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(seq. 36)
Queries relating to Sound...from B. Franklin Letters, page 436 It is a common Observation that the Sound of a Bell under an [eschausted?] [River?] is not so loud as when in the open Air; Whence Air has been affirmed to be the Vehicle of Sound. [Bus?] [1] Whether the Experiment is not ambigous; i.e., whether the gradual eschausting of the Air, as it creates an increasing difference of pressure on the outside, may not occasion in the glass a difficulty of vibrating that renders it less fit to communicate to the Air without the vibration that strike it from within; and the diminution of the Sound arise from this cause, rather than from the diminution of the Air?
(seq. 37)
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(seq. 40)
Recipe for Fining Cider
Take one tables spoon full of Allum pounded fine and beat with the whites of six eggs, 'til they foam well; then mix them with one or two quarts of cider and stir them together & keeping adding cider 'til they are thoroughly mixed. Fill up the Barrel as the froth subsides. Stop the cask close.
Recipe for fining Wine
Take half a pint of new milk directly from the cow, mix it with half a gallon of water, then put the whole into a quarter cask of wine, take a long stick & put it into the bung-hole, and stir it well for 8 or 10 minutes, when done put away the cask to stand steady; in 6 or 8 days it will be perfectly fit for use. If the wine should be high coloured, as Sherry generally is, double the quantity of milk & water. By mixing water with milk, instead of wine, it incorporates better and fines better.
Put [ ? ] March 22, 1803
Recipe for taking a film from an Horse's eye.
Black pepper, finely ground, and sifted through a piece of gauze; add [ ? ] fine ground salt; of each as much as will lay on the point of a [casd?] knife, mixing them well together; then take as much dough as will cover an ounce ball, make it flat, place the pepper & salt thereon, & roll them up, making the same about the size of an ounce ball; then put it as low down as possible in the [ ? ] Ear, fastening the ear so as to prevent it falling out. The above takes off the worst of films, and no way injures the Horse.
Palladium March 22 1803