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INK, a very good black for writing. Take rain water two quarts,
nut-galls bruifed half a pound, copperas four ounces, alum four
ounces; infufe all in a gentle heat for a month, add gum arabic
four ounces, which diffolve in it, and keep the mixture for ufe.
Another very good Ink for writing. Take ponderous galls,
three ounces ; reduce them to powder, infufe them in three pints
of rain water, fetting it in the fun or a gentle heat for two days j
then take common vitriol three ounces, powder it, put it in, and
fet it in the fun for two days more, fhake it well, and add an
ounce of good gum arabic.
To make the London-powder Ink. Take ten ounces of the clear-
eft nut-galls, bruife them and fift the powder very fine; then add
two ounces of white copperas, four ounces of Roman vitriol, gum
arabic or fandarach an ounce; pound and fift them very fine, fo
that though they appear white, a little of it being put into water,
it will in a little time turn black; and an ounce of powder will
make a pint of very black Ink.
To make Japan, or jhining Ink. Take gum arabic and
Roman vitriol of each an ounce, galls well bruifed a pound, put
them into rape vinegar, or vinegar made of clear fmall beer ; fet
them in a warm place; ftir them often till the liquor becomes
black ; then add to a gallon an ounce of ivory black, and a quar-
ter of a pint of feed-lac varnifh, and it will be a curious black
fhining Ink.
To make a powder Ink, to rub on paper. Take about twenty
nut-galls, reduce them to a very fine powder ; half an ounce of
Roman vitriol, and as much gum arabic and gum fandarach ;
powder and fift them very fine, then mingle them together, and
rub the paper hard with a piece of cotton, and polifh it with a
piece of ivory ; write with water, and in a little time the letters
you write will appear a fine black, as if written with the beft
Ink.
To make China Ink. Take lamp-black purified eight ounces,
indigo two ounces, ivory black one ounce, peach-ftone black
half an ounce ; beat all together, and make a mafs; make it into
a pafte with water in which a very little gum arabic has been
diflblved ; and fo form them into long fquare tablets.
A /Joining Japan or China Ink. Take an ounce of lamp-black,
and clarify it in an earthen pipkin to take out the drofs; two
drachms of indigo, half a drachm of peach black, one drachm of
black endive burnt; reduce them to a very fine powder, and then
with a moiety of fig-leaf water, and another part of milk, and a
very little gum arabic, when they are well mixed, make them up
for ufe.
To make Indian Ink. Take horfe-beans, burn them till they
are perfectly black, grind them to a fine powder, and with a
wealc
INK, a very good black for writing. Take rain water two quarts,
nut-galls bruifed half a pound, copperas four ounces, alum four
ounces; infufe all in a gentle heat for a month, add gum arabic
four ounces, which diffolve in it, and keep the mixture for ufe.
Another very good Ink for writing. Take ponderous galls,
three ounces ; reduce them to powder, infufe them in three pints
of rain water, fetting it in the fun or a gentle heat for two days j
then take common vitriol three ounces, powder it, put it in, and
fet it in the fun for two days more, fhake it well, and add an
ounce of good gum arabic.
To make the London-powder Ink. Take ten ounces of the clear-
eft nut-galls, bruife them and fift the powder very fine; then add
two ounces of white copperas, four ounces of Roman vitriol, gum
arabic or fandarach an ounce; pound and fift them very fine, fo
that though they appear white, a little of it being put into water,
it will in a little time turn black; and an ounce of powder will
make a pint of very black Ink.
To make Japan, or jhining Ink. Take gum arabic and
Roman vitriol of each an ounce, galls well bruifed a pound, put
them into rape vinegar, or vinegar made of clear fmall beer ; fet
them in a warm place; ftir them often till the liquor becomes
black ; then add to a gallon an ounce of ivory black, and a quar-
ter of a pint of feed-lac varnifh, and it will be a curious black
fhining Ink.
To make a powder Ink, to rub on paper. Take about twenty
nut-galls, reduce them to a very fine powder ; half an ounce of
Roman vitriol, and as much gum arabic and gum fandarach ;
powder and fift them very fine, then mingle them together, and
rub the paper hard with a piece of cotton, and polifh it with a
piece of ivory ; write with water, and in a little time the letters
you write will appear a fine black, as if written with the beft
Ink.
To make China Ink. Take lamp-black purified eight ounces,
indigo two ounces, ivory black one ounce, peach-ftone black
half an ounce ; beat all together, and make a mafs; make it into
a pafte with water in which a very little gum arabic has been
diflblved ; and fo form them into long fquare tablets.
A /Joining Japan or China Ink. Take an ounce of lamp-black,
and clarify it in an earthen pipkin to take out the drofs; two
drachms of indigo, half a drachm of peach black, one drachm of
black endive burnt; reduce them to a very fine powder, and then
with a moiety of fig-leaf water, and another part of milk, and a
very little gum arabic, when they are well mixed, make them up
for ufe.
To make Indian Ink. Take horfe-beans, burn them till they
are perfectly black, grind them to a fine powder, and with a
wealc