Title:
Recipes
Object ID:
2013.400.247
Object Name:
Recipe
Extent of Description:
12.7 x 13.3cm
Pink lined paper, ripped along two edges.
Hand written in ink.
Pink lined paper, ripped along two edges.
Hand written in ink.
Scope & Content:
Side 1: Receipe "Halloways Pills"
Barbados Aloes (in powder) 1/2 ounce — Powdered [xxx] ginger 1/4 ounce. Castile soap 1/4 ounce. Mix together and make pills of same size.
Side 2:Recipe for unknown substance. (Possibly fertiliser or fungicide?)
[xxx] Sulpher [xxx]
Three drachmas Acetate of lead
Two drachmas — glycerine one ounce.
Rub them together in a [xxx] add gradually one pint of distilled water. Let it stand for twenty four hours. Pour off the clear liquor. Add to the liquor two ounces of [xxx] of Rosemary.
Barbados Aloes (in powder) 1/2 ounce — Powdered [xxx] ginger 1/4 ounce. Castile soap 1/4 ounce. Mix together and make pills of same size.
Side 2:Recipe for unknown substance. (Possibly fertiliser or fungicide?)
[xxx] Sulpher [xxx]
Three drachmas Acetate of lead
Two drachmas — glycerine one ounce.
Rub them together in a [xxx] add gradually one pint of distilled water. Let it stand for twenty four hours. Pour off the clear liquor. Add to the liquor two ounces of [xxx] of Rosemary.