Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information Part 39

Is genius hereditary?

Is Saxon blood deteriorating?

Which will predominate in five hundred years, the Saxon or Latin races?

Should American railroad companies be allowed to sell their bonds in other countries?

Should Sumner's civil rights bill be made const.i.tutional by an amendment?

Does civilization promote the happiness of the world?

Should land subsidies be granted to railroads by the government?

Which is the stronger military power, England or the United States?

Would a rebellion in Russia be justifiable?

Should the theater be encouraged?

Which has the greater resources, Pennsylvania or Texas?

Is agriculture the n.o.blest occupation?

Can democratic forms of government be made universal?

Is legal punishment for crime as severe as it should be?

Should the formation of monopolies be prevented by the State?

Has Spanish influence been helpful or harmful to Mexico as a people?

Which is of more importance, the primary or the high school?

Will the tide of emigration ever turn eastward instead of westward?

Should the art of war be taught more widely than at present in the United States?

Was slavery the cause of the American civil war?

Is life insurance a benefit?

HOW TO MAKE 32 KINDS OF SOLDER.--1. Plumbers' solder.--Lead 2 parts, tin I part. 2. Tinmen's solder.--Lead 1 part, tin 1 part. 3. Zinc solder.--Tin 1 part, [Transcriber's Note: The original text reads 'lead 1 to parts'] lead 1 to 2 parts. 4. Pewter solder. Lead 1 part, bis.m.u.th 1 to 2 parts. 5. [Transcriber's Note: The original text reads 'Spelter soldier'] Spelter's solder.--Equal parts copper and zinc. 6. Pewterers' soft solder.--Bis.m.u.th 2, lead 4, tin 3 parts.

7. Another.--Bis.m.u.th 1, lead I, tin 2 parts. 8. Another pewter solder.--Tin 2 parts, lead 1 part. 9. Glaziers' solder.--Tin 3 parts, lead 1 part. 10. Solder for copper.--Copper 10 parts, zinc 9 parts.

11. Yellow solder for bra.s.s or copper.--- Copper 32 lbs., zinc 29 lbs., tin 1 lb. 12. Bra.s.s solder.--Copper 61.25 parts, zinc 38.75 parts. 13. Bra.s.s solder, yellow and easily fusible.--Copper 45, zinc 55 parts. 14. Bra.s.s solder, white.--Copper 57.41 parts, tin 14.60 parts, zinc 27.99 parts. 15. Another solder for copper.--Tin 2 parts, lead 1 part. When the copper is thick heat it by a naked fire, if thin use a tinned copper tool. Use muriate or chloride of zinc as a flux.

The same solder will do for iron, cast iron, or steel; if the pieces are thick, heat by a naked fire or immerse in the solder. 16. Black solder.--Copper 2, zinc 3, tin 2 parts. 17. Another.--Sheet bra.s.s 20 lbs., tin 6 lbs., zinc 1 lb. 18. Cold brazing without fire or lamp.

--Fluoric acid 1 oz., oxy muriatic acid 1 oz., mix in a lead bottle.

Put a chalk mark each side where you want to braze. This mixture will keep about G months in one bottle. 19. Cold soldering without fire or lamp.--Bis.m.u.th 1/4 oz., quicksilver 1/4 oz., block tin filings 1 oz., spirits salts 1 oz., all mixed together. 20. To solder iron to steel or either to bra.s.s.--Tin 3 parts, copper 39-1/2 parts, zinc 7-1/2 parts. When applied in a molten state it will firmly unite metals first named to each other. 21. Plumbers' solder.--Bis.m.u.th 1, lead 5, tin 3 parts, is a first-cla.s.s composition. 22. White solder for raised Britannia ware.--Tin 100 lbs., hardening 8 lbs., antimony 8 lbs.

23. Hardening for Britannia.--(To be mixed separately from the other ingredients.) Copper 2 lbs., tin 1 lb. 21. Best soft solder for cast Britannia ware.--Tin 8 lbs., lead 5 lbs. 25. Bis.m.u.th solder.--Tin 1, lead 3, bis.m.u.th 3 parts. 26. Solder for bra.s.s that will stand hammering.--Bra.s.s 78.26 parts, zinc 17.41 parts, silver 4.33 parts, add a little chloride of pota.s.sium to your borax for a flux. 27.

Solder for steel joints.--Silver 19 parts, copper 1 part, bra.s.s 2 parts, Melt all together. 28. Hard solder.--Copper 2 parts, zinc 1 part. Melt together. 29. Solder for bra.s.s.--- Copper 3 parts, zinc 1 part, with borax. 30. Solder for copper.--- Bra.s.s 6 parts, zinc 1 part, tin 1 part, melt all together well and pour out to cool. 31.

Solder for platina--Gold with borax. 32. Solder for iron.--The best solder for iron is good tough bra.s.s with a little borax.

N. B.--In soldering, the surfaces to be joined are made perfectly clean and smooth, and then covered with sal. ammoniac, resin or other flux, the solder is then applied, being melted on and smoothed over by a tinned soldering iron.

[Ill.u.s.tration: COOKERY RECIPES]

COOKERY RECIPES

ALE TO MULL.--Take a pint of good strong ale, and pour it into a saucepan with three cloves and a little nutmeg; sugar to your taste.

Set it over the fire, and when it boils take it off to cool. Beat up the yolks of four eggs exceedingly well; mix them first with a little cold ale, then add them to the warm ale, and pour it in and out of the pan several times. Set it over a slow fire, beat it a little, take it off again; do this three times until it is hot, then serve it with dry toast.

ALE, SPICED.--Is made hot, sweetened with sugar and spiced with grated nutmeg, and a hot toast is served in it. This is the wa.s.sail drink.

BEEF TEA.--Cut a pound of fleshy beef in thin slices; simmer with a quart of water twenty minutes, after it has once boiled and been skimmed. Season if approved.

BEEF TEA.--To one pound of lean beef add one and one-half tumblers of cold water; cut the beef in small pieces, cover, and let it boil slowly for ten minutes, and add a little salt after it is boiled.

Excellent.

BEEF TEA.--Cut lean, tender beef into small pieces, put them into a bottle, cork and set in a pot of cold water, then put on the stove and boil for one hour. Season to taste.

BLACK CURRANT CORDIAL.--To every four quarts of black currants, picked from the stems and lightly bruised, add one gallon of the best whisky; let it remain four months, shaking the jar occasionally, then drain off the liquor and strain. Add three pounds of loaf sugar and a quarter of a pound of best cloves, slightly bruised; bottle well and seal.

BOSTON CREAM (A SUMMER DRINK).--Make a syrup of four pounds of white sugar with four quarts of water; boil; when cold add four ounces of tartaric acid, one and a half ounces of essence of lemon, and the whites of six eggs beaten to a stiff froth; bottle. A wine-gla.s.s of the cream to a tumbler of water, with sufficient carbonate of soda to make it effervesce.

CHAMPAGNE CUP.--One quart bottle of champagne, two bottles of soda-water, one liqueur-gla.s.s of brandy, two tablespoons of powdered sugar, a few thin strips of cuc.u.mber rind; make this just in time for use, and add a large piece of ice.

CHOCOLATE.--Sc.r.a.pe Cadbury's chocolate fine, mix with a little cold water and the yolks of eggs well beaten; add this to equal parts of milk and water, and boil well, being careful that it does not burn.

Sweeten to the taste, and serve hot.

COFFEE.--Is a tonic and stimulating beverage, of a wholesome nature.

Use the best. For eight cups use nearly eight cups of water; put in coffee as much as you like, boil a minute and take off, and throw in a cup of cold water to throw the grounds to the bottom; in five minutes it will be very clear.

Or, beat one or two eggs, which mix with ground coffee to form a ball; nearly fill the pot with cold water, simmer gently for half an hour, having introduced the ball; _do not boil_, or you will destroy the aroma.

COFFEE.--The following is a delicious dish either for summer breakfast or dessert: Make a strong infusion of Mocha coffee; put it in a porcelain bowl, sugar it properly and add to it an equal portion of boiled milk, or one-third the quant.i.ty of rich cream. Surround the bowl with pounded ice.

CURRANT WINE.--One quart currant juice, three pounds of sugar, sufficient water to make a gallon.

EGG GRUEL.--Boil eggs from one to three hours until hard enough to grate; then boil new milk and thicken with the egg, and add a little salt. Excellent in case of nausea.

LEMON SYRUP.--Pare off the yellow rind of the lemon, slice the lemon and put a layer of lemon and a thick layer of sugar in a deep plate; cover close with a saucer, and set in a warm place. This is an excellent remedy for a cold.

LEMONADE.--Take a quart of boiling water, and add to it five ounces of lump-sugar, the yellow rind of the lemon rubbed off with a bit of sugar, and the juice of three lemons. Stir all together and let it stand till cool. Two ounces of cream of tartar may be used instead of the lemons, water being poured upon it.