Henley's Formulas, Recipes and Processes
Thousands of Practical Formulas for Household Science, Manufacturing, Preservation, and Applied ChemistryBy Various
Length55h 19m
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Henley's Formulas, Recipes and Processes is a capacious compendium of practical knowledge, assembling instructions for household preparations, manufacturing techniques, chemical compounds, agricultural applications, medicines, cleaning agents, and numerous mechanical and commercial procedures. Its concise, utilitarian entries favor measurement, sequence, and reproducibility over discursive explanation, reflecting the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century tradition of the practical handbook and the culture of self-improvement through applied science. Read today, the volume is valuable not only as a reference but also as a historical document: it reveals how technical expertise circulated before modern specialization, when domestic craft, workshop chemistry, and emerging industrial science frequently occupied the same intellectual space. The work belongs to the broader Henley tradition of formula books, a publishing enterprise associated with the collection and organization of dispersed knowledge for artisans, manufacturers, householders, and experimenters. Compiled by various contributors and editors rather than presenting a single authorial argument, it embodies an encyclopedic ideal in which useful information is gathered, classified, and made accessible. Its authors' likely motivation was democratic and practical: to translate specialized experience into procedures that readers could test, adapt, and incorporate into everyday production. This book is recommended to readers interested in the history of technology, material culture, domestic science, industrial practice, and vernacular chemistry. Historians will find evidence of period assumptions about labor, efficiency, and expertise, while makers and curious experimenters will appreciate its inventive range. It is best approached critically, with historical awareness, but its breadth and documentary immediacy make it an unusually rewarding guide to the applied knowledge of its era.
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GenreTechnology
Length55 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 16, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Art of Bookbinding: A practical treatise, with plates and diagrams (Annotated)
26AQUA AROMATICA.—
2PREFACE
27AQUA REGIA.
3PARTIAL LIST OF AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
28BAKING POWDERS
4HENLEY’S BOOK OF RECIPES
29BALSAMS:
5ACID-PROOFING
30BATH TABLETS, EFFERVESCENT.
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6ADHESIVES (pt. 1)
31BATTERY FILLERS AND SOLUTIONS.
7ADHESIVES (pt. 2)
32BAY RUM.
8AGATE, BUTTONS OF ARTIFICIAL.
33BEEF, IRON, AND WINE.
9AIR BATH.
34BEER, RESTORATION OF SPOILED.
10AIR-PURIFYING.
35BEES, FOUL BROOD IN.
11ALBUMEN IN URINE, DETECTION OF.
36BELT PASTES FOR INCREASING ADHESION.
12ALCOHOL
37BENZINE
13ALLOYS (pt. 1)
38BENZOPARAL:
14ALLOYS (pt. 2)
39BEVERAGES
15ALUM:
40BIRD FOODS:
16ALUMINUM AND ITS TREATMENT
41BLEACHING
17AMALGAMS
42BLIGHT REMEDIES.
18AMBER:
43BLUE FROM GREEN AT NIGHT, TO DISTINGUISH:
19AMMONIA
44BLUE PRINTS, TO MAKE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS ON:
20ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS
45BOIL REMEDY.
21ANCHOVY PREPARATIONS
46BOILER COMPOUNDS
22ANTIQUES, TO PRESERVE.
47BONE BLACK:
23ANTISEPTICS
48BONES, A TEST FOR BROKEN.
24ASTHMA CURES.
49BOOKS, THEIR HANDLING AND PRESERVATION:
25ATROPINE, ANTIDOTE TO.
50BORAX FOR SPRINKLING.
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