Key to Knowledge ..Harris, 1841 - 268 pages |
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Page 11
... remains at the bottom of the water . This sediment is cleansed , and well dried in an oven , or by the heat of the sun . HELEN . And this is starch ? MOTHER . It is : -you know its use ? HELEN . To stiffen linen and muslins . 12 ...
... remains at the bottom of the water . This sediment is cleansed , and well dried in an oven , or by the heat of the sun . HELEN . And this is starch ? MOTHER . It is : -you know its use ? HELEN . To stiffen linen and muslins . 12 ...
Page 67
... , also yields , by tap- ping , a sweet juice , which is converted into sugar . HELEN . Is not treacle , or molasses , the coarse remains of the syrup ? 68 SUGAR - CANDY . - BARLEY - SUGAR . Treacle Sugar Turmeric Wafers 14.
... , also yields , by tap- ping , a sweet juice , which is converted into sugar . HELEN . Is not treacle , or molasses , the coarse remains of the syrup ? 68 SUGAR - CANDY . - BARLEY - SUGAR . Treacle Sugar Turmeric Wafers 14.
Page 82
... remains to ferment , the scum being removed as it rises ; and after a certain time , it is barreled . HELEN . And is perry made in the same way ? MOTHER . I believe it is ; except that , in- stead of straw , the fruit is pressed through ...
... remains to ferment , the scum being removed as it rises ; and after a certain time , it is barreled . HELEN . And is perry made in the same way ? MOTHER . I believe it is ; except that , in- stead of straw , the fruit is pressed through ...
Page 90
... remains in bearing for fifty years , yielding two principal crops every year . After the nuts are gathered , they are deprived of their outer shells , and dried . HELEN . And then they are called cocoa ? MOTHER . Yes ; but to produce ...
... remains in bearing for fifty years , yielding two principal crops every year . After the nuts are gathered , they are deprived of their outer shells , and dried . HELEN . And then they are called cocoa ? MOTHER . Yes ; but to produce ...
Page 117
... water , and taken out , and the elastic gum remains in the shape imparted to it . LOUISA . Dear mother , this is almost beyond belief ! MOTHER . I do not wonder at your incre- 118 CAOUTCHOUC ; OR , dulity . Wiser heads than.
... water , and taken out , and the elastic gum remains in the shape imparted to it . LOUISA . Dear mother , this is almost beyond belief ! MOTHER . I do not wonder at your incre- 118 CAOUTCHOUC ; OR , dulity . Wiser heads than.
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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