This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
No. 1. Pure sand, 40 parts; dry carbonate of soda, 26½ parts; lime, 4 Parts; nitre, 1½ parts; broken plate.
Quartz-sand, l00 parts; calcined sulphate.
Of Soda, 24 Parts; Lime, 20 Parts; Cullet Of Soda-Glass, 12 Parts.
Sand, 100 Parts; Calcined Sulphate Of Soda, 60 Parts; Lime, 20 Parts; Charcoal, 2¾ Parts.
White quartz sand and cullet, of each 300 parts; dry carbonate of soda, 100 parts; slacked lime, 43 parts.
 
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