re for galvanic and telegraph
purposes, &c., 259 W. 27th St., N.Y.

Shingle, Heading, and Stave Machine. See advertisement of Trevor &
Co., Lockport, N.Y.

For Solid Wrought iron Beams, etc., see advertisement. Address Union
Iron Mills, Pittsburgh, Pa., for lithograph, etc.

Articles in Light Metal Work, Fine Castings in Brass, Malleable Iron,
&c., Japanning, Tinning, Galvanizing. Welles Specialty Works, Chicago,
Ill.

See Boult's Paneling, Moulding, and Dovetailing Machine at Centennial,
B. 8-55. Send for pamphlet and sample of work. B.C. Mach'y Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.

Wanted--Novel and practical invention, by a reliable house, for
manufacturing. Address Post Office, Box 25, Chillicothe, Ohio.

Chester Steel Castings Co. make castings twice as strong as malleable
iron castings, at about the same price. See their advertisement on
page 125.

Hand Fire Engines, Lift and Force Pumps for fire and all other
purposes. Address Rumsey & Co., Seneca Falls, N.Y., U.S.A.

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NOTES & QUERIES

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S.J.S. will find good recipes for laundry soaps on pp. 331, 379, vol.
31. For toilet soaps, see p. 289, vol. 28.--B.F.T. will find
directions for putting a black finish on brass on p. 362, vol.
25.--J.C.S. will find directions for coloring a meerschaum pipe on p.
90, vol. 36.--A.B. will find a good recipe for Babbitt metal on p.
122, vol. 28.--G.A.D. will find directions for coloring butter with
annatto on p. 187, vol. 31.--L.O.J. will find something on iceboats
sailing faster than the wind on p. 107, vol. 36.--J.M.L. will find
directions for clarifying cotton seed oil on p. 91, vol. 36.--D.V.
will find a good recipe for shoe polish on p. 107, vol. 36.--A.B. will
find directions for japanning on metal on p. 408, vol. 30.--T.S.D.
will find recipes for all kinds of colored fires on p. 203, vol.
34.--G.S.C. can fasten his paper labels to wood with flour
paste.--W.R.B. will find directions for dyeing billiard balls on p.
88, vol. 34.--G.W.M. will find directions for making raisins on p. 59,
vol. 34.--T.F.T. will find something on burning petroleum in steam
boilers on p. 165, vol. 30.--S.B.U. will find some illustrations of
lathes for turning spokes, tool handles, etc., on p. 88, vol.
36.--W.E.P. will find a formula for safety valves on p. 330. vol.
32.--A.O. will find directions for removing mildew on p. 138, vol.
27. For mending rubber boots