Author

Publication

2004-09-30 - Feral House

Language

English

Word Count

76,250 words, Guess

Page Count

305 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780922915958
  • Better World BooksW8-BVO-008
  • Open LibraryOL8355541M

Classifications

  • LCCTP151

Description

Wouldn't it be economical to make your own glue, paint, crayons, lipstick, and deodorant? How about your own firecrackers, dynamite, and "medicinal" opium wine? This fascinating book, reprinted from the 1930s, takes the reader back to a time when Americans had free access to hard drugs; people were responsible enough to be given recipes for poisons, explosives, and highly addictive substances; and making such items as soap, disinfectants, and insecticides was commonplace. A useful piece of publishing, books such as this were seen in most homes next to the almanac, as important as ice coolers and canning equipment. Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes, and Trade Secrets provides instructions for making adhesives, paints and inks, garden elixirs such as insecticides and weed killers, lubricants, photo developers, polishes, and much more.

First Sentence

ADHESIVES are gummy or gelatinous substances which are used to unite two surfaces.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes & Trade Secrets: The Classic "Do-It-Yourself" Book of Practical Everyday ChemistryPaperbackFeral House2004-09-30

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