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Robert Kemp Philp
940
[GOLD
IS
NO
BALM
TO
A
WOUNDED
SPIRIT.]
2724.
Cleansing
Feathers
of
their
Animal
Oil.
The
following
receipt
gained
a
premium
from
the
Society
of
Arts:--Take
for
every
gallon
of
clean
water
one
pound
of
quicklime,
mix
them
well
together,
and
when
the
undissolved
lime
is
precipitated
in
fine
powder,
pour
off
the
clean
lime
water
for
use.
Put
the
feathers
to
be
cleaned
in
another
tub,
and
add
to
them
a
quantity
of
the
clean
lime
water,
sufficient
to
cover
them
about
three
inches
when
well
immersed
and
stirred
about
therein.
The
feathers,
when
thoroughly
moistened,
will
sink,
and
should
remain
in
the
lime
water
three
or
four
days;
after
which
the
foul
liquor
should
be
separated
from
them,
by
laying
them
in
a
sieve.
The
feathers
should
be
afterwards
well
washed
in
clean
water,
and
dried
upon
nets,
the
meshes
of
which
may
be
about
the
fineness
of
cabbage
nets.
The
feathers
must
be
from
time
to
time
shaken
on
the
nets,
and,
as
they
get
dry,
they
will
fall
through
the
meshes,
and
must
be
collected
for
use.
The
admission
of
air
will
be
serviceable
in
drying.
The
process
will
be
completed
in
three
weeks.
When
thus
prepared,
the
feathers
need
only
be
beaten
to
get
rid
of
the
dust.
2725.
To
Clean
White
Ostrich
Feathers.
Four
ounces
of
white
soap,
cut
small,
dissolved
in
four
pints
of
water,
rather
hot,
in
a
large
basin;
make
the
solution
into
a
lather,
by
beating
it
with
birch
rods,
or
wires.
Introduce
the
feathers,
and
rub
well
with
the
hands
for
five
or
six
minutes.
After
this
soaping,
wash
in
clean
water,
as
hot
as
the
hand
can
bear.
Shake
until
dry.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
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