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A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

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 dye silk a brilliant gold colour, To dye silk a brilliant silver colour,

3:18

Read by prajak

To silver looking glasses,To write on paper with gold or silver,

4:03

Read by Adam Starks

To make good shining black ink, Blue ink, Red ink, Yellow ink, Green ink, Purpl…

6:27

Read by prajak

Sympathetic inks for secret correspondence

2:27

Read by Availle

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 shellac varnish for japanning, To make the best copal varnish, To make…

6:46

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

The art of moulding figures in relief, To cast images in plaster,

2:48

Read by Romeo J.

To produce embossed letters on marble, To soften stone,

2:14

Read by Romeo J.

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

An easy method of extracting the essence of roses, To prepare various kinds of …

4:29

Read by jenno

To produce metallic trees, To tin copper by boiling, A metal that will melt in …

2:18

Read by twomustangs

Illustration of calico printing, To prepare an imitation of gold bronze,

5:00

Read by jenno

To procure the exhilarating gas, Construction of the galvanic pile or battery, …

7:49

Read by Larry Wilson

To make a beautiful soft glass for jewelry, Composition of various kinds of gla…

5:19

Read by jenno

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

Appendix

12:06

Read by Larry Wilson

Bewertungen

Don't Try This At Home...

(3,5 Sterne)

...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.