 A pound of common grease may be procured for four pence; and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes ; and one pound of rushes may be bought for one shilling ; so that a pound of rushes, medicated and ready for use, will cost three shillings.  The Natural History of Selborne - Page 328by Gilbert White - 1822Full view - About this book
 | British periodicals - 1821 - 690 pages
...the coarser animal oils will come very cheap. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of...wax with the grease, it will give it a consistency aud render it more cleanly, and make the rushes burn longer : mntton-suet would have the same effect.... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - English literature - 1826 - 524 pages
...knack is also to be attained by practice. — A pound of common grease may be procured for four-pence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of...keep bees will mix a little wax with the grease, it wilt give it a consistency, and render it more cleanly, and make the rushes burn longer. Mutton suet... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...White's letter the following calculations: — "A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpenee, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of...medicated and ready for use, will cost three shillings." — "A good rush which measured in length two feet four inches and a half, being minuted, burnt only... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...side, the coarser animal-oils will come cheap. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence ; and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of...bought for one shilling; so that a pound of rushes, covered with the fat, and ready for use, will cost three shillings. If men that keep bees will mix... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...coarser animal oils will come very cheap. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence ; and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of...bought for one shilling ; so that a pound of rushes, dipped and ready for use, will cost three shillings. If those who keep bees will mix a little wax with... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Children's stories - 1834 - 272 pages
...knack is also to be attained by practice. — A pound of common grease may be procured for four-pence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes, and one pound of rushes BKiy be bought for one shilling ; so that a pound of rushes medicated and ready for use, will cost... | |
 | Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - Cooking, English - 1835 - 476 pages
...grease will dip a pound of rushes, which cost one shilling, so that a pound of rushes ready for burning, will cost three shillings. If men that keep bees will...wax with the grease, it will give it a consistency, render it more cleanly, and make the rushes burn longer: mutton suet will have the same effect. A good... | |
 | Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - Cooking, English - 1835 - 412 pages
...coarse animal oils will come very cheap. A pound of common grease may be procured for four-pence ; and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes, which cost one shilling, so that a pound of rushes ready for burning, will cost three shillings. If... | |
 | 1843
...coarser animal oils will come very cheap — a pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence ; and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of...medicated and ready for use, will cost three shillings. If persons that keep bees will mix a little wax with the sjreasp, it will give it a consistency, and renJer... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1842 - 342 pages
...the coarser animal oils will come very cheap. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes, and a pound of rushes may be bought for one shilling ; so that a pound of rushes, medicated and ready for... | |
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