INK (MARKING). — Dissolve in a glass mortar one dram of
nitrate of silver (lunar caustic) in double its weight of clear water. This
forms the ink. Then dissolve in another vessel one dram of salts of tartar
in one ounce of water. Wet the linen with this latter liquid, let it dry, and
afterwards write on the part with the ink.
Or, dissolve a dram and a half of nitrate of silver in three-quarters of an
ounce of water ; add as much of the strongest ammonia water as will dis-
solve the precipitate formed on its first addition, then further add one dram
and a half of mucilage, and colour with a little sap green. Writing executed
with this ink turns black on being passed over a hot Italian iron.
INK (MARKING), To Remove. — Steep the marked portion of
the linen in a solution of one ounce of potassium and four ounces of water.
The stain will be obliterated in a few hours. After the ink is removed the
linen must be thoroughly cleansed, as the potassium is highly poisonous.
INK (PERPETUAL), For Tombstones, &c. — Melt over the fire
three pounds of pitch, then add one pound of lampblack ; mix well.
Apply to the marble while in a melted state.
INK POWDER, For Travellers. — Powdered nutgalls, six ounces ;
powdered green vitriol, four ounces ; powdered gum-arabic, one ounce and
a half ; salt, three-quarters of an ounce. Mix, and keep perfectly dry.
When required, add a spoonful of hot water to a little of the powder.
INK (PRINTERS’). — Boil linseed oil to a proper consistence
and tenacity and add lampblack to produce the required colour. For red
ink substitute vermilion in lieu of lampblack.
INK (PRINTERS’ COLOURED), To Mix. — Grind the colours
to a fine powder upon an iron slab, and mix it to the required consistence
with printers’ varnish, which may be made by boiling linseed oil and adding
thereto some yellow resin ; or, for fine ink, Canadian balsam of the consis-
tence of honey may be used. Care must be taken that the colour is
thoroughly incorporated with the varnish, for upon this depends the quality
of the work produced. Where certain tints are required they may be
obtained by the addition of flake white. If desired to darken certain of the
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colours a very small portion of printers’ black ink may be added ; but this
must never be amalgamated with such colours as red, magenta, &c., as it
would so alter the shades as to spoil them completely.
INK (RED), A Cheap. — Boil together slowly for one hour in an
enamelled vessel two ounces of Brazil wood, half a pint of diluted acetic
acid, and a quarter of an ounce of alum ; strain, and add half an ounce of
ground gum.
INK (SCARLET), To Makea Good. — Dissolve ten grains of pure
carmine in an ounce and a half of liquor ammonia, and add ten grains of
gum-arabic.
INK (SILVER), To Prepare. — Silver ink, for writing upon cards
or for other artistic work may be made from silver leaf in precisely the same
manner as directed for preparing gold ink.
INK (SYMPATHETIC). — A weak solution of chloride or nitrate
of cobalt makes a good yet simple sympathetic ink. To render it legible
hold it before the fire, and to erase it submit it to moist air.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
INK (MARKING). — Dissolve in a glass mortar one dram of nitrate of silver (lunar caustic) in double its weight of clear water. This forms the ink. Then dissolve in another vessel one dram of salts of tartar in one ounce of water. Wet the linen with this latter liquid, let it dry, and afterwards write on the part with the ink.
Or, dissolve a dram and a half of nitrate of silver in three-quarters of an ounce of water ; add as much of the strongest ammonia water as will dissolve the precipitate formed on its first addition, then further add one dram and a half of mucilage, and colour with a little sap green. Writing executed with this ink turns black on being passed over a hot Italian iron.
INK (MARKING), To Remove. — Steep the marked portion of the linen in a solution of one ounce of potassium and four ounces of water. The stain will be obliterated in a few hours. After the ink is removed the linen must be thoroughly cleansed, as the potassium is highly poisonous.
INK (PERPETUAL), For Tombstones, &c. — Melt over the fire three pounds of pitch, then add one pound of lampblack ; mix well. Apply to the marble while in a melted state.
INK POWDER, For Travellers. — Powdered nutgalls, six ounces ; powdered green vitriol, four ounces ; powdered gum-arabic, one ounce and a half ; salt, three-quarters of an ounce. Mix, and keep perfectly dry. When required, add a spoonful of hot water to a little of the powder.
INK (PRINTERS’). — Boil linseed oil to a proper consistence and tenacity and add lampblack to produce the required colour. For red ink substitute vermilion in lieu of lampblack.
INK (PRINTERS’ COLOURED), To Mix. — Grind the colours to a fine powder upon an iron slab, and mix it to the required consistence with printers’ varnish, which may be made by boiling linseed oil and adding thereto some yellow resin ; or, for fine ink, Canadian balsam of the consistence of honey may be used. Care must be taken that the colour is thoroughly incorporated with the varnish, for upon this depends the quality of the work produced. Where certain tints are required they may be obtained by the addition of flake white. If desired to darken certain of the
colours a very small portion of printers’ black ink may be added ; but this must never be amalgamated with such colours as red, magenta, &c., as it would so alter the shades as to spoil them completely.
INK (RED), A Cheap. — Boil together slowly for one hour in an enamelled vessel two ounces of Brazil wood, half a pint of diluted acetic acid, and a quarter of an ounce of alum ; strain, and add half an ounce of ground gum.
INK (SCARLET), To Makea Good. — Dissolve ten grains of pure carmine in an ounce and a half of liquor ammonia, and add ten grains of gum-arabic.
INK (SILVER), To Prepare. — Silver ink, for writing upon cards or for other artistic work may be made from silver leaf in precisely the same manner as directed for preparing gold ink.
INK (SYMPATHETIC). — A weak solution of chloride or nitrate of cobalt makes a good yet simple sympathetic ink. To render it legible hold it before the fire, and to erase it submit it to moist air.