate engraving, Etching on copper plates, Engraving and scraping in mez…
15:03
Read by prajak
Etching letters and flowers on glass, To print figures with a smooth stone, To …
4:38
Read by BettyB
Best cement for joining glass, Best cement for joining china or crockery, To ma…
3:40
Read by Agnes Robert Behr
To change wood, apparently, to stone, To render wood, cloth or paper, fire proof
2:38
Read by twomustangs
To produce fire readily, To make super-combustible matches, To make gun powder,…
6:53
Read by Agnes Robert Behr
To kindle a fire under water, To light a candle by application of ice, To form …
4:29
Read by EmilyCripps
To make sky rockets and fire wheels, To produce detonating balloons, To prepare…
6:20
Read by EmilyCripps
To freeze water in warm weather, To change the colours of animals, To give leat…
3:52
Read by Stacey Malcolm
To produce metallic trees, To tin copper by boiling, A metal that will melt in …
2:18
Read by twomustangs
To procure the exhilarating gas, Construction of the galvanic pile or battery, …
7:49
Read by Larry Wilson
To produce various kinds of gas, Various chemical tests, To produce a picture i…
5:27
Read by twomustangs
A cheap imitation of silver bronze, To make crayons of various colours, To make…
12:36
Read by BettyB
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Don't Try This At Home...
Phxjennifer
...until you've set up your chemistry lab complete with beakers , flasks, proper ventilation, and a small charcoal forge. Most of this book is about changing ink colors, invisible inks, fooling around with black powder, making fireworks at home, phosphorus (eep!), but there are a few art projects that won't blow up the neighborhood or destroy your lungs. Well narrated, but scary.