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Dec 03, 2024

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Mick at Dec 03, 2024 08:38 PM

p. 225

196
Shake or stir well every Day. In a Month
it will be good Ink.
  The longer you keep this
Ink the better it will be for use
  Put a little salt to it & will not mould

237 Fine Japan Ink
  A quart of Rape Vinegar, put into
a strong b=Bottle with a narrow Mouth
put in Gum Arabic & Roman Vitriol of each
4 Drams; Smyrna Galls well bruised 4
ounces. Set the Bottle in a warm Place
shake often, till the Liquor is black -
Then add 4 Drams of Ivory Black & 2
large Spoonfulls of Seed [?] Varnish & it
will be a curious shining Ink

238 Good Red Ink
A Pint of stale Beer. 2 ounces of 
Brazil Wood ground to Powder, 2 Pennyworth of
Cochineal - 2 oz of Rock Allium. & 1 oz of Gum Arabic
Boil gently for 1/2 an hour, Strain thru Flannel,
bottle close for use

196
Shake or stir well every Day. In a Month
it will be good Ink.
The longer you keep this
Ink the better it will be for use
Put a little salt to it & will not mould

237 Fine Japan Ink
A quart of Rape Vinegar, put into
a strong b=Bottle with a narrow Mouth
put in Gum Arabic & Roman Vitriol of each
4 Drams; Smyrna Galls well bruised 4
ounces. Set the Bottle in a warm Place
shake often, till the Liquor is black -
Then add 4 Drams of Ivory Black & 2
large Spoonfulls of Seed [?] Varnish & it
will be a curious shining Ink

238 Good Red Ink
A Pint of stale Beer. 2 ounces of
Brazil Wood ground to Powder, 2 Pennyworth of
Cochineal - 2 oz of Rock Allium. & 1 oz of Gum Arabic
Boil gently for 1/2 an hour, Strain thru Flannel,
bottle close for use

p. 225

196
Shake or stir well every Day. In a Month
it will be good Ink.
  The longer you keep this
Ink the better it will be for use
  Put a little salt to it & will not mould

237 Fine Japan Ink
  A quart of Rape Vinegar, put into
a strong b=Bottle with a narrow Mouth
put in Gum Arabic & Roman Vitriol of each
4 Drams; Smyrna Galls well bruised 4
ounces. Set the Bottle in a warm Place
shake often, till the Liquor is black -
Then add 4 Drams of Ivory Black & 2
large Spoonfulls of Seed [?] Varnish & it
will be a curious shining Ink

238 Good Red Ink
A Pint of stale Beer. 2 ounces of 
Brazil Wood ground to Powder, 2 Pennyworth of
Cochineal - 2 oz of Rock Allium. & 1 oz of Gum Arabic
Boil gently for 1/2 an hour, Strain thru Flannel,
bottle close for use

196
Shake or stir well every Day. In a Month
it will be good Ink.
The longer you keep this
Ink the better it will be for use
Put a little salt to it & will not mould

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