Chapter IV: Part 4

1 Marbling Trough, 18 x 32, with out-let, galv. iron, japanned.
1 Basin for waste color, with out-let, galv. iron, japanned.
1 Basin for sprinkling water, trying of colors, galv. iron, japanned.
1 Sprinkling Brush for hair-vein edges.
1 Sprinkling Sieve for hair-vein edges.
1 Dozen Broom Corn Whisks for Spot (Turkish) edges.
1 Dozen Bristol Brushes for drawn edges.
1/2 Dozen Color Recepticals, holding over one pint color each.
1 Size Skimmer.
1 Stylus.
1-1/8 in. Comb made of heavy press board.
1-1/4 in. Comb, " " "
1-1/2 in. Comb, " " "
1 Peacock Comb, " " "
1 Snail Apparatus made of iron and brass wire.
1 Piece of Coarse Cloth for straining size.
1 Large Dover Egg Beater for beating gum size.
9 Bottles of Halfer's Marbling Colors, 1/2 pint each.
1/2 Pint Prepared Ox Gall.
1/2 Pint Sprinkling Water.
1/2 Pint Shellac Ammonia.
2 Pounds Irish Moss.
1 Pound Gum Tragacanth.
1 Pound Gum Hogg.

PUT UP IN NEAT SUBSTANTIAL BOX.

PRICE, $50.00, NET.

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Utensils of above Outfits may be Bought Separate at the following Prices:

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SIZE A.

Marbling Trough, 14-1/2 x 23, galv. iron, japan'd, $3.00
Basin for waste color, " " .75
Basin for sprinkling water, " " .75
Sprinkling Brush .75
Sprinkling Sieve, brass wire 1.75
Broom Corn Whisks, each .20
Bristol Brushes, No. 1, set in hard rubber, each .30
Bristol Brushes, No. 2, common, each .15
Stylus .10
Size Skimmer .25
1/8 in. Comb, best quality press board 3.00
1/4 in. Comb 1.30
1/2 in. Comb 1.25
Peacock Comb 2.75
Snail Apparatus, iron and brass wire 3.50
Straining Cloth, one yard square .60
Extra large Dover egg beater, for beating gum size 3.50

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SIZE B.

Marbling Trough, 18 x 32, with out-let, galv. iron, japanned $4.00
Basin for waste color, out-let, galv. iron, japa'd 1.00
Basin for sprinkling water " " " 1.00
Sprinkling Brush 1.50
Sprinkling Sieve, brass wire 2.50
Broom Corn Whisks, each .25
Bristol Brushes, No. 1, set in hard rubber, each .30
Bristol Brushes, No. 2, common, each .15
Stylus .10
Size Skimmer .35
1/8 in. Comb, heavy press board 3.25
1/4 in. Comb 1.40
1/2 in. Comb 1.35
Peacock Comb 3.25
Small Apparatus, iron and brass wire 5.00
Straining Cloth, one yard square .60
Extra large Dover egg beater, for beating gum size 3.50

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Transcribers Notes:

Some minor obvious typographical errors have been corrected
silently.

For the sake of consistency and clarity, fractions appearing
hyphenated throughout the book have been changed from e.g. 1-4 to
1/4. Fractions were also changed from e.g. 1 1-2 to 1-1/2.

Headings in the Table of Contents do not match headings in the
main body of the book.

Footnote [A] has been placed after the paragraph it refers to so
as to not disrupt the flow of the text.

Corrections made:

Pg. 7: "are the best, is erroneous [added comma] even heavy
oxides"

Pg. 8: "for color, by sufficient [replaced with "insufficient"]
caution in their handling"

Pg. 13: "the extraordinary adaptibility [replaced with
"adaptability"] of paper"

Pg. 17: "those indispensible [replaced with "indispensable"] to
the art"

Pg. 32: "The preparation of carragreen [replaced with
"carrageen"]"

Pg. 37: "saw accidently [replaced with "accidentally"] that this
obstacle"

Pg. 38: "to the color to spread out. [replaced period with
comma] I filled the trough"

Pg. 44: "It forms flat ribbon like [replaced with "ribbon-like"]
pieces"

Pg. 53: "yellowish white, hornlike [replaced with "horn-like" in
keeping with rest of text]"

Pg. 60: "combination with tauro-cholic [replaced with
"taurocholic" in keeping with rest of text] acid"

Pg. 60: "it reacts feebly [added "with"] acid"

Pg. 62: "impregnate them with alum water [added comma] allow them
to dry partly"

Pg. 65: "color [added "and"] why they appear pale,"

Pg. 81: "when the excess of acetic acid is evaporated and
[deleted "and" added comma] we have the desired acetate"

Pg. 81: "some [replaced with "same"] way as alum water"

Pg. 132: "bluish-green as described above [added ; here]
ochre; [deleted ;] yellow, 2 parts light chrome yellow"

Pg. 132: "In producing pea-cock [replaced with "peacock" in
keeping with text] marbles,"

Pg. 137: "in my many year's [replaced with "years'"] experience"

Pg. 167: "a good help to an [removed "an"] the inexperienced"

Pg. 198: "use ultramarine blue, [removed comma] for dark [added
comma]"

Pg. 213: "the gold laid on slightly [added comma] afterwards
continue"

Pg. 227: "Fd. Tondorf ClichË,--Property of OTTO SPAMER. [moved
this from below title "CHASED EDGES" to the illustration
caption]

Pg. 241: "Irish Moss, [carageen [replaced with "carrageen"]]"

Pg. 242: "1 Sprinkling Brush for heir-vein [replaced with
"hair-vein"] edges."

Pg. 242: "1 Sprinkling Sieve for heir-vein [replaced with
"hair-vein"] edges."

Pg. 242: "1 Sprinkling Sieve for heir-vein [replaced with
"hair-vein"] edges." (In Size B)

Not changed:

Pg. 62: "If 2-5 [not a fraction] ounces of rosin be boiled"

Both versions of the following words are used in the text and have been left as they appear:

alkalis, alkalies
Carrageen, carrageen
ClichË, Cliche
comb-edges, comb edges
laying-on, laying on
marsh mallow, marsh-mallows
viz., viz