Moonstone Research & Publications
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Moonstone Research & Publications
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Soap Made of Snow. [Reprinted from the Baltimore Federal Gazette] Soap made of snow in the following manner:--Take and cut into very little pieces one pound of good hard soap; dissolve it with a slow fire; when dissolved, put six or eight pounds of clean snow with it; and after having boiled them together well for three hours, (or until it shews a lather on the surface) add a wine-glass full of salt, and let it get cold; when it will be found the finest soap and to weigh as much as the snow originally did. An Improvement in Candles. A plan for improving mould candles and the quantity of their light is introduced by a writer in Spofford's American Magazine for October 1815, viz: "Place a small straw of rye or oats in the center of the wick, the ends of which may be stopped by being dipped in some bees wax or bayberry tallow, to prevent the cavity from being filled with tallow in the mould or in dipping. Clipping the lower ends opens the straw which is easily opened at the upper end by clipping off a little piece and on being lighted, the extra labour is not regretted." |
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