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Page 14
... other fermented liquors . MOTHER . Isinglass is a substance obtained from the sounds and air - bladders of fish . The coarser kinds , used in breweries and other ISINGLASS . 15 manufactories , are made from the intestines.
... other fermented liquors . MOTHER . Isinglass is a substance obtained from the sounds and air - bladders of fish . The coarser kinds , used in breweries and other ISINGLASS . 15 manufactories , are made from the intestines.
Page 17
... obtained is distinguished from the common whale by a bunch upon his back . Besides its uses in medicine , for coughs , internal bruises , and many similar purposes , spermaceti is made into candles , which bear its name , and are con ...
... obtained is distinguished from the common whale by a bunch upon his back . Besides its uses in medicine , for coughs , internal bruises , and many similar purposes , spermaceti is made into candles , which bear its name , and are con ...
Page 81
... obtained . LOUISA . You have seen cider made ? MOTHER . I have , very frequently . The apples , when gathered , are laid in heaps , and allowed to become somewhat mellow ; they are then crushed , or broken to pieces , in a mill , of ...
... obtained . LOUISA . You have seen cider made ? MOTHER . I have , very frequently . The apples , when gathered , are laid in heaps , and allowed to become somewhat mellow ; they are then crushed , or broken to pieces , in a mill , of ...
Page 104
104 MANNA . - AMBER . HELEN . Pray , mother , is manna obtained in the same way ? MOTHER . Manna is a sweet syrup , or sap , that exudes from several kinds of trees . LOUISA . Oh ! as the gum does from our plum - trees ? MOTHER ...
104 MANNA . - AMBER . HELEN . Pray , mother , is manna obtained in the same way ? MOTHER . Manna is a sweet syrup , or sap , that exudes from several kinds of trees . LOUISA . Oh ! as the gum does from our plum - trees ? MOTHER ...
Page 106
... by a solitary one . With re- spect to amber , I have only to add , that when mixed with sal ammoniac and distilled , an oil is obtained , which bears the name of eau de luce . SAL AMMONIAC . HELEN . What is sal ammoniac ?
... by a solitary one . With re- spect to amber , I have only to add , that when mixed with sal ammoniac and distilled , an oil is obtained , which bears the name of eau de luce . SAL AMMONIAC . HELEN . What is sal ammoniac ?
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afterwards alum amuse animal annual plant Asia beautiful black pepper boiled bread burning butter called candles cannel coal cardamoms charcoal China chinchilla cloth coal colour cotton cultivated dear mother DIALOGUE distilled dried East Indies Edition England engravings ermine Europe fermentation fire flavour flax flour flowers glass grain grows gunpowder hair half-bound happy heat HELEN INDIA RUBBER ISAAC TAYLOR isinglass juice kind lamp-black leaves liquorice LOUISA malt mamma means melted moulds musk muslins NUTMEGS paper parchment pearls perfume plant pleasure potatoes powder Pray prepared Price principally printing procured produced Pub Oct render rennet resins rich sago sal ammoniac salt seeds silk skin soft sometimes spermaceti St Pauls Church STORIES substance sugar sulphur suppose tallow tell thick thing threads tion tree TURMERIC vegetable vellum warm whale wheat wine wool