CEMENT, for Joining Mar- ble, Stone, &c, — Hold the fractured parts to the fire, and then apply shellac and sulphur, melted together. This holds firmly. CEMENT, for Joining Steam- Pipes. — Boiled linseed oil, litharge, and white or red lead, mixed up to a proper consistence, and applied to each side of a piece of flannel, or linen, and placed between the pieces before they are joined. This will effectually join broken stones, and the seams of a water cistern, &c. CEMENT, for Joining Steam Joints. — Sublimed sulphur, 1 oz.; sal-ammoniac, z ozs. ; fine cast-iron turnings, 1 lb. Mix, and keep dry. When it is to be used, mix with it 20 times its bulk of clean iron turnings or filings; and grind ail in a mortar. Mix to a proper consistence with water. CEMENT, for repairing Cop- per Boilers. — Mix powdered lime and ox-blood intimately, and apply while fresh. CEMENT, for Mending Broken Vessels. — To half a pint of milk put a sufficient quantity of vinegar, in order to curdle it ; separate the curd from the whey, and mix the whey with the whites of 4 eggs, baking the whole well together ; when mixed, add a little quicklime through a sieve until it ac- quires the consistency of a paste. With this cement, broken vessels or cracks can be repaired ; it dries quickly, and resists the action of fire and water. CEM CHA 117 CEMENT, JAPANESE.— In- timately mix the best powdered rice flour with a little cold water, then gradu- ally add boiling water until a proper consistence is acquired, being careful to keep it well stirred all the time ; lastly, it must be boiled for one minute in a clean saucepan. This glue is beautifully white, and nearly transparent, for which reason it is well adapted for fancy paper work, which requires a strong and colourless cement. CEMENT, Never Yielding.— Calcine oyster shells, pound and sift them through a sieve, and grind them on a flat smooth stone with a muller till reduced to the finest powder, then take the whites of eggs and form the whole into a paste. With it join the pieces of china or glass, and press them together for six or eight minutes. This cement will stand both heat and water, and will never give way, even if the article should fall to the ground. CEMENT, to tyend Stones. — Mix ground white lead with as much powdered red lead to make it as thick as putty. Or, mix equal weights of red lead and white lead with boiled linseed oil, to a proper consistence. Effectual, however large the stone. CENTAURY. — See Robinson's Herbal. It is a valuable tonic, pro- moting digestion, appetite, destroying fever, and worms. Infuse in warm water, or in brandy. CEPHALIC SNUFF. — Take half an ounce each of rosemary, sage, lilies of the valley, and the tops of sweet marjoram, with a drachm each of asara- bacca root, lavender flowers and nut- meg. Reduce the whole to a fine pow- der, and take it like common snuff for the relief of the head, &c. CERATE, White. Take of olive oil, % pint ; white wax, 4 ozs. ; melt them together, and stir till the cerate is quite cold. This is a good soft dressing for blisters, cuts, &c., where the drawing plaster generally employed for that purpose is too irritating. CHALK OINTMENT.— It is good for burns. Powder some chalk, and mix with lard✪ Chalk Ointment. CHAMPAGNE. — Raisins, 8 lbs. sugar, 20 lbs. ; water, 9 or 10 gallons ; citric acid, t 07. ; honey 1 lb.✪ Champagne Boil the

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CEMENT, for Joining Marble, Stone, &c, — Hold the fractured parts to the fire, and then apply shellac and sulphur, melted together. This holds firmly. CEMENT, for Joining Steam- Pipes. — Boiled linseed oil, litharge, and white or red lead, mixed up to a proper consistence, and applied to each side of a piece of flannel, or linen, and placed between the pieces before they are joined. This will effectually join broken stones, and the seams of a water cistern, &c. CEMENT, for Joining Steam Joints. — Sublimed sulphur, 1 oz.; sal-ammoniac, 2 ozs. ; fine cast-iron turnings, 1 lb. Mix, and keep dry. When it is to be used, mix with it 20 times its bulk of clean iron turnings or filings; and grind all in a mortar. Mix to a proper consistence with water. CEMENT, for repairing Copper Boilers. — Mix powdered lime and ox-blood intimately, and apply while fresh. CEMENT, for Mending Broken Vessels. — To half a pint of milk put a sufficient quantity of vinegar, in order to curdle it ; separate the curd from the whey, and mix the whey with the whites of 4 eggs, baking the whole well together ; when mixed, add a little quicklime through a sieve until it acquires the consistency of a paste. With this cement, broken vessels or cracks can be repaired ; it dries quickly, and resists the action of fire and water. CEM CHA CEMENT, JAPANESE.— Intimately mix the best powdered rice flour with a little cold water, then gradually add boiling water until a proper consistence is acquired, being careful to keep it well stirred all the time ; lastly, it must be boiled for one minute in a clean saucepan. This glue is beautifully white, and nearly transparent, for which reason it is well adapted for fancy paper work, which requires a strong and colourless cement. CEMENT, Never Yielding.— Calcine oyster shells, pound and sift them through a sieve, and grind them on a flat smooth stone with a muller till reduced to the finest powder, then take the whites of eggs and form the whole into a paste. With it join the pieces of china or glass, and press them together for six or eight minutes. This cement will stand both heat and water, and will never give way, even if the article should fall to the ground. CEMENT, to Mend Stones. — Mix ground white lead with as much powdered red lead to make it as thick as putty. Or, mix equal weights of red lead and white lead with boiled linseed oil, to a proper consistence. Effectual, however large the stone. CENTAURY. — See Robinson's Herbal. It is a valuable tonic, promoting digestion, appetite, destroying fever, and worms. Infuse in warm water, or in brandy. CEPHALIC SNUFF. — Take half an ounce each of rosemary, sage, lilies of the valley, and the tops of sweet marjoram, with a drachm each of asarabacca root, lavender flowers and nutmeg. Reduce the whole to a fine powder, and take it like common snuff for the relief of the head, &c. CERATE, White. Take of olive oil, % pint ; white wax, 4 ozs. ; melt them together, and stir till the cerate is quite cold. This is a good soft dressing for blisters, cuts, &c., where the drawing plaster generally employed for that purpose is too irritating. CHALK OINTMENT.— It is good for burns. Powder some chalk, and mix with lard. CHAMPAGNE. — Raisins, 8 lbs. sugar, 20 lbs. ; water, 9 or 10 gallons ; citric acid, t 07. ; honey 1 lb. Boil the

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