This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
Several materials, such as white petroleum jelly or benzoated lard, could be used for making a cheap toilet cream for chapped hands. Cocoanut oil, scented with a little oil of lavender, is a good cream. The following is a more complicated recipe. Melt together benzoated lard. 11 lb.; spermaceti, 2oz.; and white wax,1/2 oz. Add rose water 2oz., and oil of bergamot 1 1/2 dr., and stir thoroughly till cold.
 
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