This section is from the book "The Druggist's General Receipt Book", by Henry Beasley. Also available from Amazon: The druggist's general receipt book.
1. Resin 16 oz., linseed oil 12 oz.; melt together with a gentle heat. - Clark.
2. Strained turpentine, honey, of each 2 oz.; yolks of 4 eggs, myrrh 1/2 oz., aloes 1 oz.; mix. - Solleysell.
3. Equal parts of common turpentine and lard melted together. - White.
4. To 1
of the last add 1 oz. of finely powdered verdigris. - White.
5. Yellow wax 3 oz., common turpentine 3 oz., black pitch 1 oz., resin 6 oz., linseed oil 16 oz.; melt together with a gentle heat, then add oil of turpentine 4 oz., and stir till cold.
6. Olive oil 1 pint, yellow wax and black resin, of each 4 oz., Burgundy pitch and turpentine, of each 2 oz.; melt the other ingredients, and add the turpentine when it is removed from the fire. - Taplin.
7. Common turpentine 1 part, lard 3 parts; melt together. - V. C.
8. (Basilicon.) Resin 5 oz., yellow wax 2 oz., lard 8 oz.; melt together.
9. (Black Basilicon.) Pitch, wax, resin, of each 11 oz., olive (or rape or linseed) oil a pint.
 
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