Produced by Andrew Sly.
Transcriber's Comments
This is an adaption of the electronic transcription made by PaulHubbs and Bob Gravonic. Using microfiche of the original (CanadianInstitute for Historical Microreproductions no. 42355) as acopy-text, I've made corrections and added a considerable amountof material. Irregular spellings in the original have been retained.Explanatory remarks regarding numbering are enclosed in square brackets.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets;
or
A Collection of Above 500 Useful Receiptson a Variety of Subjects.
Printed by Rowsell & Ellis, Toronto, 1861.
The object of the present work is clearly announced in its title.It is to collect within a small compass the instructions ofexperimental knowledge upon a great variety of subjects which relateto the present interests of man. It contains above five hundredgenuine and practical receipts, which have been compiled by thepublisher with extreme difficulty and expense. A reference tothe list of subjects which the work contains, will show that thepublisher's researches have been extensive, while a comparison ofthe work with others of the same general character evinces patientlabour, and cannot fail to give it pre-eminence. While the trackpursued is not new, it is more thorough, and more easily followedthan that marked out by any previous compiler known to myself. Thework contains not merely the outlines on the subjects to which itrefers, but, what appears to my own mind one of its excellences, thefull and clear explanations of these subjects. To all classes ofpeople, without exception, the work is of great value. It is fit,on every account, that the publisher should be encouraged in thisproduction. The work is worthy the acceptance of all, and one whichevery man may prize.
Any bunch of roses or flowers, or anything of the kind that youadmire, take the pattern of by placing them against a light ofwindow glass, then lay a piece of white paper over them, and throughthe latter you will see the roses, &c. Now with a lead pencil takethe pattern of the roses, &c., on the paper; when you have them allmarked, cut then out with a scissors, so that you have a completepattern of them. Now take a piece of glass, whatever size yourpattern requires, stick the pattern on it with wafers, then paintthe glass all over, except where the pattern covers, with blackpaint, composed of refined lampblack, black enamel, copel varnishand turpentine, mixed. Now let this dry, then take off your patternsand paint your roses, flowers, &c., with tube paints, mixed withdemar varnish, so that your roses, &c., may be, in a manner,transparent. Paint your large roses red, some of the smaller onesyellow, or any colour to suit your taste. Paint one side of theleaves a darker shade of green than the other, which will makethe picture appear as though the sun was shining on it. When thispainting is dry, take silver or gold foil, (gold is best,) wrinkleit up in your hand then nearly straighten it, and cover the back ofthe glass all over with it; over the large roses let the wrinkles belarger, over the small ones smaller, &c.; then lay a piece of stiffpaper, the size of the glass, over the foil, and a piece of verythin board again over this; have it framed in this manner and it iscompleted. You now have one of the richest of paintings, which iscommonly taught at a cost of $5. You may buy all you require forthis painting at the druggist's....