PRUSSIAN BLUE, To Manufacture. — Calcine a quantity of
vegetable alkali with twice its weight of dried bullock’s blood until the
blood is reduced to a perfect coal. Boil this coal in water, decant the
lixivium, and pour it into a solution of one part of green sulphate of iron
(copperas) to six parts of alum, the lixivium and the solution both being
hot. The mixture will then acquire a very pale blue colour and deposit a
pale precipitate. By adding more and more of a fresh solution of copperas
the colour will become deeper. It must then be filtered, and the precipitate
washed the next day till the water which comes from it is insipid ; the
colour is then finally gently dried.
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PULSE, To Ascertain the State of Health by Means of the. — The
pulsations of the heart of a healthy babe varies from 130 to 140 per minute;
at one year of age, from 120 to 130 ; at two years from zoo to 110; at
three, 90 to 100 ; at seven, 85 to 90 ; at fourteen, 80 to 83. The pulse of
an adult should range between 75 and 80, and that of an aged person about
60 per minute.
PUMPKIN, OR GOURD, To Grow. — Sow the seed in a hot-
bed in April for transplanting in May to the natural ground on stable
manure. They may occupy any open sunny space and either run upon the
ground or be trained against a railing.
PURGATIVES, Active. — Dissolve an ounce of Epsom salts in
three times that quantity of compound infusion of senna. The above
quantity will make two good doses.
Another : — Mix ten grains of calomel with one dram of powdered jalap
and twenty grains of sugar. This quantity will make two doses for an
adult.
PURPLE (TRANSPARENT), For Painting.— Boil four ounces
of Brazil wood and half an ounce of logwood in a pint of stale beer till the
desired colour is obtained, which may be ascertained by dipping a piece of
white paper into the liquor. If too red, add a little more logwood, by
means of which any desired shade may be obtained. The colour may
then be fixed by the addition of a little alum.
PUTTY AND PAINT, Solvent for Old— Make a paste with
soft soap and a solution of caustic soda ; or with slaked lime and pearlash.
Lay it on with a brush or rag and leave it for some hours, when the old
putty or paint may be removed with ease.
The application of diluted sulphuric acid, or nitric or muriatic acid, will
also soften putty.
PUTTY (GLAZIERS’), To Make— Mix whiting and linseed
oil, and work them together to the consistence of a thick paste.
PYROPHORUS ; or, Air Tinder. — Mix three parts of alum
with one of wheat flour, and calcine them in a common phial till the blue
flame disappears. When cold the phial must be well stopped with a
good cork. On exposure to the atmosphere the sulphuret attracts moisture
from the air and generates sufficient heat to kindle the carbonaceous matter
mingled with it.
QUADRUPEDS, To Stuff. — See Birds, Quadrupeds, &c., To
Stuff.
QUAILS AND GREEN PEAS. — Empty, singe, and truss the
quails ; put them into a stew-pan, wrapped in layers of bacon, with two
spoonfuls of broth, a bunch of parsley, thyme, bay-leaves, and cloves.
Stew them for twenty minutes over a very slow fire. Have ready some
bacon boiled with peas, to which add the quails, boil together for a few
moments, then dish up the quails and bacon, thicken the peas liquor, and
pour it over the meat. ✪ Fricassee of Quails
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PRUSSIAN BLUE, To Manufacture. — Calcine a quantity of vegetable alkali with twice its weight of dried bullock’s blood until the blood is reduced to a perfect coal. Boil this coal in water, decant the lixivium, and pour it into a solution of one part of green sulphate of iron (copperas) to six parts of alum, the lixivium and the solution both being hot. The mixture will then acquire a very pale blue colour and deposit a pale precipitate. By adding more and more of a fresh solution of copperas the colour will become deeper. It must then be filtered, and the precipitate washed the next day till the water which comes from it is insipid ; the colour is then finally gently dried.
PULSE, To Ascertain the State of Health by Means of the. — The pulsations of the heart of a healthy babe varies from 130 to 140 per minute; at one year of age, from 120 to 130 ; at two years from 100 to 110; at three, 90 to 100 ; at seven, 85 to 90 ; at fourteen, 80 to 83. The pulse of an adult should range between 75 and 80, and that of an aged person about 60 per minute.
PUMPKIN, OR GOURD, To Grow. — Sow the seed in a hotbed in April for transplanting in May to the natural ground on stable manure. They may occupy any open sunny space and either run upon the ground or be trained against a railing.
PURGATIVES, Active. — Dissolve an ounce of Epsom salts in three times that quantity of compound infusion of senna. The above quantity will make two good doses.
Another : — Mix ten grains of calomel with one dram of powdered jalap and twenty grains of sugar. This quantity will make two doses for an adult.
PURPLE (TRANSPARENT), For Painting.— Boil four ounces of Brazil wood and half an ounce of logwood in a pint of stale beer till the desired colour is obtained, which may be ascertained by dipping a piece of white paper into the liquor. If too red, add a little more logwood, by means of which any desired shade may be obtained. The colour may then be fixed by the addition of a little alum.
PUTTY AND PAINT, Solvent for Old— Make a paste with soft soap and a solution of caustic soda ; or with slaked lime and pearlash. Lay it on with a brush or rag and leave it for some hours, when the old putty or paint may be removed with ease.
The application of diluted sulphuric acid, or nitric or muriatic acid, will also soften putty.
PUTTY (GLAZIERS’), To Make— Mix whiting and linseed oil, and work them together to the consistence of a thick paste.
PYROPHORUS ; or, Air Tinder. — Mix three parts of alum with one of wheat flour, and calcine them in a common phial till the blue flame disappears. When cold the phial must be well stopped with a good cork. On exposure to the atmosphere the sulphuret attracts moisture from the air and generates sufficient heat to kindle the carbonaceous matter mingled with it.
QUADRUPEDS, To Stuff. — See Birds, Quadrupeds, &c., To Stuff.
QUAILS AND GREEN PEAS. — Empty, singe, and truss the quails ; put them into a stew-pan, wrapped in layers of bacon, with two spoonfuls of broth, a bunch of parsley, thyme, bay-leaves, and cloves. Stew them for twenty minutes over a very slow fire. Have ready some bacon boiled with peas, to which add the quails, boil together for a few moments, then dish up the quails and bacon, thicken the peas liquor, and pour it over the meat.
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