XII. A cement for delfe, and other earthen wares.XIII. Another, for the same purpose, which resists water.XIV. A cold cement for cisterns and fountains.

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Norwich, 1795Chap. IV. Secrets relative to masticks, cements, sealing-wax, &c. &c.

XII. A cement for delfe, and other earthen wares.

Take what quantity you will of wax and rosin. Melt them together, and add, while in fusion, a discretionable quantity of marble pounded into a very fine powder.


XIII. Another, for the same purpose, which resists water.

Take quick-lime, turpentine, and soft curd-cheese. Mix these well together; and, with the point of a knife, pat of this on the edges of the broken pieces of your ware, then join them together.


XIV. A cold cement for cisterns and fountains.

Take litharge and bol in powder, of each two pounds 5 yellow ocher and rosin; of each, four ounces; mutton suet, five ounces; mastich and turpentine, of each two ounces; oil of nuts, a sufficient quantity to render malleable. Work these all together; and, then it is fit for use.