LEE’S
PRICELESS RECIPES
THE STANDARD
  COLLECTION
OF FAMOUS FORMULAS
  AND SIMPLE METHODS
FOR
 For
Farmers,Dairymen,Housekeepers,Mechanics,Manu-
facturers, Druggists, Chemists,
Perfumers, Barbers,
Chiropodists, Renovators, Dyers,
Bakers, Confec-
 tioners,
Woodworkers, Decorators, Painters,
Paper-hangers,
Metal-Workers, Hunters,
Trappers, Tanners,
Taxidermists,
  Stockmen,
etc., and all People
In every
Department of
Human
Endeavor.
THOROUGHLY
REVISED EDITION
COMPILED BY DR. N. T. OLIVER
  1917
4 ILLUSTRATIONS+ FRONTIS
4 ¼ X 5 ¾ INCHES
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENT I.—THE DRUGGIST
THE
DRUGGIST………………………………………………………………………… 5
Abbreviations and
Signs……………………………………………………..5
Tables of Weights and Their
Equivalents…………………………….7
Tables of Measures and Their
Equivalents………………………….9
Apparatus………………………………………………………………………….12
Processes…………………………………………………………………………..13
MEDICAL
PREPARATIONS………………………………………………………….15
Correct
Classification…………………………………………………..…….15
How to Prepare Decoctions and
Infusions….………………………19
Liniments, Ointments, Salves and
Cerates………………………….25
Lozenges, Troches,Tablets,Cough Drops
and Wafers……..……29
Plasters and Poultices………………………………………………………..32
Syrups………………………………………………………………………………..34
Tonics, Alteratives, Carminatives, Bitters,
Diuretics
Stomachics………………………………………………………………..43
DEPARTMENT II—THE CHEMIST
THE
CHEMIST…………………………………………………………………………..51
Inks—Any Color, For Every Purpose—Ink
Erasers…………..……51
Some Additional
Formulas………………………………………………….55
GOLD
AND SILVER…………………………………………………………..……….57
Imitations, Preparations for Cleaning,etc………………..………….57
FIREWORKS
AND EXPLOSIVES………………………………………………..59
Explosives………………………………………………………………………….59
Fireworks…………………………………………………………………………..60
DEPARTMENT III—TOILET ARTICLES
PERFUMES,
COSMETICS, TOILET ARTICLES………………………………69
Distilled Waters and
Oils…….……………………………………………..69
Perfumes…………………………………………………………………………..70
Dry Perfumes, Sachet Powders,
etc…..……………………………….73
Skin
Preparations……………………………………………………………….75
Powder, Paints, Washes for the Complexion…………….…….….78
Special Preparations of Great
Merit………………………….…………80
Preparations for the Hands, Nails, and
Feet………………………..81
PREPARATIONS
FOR THE HAIR AND BEARD……………………………..83
Oils, Tonics, Dyes, Restoratives and
Washes..……………………..83
Hair Restoratives, Tonics and
Washes…………………………………85
Hair Dyes and
Bleaches……………………………………………………….87
Curling Fluids and
Fixatures………………………………………………..89
Pomades…………………………………………………………………………….89
Depilatories……….……………………………………………………………..91
The Beard…………………………………………………………….…………..91
TOOTH
POWDERS, WASHES, ETC…………………………………….…….93
Pastes……………………………………………………………………………….93
Powders and
Washes………………………………………………….…….93
Toilet and Medicinal
Soaps……………………………………………….95
DEPARTMENT IV—THE HOUSEHOLD
RECIPES
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD……………………………………….……..99
Renovating
Recipes…………………………………………………………..99
Recipes for the
Laundry…………………………………………….…….105
Recipes for Cleaning and
Repairing…………..……………………..108
Pests—Recipes for the Destruction of
Roaches, Flies,etc….116
Household
Miscellany……………………………………………………..119
ADDITIONAL
RECIPES…………………………………………………………..125
Unclassified………………………………………………………..……………125
DEPARTMENT V—ALL TRADES
ALL
TRADES………………………………………………………………………….133
The Confectioner and Baker—……….………………………………..133
ICE
CREAMS, ICES, ETC………………………………………………………….141
Directions for
zing……….…………………………………………….141
Sherberts and Water
Ices………………………………………………….145
Syrups and
Flavors………………………………………..………………….148
BEVERAGES…………………………………………………………………………..151
Medicinal Liquors and Drinks. Vinegars…………………………..151
GLUES
AND CEMENTS……………………………………………………………172
Glues………………………………………………………………………………..172
CEMENTS………………………………………………………………………………176
Building…………………………………………………………………………….176
Miscellaneous Builder’s
Cements………………………………………177
Cements for Other
Purposes…………………………………………….183
Additional Unclassified
Cements………………………………………186
Mucilages………………………………………………………………………….192
Pastes……………………………………………………………………………….194
Sealing
Wax……………………………………………………………………..196
PERTAINING
TO METALS…………………………………………………..…..197
Solders, Alloys,
etc………………………………………….…………..…..197
Rare and Valuable Compositions………………………………….….200
LEATHER………………………………………………………………………….…..208
 Care
of and Polishes for…………….…………………………………….208
HINTS
FOR TRAPPERS AND HUNTERS…………………………………..211
THE
PAINTER AND DECORATOR…………………………..………………216
Paints………………………………………………………….…………………216
Tinting……………………………………………………………………………217
Mixing
Paints……………………………………………….…….………….218
Compound Colors…………………………………………………………..227
Polishing…………………………………………………………………………251
Staining…………………………………………………………………………..252
Some Additional Processes for Staining
Wood…………………254
Varnishes and
Japans……………………………………………………..257
General Hints on Japanning and
Varnishing…………………….265
How to Make Colored
Varnishes…………………………………….281
THE
FARRIER’S HORSE REMEDYS…………………..…………………….282
DEPARTMENT VI—THE
FARM AND DAIRY
THE
FARM AND DAIRY……………………………..………..……………….287
Weather Indications…….……………………………………….……….291
STORING
AND CURING……………………………………………….………293
Fruits and Vegatables…………………………………………..…………293
Vegatables………………………………………………………………………296
THE
DAIRY………………………………………………………………………….299
Milk and Milking……………………………………………………………299
DESTRUCTIVE
INSECTS………………………………………..……………..302
Worms and Other
Pests…………………………………………………302
DEPARTMENT
VII—GENERAL MISCELLANY
GENERAL
MISCELLANY……………………………….……….………………307
Peculiar
Experiments……………………………………………………..320
ALPHABETICAL
INDEX…………………………………325
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