A new system of practical domestic economy.

Date:
1828
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Credit: A new system of practical domestic economy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    common small lamps, which are seen in every tin- shop, will answer the purpose, provided that it con- tain a sufficiency of oil to continue burning bright during the requisite length of time.—The tube or burner of my lamp is little more than one-eighth of an inch in diameter; and this, at the distance of one inch and three quarters below the bottom of the pot (with the wick little more than one eighth of an inch high, and with pure spermaceti oil), has invariably performed, as above described, without requiring any trimming or other attention, and without producing any smoke; whereas, if the wick were too high, or the oil not good, the certain consequences would be—smoke, soot, and extinc- tion. “ One material advantage attending this mode of coffee-making is, that a smaller quantity of the powdered berry is requisite to give the desired strength to the liquor. The common methods re- quire that the powder be coarse; in which state it does not give out its virtue so completely as if it were ground liner: but in this process it may be used as fine as it can conveniently be rendered; and the finer it is, the smaller will be the quantity required, or the richer the extract.” The social breakfast meal dispatched, and the company breaking up, let us first accompany the gentlemen to the hunting Parlour, provided the weather prompts to out of door amuse- 1 he real sportsman, should he even deem a classical library superfluous, will not fail to de- corate his hunting parlour, in addition to his fow- ling-pieces, fishing-rods, and sporting prints, with