BARLEY SUGAR (WHITE). — Boil some loaf sugar until it
is easy to crack, then pour it upon a marble slab greased with oil of sweet
almonds, and mould it into any desired figure. It must be kept from the
air or it will become soft.
BARLEY WATER. — Boil four tablespoonfuls of pearl barley for
five minutes, then pour the water away ; add to the barley a little sugar, a
piece of lemon-peel, and three pints of water : let it simmer till it has
thickened ; strain, and flavour to taste.
BAROMETER, A Simple. — Fill a common wide-mouthed pickle-
bottle within three inches of the top with water ; then take an ordinary
Florence oil flask, and, having removed the straw covering and washed it
thoroughly, plunge the neck of the flask as far as it will go into the pickle-
bottle, and the barometer is complete. In fine weather the water will rise
into the neck of the flask even higher than the mouth of the pickle-bottle,
and in wet and windy weather it will fall to within an inch of the mouth of
the flask. Before a heavy gale of wind the water has been seen to leave
the flask altogether at least eight hours before the gale reached its
height.
BAROMETER (CHEMICAL). — Put into a glass tube or a
narrow phial two drams of camphor, half a dram of pure saltpetre, half a
dram of muriate of ammonia, and two ounces of proof spirits. In dry
weather the solution remains clear ; on the approach of a change, minute
stars rise up in the liquid ; and in stormy weather the condition of the
chemical combination is much disturbed.
BAROMETER (LEECH). — Put three gills of water into an
eight ounce bottle and place a leech therein, covering the top of the bottle
with muslin. If the leech lies coiled up motionless at the bottom of the
glass the weather will be fine or frosty ; if it moves about very swiftly there
will be wind ; if it remains for some days almost constantly out of the water
and exhibits violent throes and convulsive-like motions, rain and thunder
will succeed ; if it remains at the top of the water, it will be rainy and
unsettled, or in winter frost may be expected.
BASIL, To Grow. — Sow the seed in a hot-bed in spring for planting
into the open ground in May.
BASILICON OINTMENT (BLACK).— Melt half a pound
of yellow rosin ; add half a pound of yellow wax and a quarter of a
pound of common pitch ; then remove it from the fire, add slowly half
a pound of linseed oil, and stir the whole together until cold.
BASILICON OINTMENT (GREEN).— Yellow rosin and
yellow wax, of each one ounce and a half ; lard, three ounces ; Venice
turpentine, three ounces ; powdered verdigris, half an ounce. First melt
the rosin, then gradually add the other ingredients, but take care that the
mass does not boil over.
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BASILICON OINTMENT (YELLOW).— Melt half a pound
of yellow rosin, then add half a pound of yellow wax and three ounces of
Burgundy pitch. When the whole is melted, remove it from the fire, and
add gradually a quarter of a pound of Venice turpentine and ten ounces
of linseed oil, stirring till it is cold.
BATTER FOR FISH, FRITTERS, &c.— Cut a quarter of
a pound of fresh butter into small pieces, pour on it a glass of beer, or a
little oil, vinegar, or white wine ; add by degrees sufficient flour to make
it the proper consistence, and a pinch of salt. Just as it is required for
use stir into it the whites of two eggs beaten to a solid froth✪ Batter for Fish, Fritters, &c., and use as
quickly as possible.
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BARLEY SUGAR (WHITE). — Boil some loaf sugar until it is easy to crack, then pour it upon a marble slab greased with oil of sweet almonds, and mould it into any desired figure. It must be kept from the air or it will become soft.
BARLEY WATER. — Boil four tablespoonfuls of pearl barley for five minutes, then pour the water away ; add to the barley a little sugar, a piece of lemon-peel, and three pints of water : let it simmer till it has thickened ; strain, and flavour to taste.
BAROMETER, A Simple. — Fill a common wide-mouthed pickle-bottle within three inches of the top with water ; then take an ordinary Florence oil flask, and, having removed the straw covering and washed it thoroughly, plunge the neck of the flask as far as it will go into the picklebottle, and the barometer is complete. In fine weather the water will rise into the neck of the flask even higher than the mouth of the pickle-bottle, and in wet and windy weather it will fall to within an inch of the mouth of the flask. Before a heavy gale of wind the water has been seen to leave the flask altogether at least eight hours before the gale reached its height.
BAROMETER (CHEMICAL). — Put into a glass tube or a narrow phial two drams of camphor, half a dram of pure saltpetre, half a dram of muriate of ammonia, and two ounces of proof spirits. In dry weather the solution remains clear ; on the approach of a change, minute stars rise up in the liquid ; and in stormy weather the condition of the chemical combination is much disturbed.
BAROMETER (LEECH). — Put three gills of water into an eight ounce bottle and place a leech therein, covering the top of the bottle with muslin. If the leech lies coiled up motionless at the bottom of the glass the weather will be fine or frosty ; if it moves about very swiftly there will be wind ; if it remains for some days almost constantly out of the water and exhibits violent throes and convulsive-like motions, rain and thunder will succeed ; if it remains at the top of the water, it will be rainy and unsettled, or in winter frost may be expected.
BASIL, To Grow. — Sow the seed in a hot-bed in spring for planting into the open ground in May.
BASILICON OINTMENT (BLACK).— Melt half a pound of yellow rosin ; add half a pound of yellow wax and a quarter of a pound of common pitch ; then remove it from the fire, add slowly half a pound of linseed oil, and stir the whole together until cold.
BASILICON OINTMENT (GREEN).— Yellow rosin and yellow wax, of each one ounce and a half ; lard, three ounces ; Venice turpentine, three ounces ; powdered verdigris, half an ounce. First melt the rosin, then gradually add the other ingredients, but take care that the mass does not boil over.
BASILICON OINTMENT (YELLOW).— Melt half a pound
of yellow rosin, then add half a pound of yellow wax and three ounces of Burgundy pitch. When the whole is melted, remove it from the fire, and add gradually a quarter of a pound of Venice turpentine and ten ounces of linseed oil, stirring till it is cold.
BATTER FOR FISH, FRITTERS, &c.— Cut a quarter of a pound of fresh butter into small pieces, pour on it a glass of beer, or a little oil, vinegar, or white wine ; add by degrees sufficient flour to make it the proper consistence, and a pinch of salt. Just as it is required for use stir into it the whites of two eggs beaten to a solid froth, and use as quickly as possible.
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