| 单词 | borax |
| 例句 | Fat, kindly Dr. Cuevas attempted to treat her with pills of his own devising, with vitamins in syrup and throat swabbings with borax honey, but all to no apparent effect. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Using borax, water, and pipe cleaners, we made our own crystals. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Hydrogen peroxide, vegetable oil and borax are mentioned. ‘Burning Cane’ Review: Poverty and Despair in Rural Louisiana 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Another recipe omits the borax, which is of questionable safety, but adds baking soda to soften fabrics and eliminate odors; kosher salt for enhanced cleaning and softness; and essential oils for their aromas. How Low Can You Go (Sofa-wise)? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The primary motif of the genre is slime—a variable mixture made from Elmer’s white glue and a range of household substances from borax to starch. The “Oddly Satisfying” Pleasures of Slime Porn 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z More than 30 years later, borax, a salt ubiquitous in industrial and household applications, like detergents, was discovered in the valley. It’s the Cool Season in Death Valley 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Place the borax in a bowl; slowly pour in the liquid soap, stirring all the while, until the consistency reaches that of a frosting. 6 All-Natural Cleaning Products You Can Make at Home 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Combine the washing soda, borax, and soap in a spray bottle. 6 All-Natural Cleaning Products You Can Make at Home 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z I’d never heard of washing soda and was convinced I wouldn’t be able to find it at the store—but it was right next to the borax in the cleaning aisle! 6 All-Natural Cleaning Products You Can Make at Home 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z TikTok users posting videos of themselves ingesting borax and water solution have falsely claimed it can help treat inflammation, joint pain, arthritis, lupus and a range of other conditions. A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z A potentially dangerous trend has gained prominence on TikTok, with a number of people mixing borax into water and drinking it for supposed health benefits. A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z I stirred the caldron of nearly boiling borax with the gall of a necromancer, invoking help for murder. Modern Love: Wearing Your Heart on Your Skin 2011-07-08T19:05:31Z While Williams fixed the tire, and Ms. Becket walked around the town, an borax mining complex built in the 1920s. Marta Becket, dancer in the desert, dies at 92 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Add the grated soap to 250ml each of washing soda and borax, mix well. How to make your own laundry detergent – and help save the planet 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z There's no evidence to support the latest claims about borax. A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z These products are typically pure borax, but other additives may be present. A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Clearly, we shouldn't be drinking borax or eating laundry pods. A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z There are variations that use borax, baking soda or contact lens solution, plus lotion to make it silky or shaving cream for those who prefer a little fluff, but glue is a go-to base. Slime is everywhere. It’s everywhere. Slime is everywhere. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z But while borax is naturally occurring, this isn't a guarantee of safety. A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax. An expert explains the risks 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z After the soaking, I transferred the laundry to the front loader, where I poured more borax into the mix. Modern Love: Wearing Your Heart on Your Skin 2011-07-08T19:05:31Z Combine two tablespoons of warm water and 1/2 teaspoon of borax powder. Make a super ball! 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z THE FACTS: Not only is there no evidence to support purported health benefits touted around the cleaning product, health experts say ingesting borax can be harmful or deadly to humans if swallowed. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Using a natural solution such as baking soda, lemons and borax can help clean your home with a fresh scent. Ever house has a smell. But do you know how to appeal to the nose? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z He passed by mysterious tilled rows where miners had harvested borax more than 100 years ago. Blisters. Hallucinations: A hiker's grueling attempt to cross Death Valley in four days 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Alternatives to bleach include hydrogen peroxide, borax, vinegar and even lemon juice. Greener cleaners to buy or make — that don’t sacrifice power | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z For example, when a soil test indicated that my raised beds required boron, I applied borax laundry additive. Garden Q&A: How to remove invasive grass, compost cardboard and more 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Experts say social media users appear to be conflating boron, a naturally occurring mineral, with borax, which is also naturally occurring and is produced when boron is combined with sodium, hydrogen and oxygen. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Another recipe omits the borax, a product of questionable safety, and adds baking soda to soften fabrics and eliminate odors, along with kosher salt for enhanced cleaning and softness, and essential oils for their aromas. How low can you go (sofa-wise) and other home queries 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z If you don’t want to use bleach but do want something other than water, then vinegar, borax and branded products you can find at a hardware store or home center also kill mold. How to remove mold from walls 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Anti-vaxxers who have caved to vaccine mandates have also used products like the household cleaner borax in a supposed effort "undo" their vaccinations, which is not possible. Listerine rejects GOP Sen. Ron Johnson’s claim that mouthwash can prevent COVID 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z If you don’t want to use bleach but do want something other than water, try vinegar, borax or branded products that you can find at a hardware store or home center, which also kill mold. How to remove mold from walls 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z You can also add more borax — up to a cup — if the laundry is “moldy or musty.” What is laundry stripping, and does it work? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z People often use drying agents or desiccants that include one or more mixtures of sand, activated charcoal, glycerin, gels, borax, sawdust and cornstarch. To keep enjoying your garden’s flowers, consider drying them 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Some cleaning agents, like borax, bleach and ammonia are potentially harmful. Cleaning products that are downright … adorable? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Many companies in China still use borax as a food preservative — even though it is banned in the United States, China and other countries, said Jim Michaels, who owns Aquaculture Consulting Services. After China turned it into a cheap snack, caviar is at risk of losing its status as a luxury good 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z But many of the toys use the mineral borax, which contains boron, to help create their stickiness. Hamleys pulls slime toy amid safety fears 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Some people experience irritation from borax, so double-rinsing the linens might also be necessary. What is laundry stripping, and does it work? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Half had their food dosed at varying levels with chemical preservatives, starting with borax, a salt of boric acid; the others ate the same meals, free of additives. Rotten meat and bottled formaldehyde: fighting for food safety 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The chemical is found in borax, a common ingredient in slime that helps to create its stickiness. Parents warned over 'toxic' slime 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z An overlook about three miles from the Inn brings views of the colorful hues of Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago and became a top source for borax mining. TRAVEL: Death Valley luxury outside Las Vegas 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z He’s done work on a US ammunitions storage facility, a Spanish borax mine, and various environmental catastrophes. Death from above: how David Maisel turned 'the new Area 51' into land art 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Its Cairns store held a “slime-making DIY workshop” with “Naomi in aisle 38” in early April describing mixing glue and borax as “a great way to keep the kids entertained”. Global slime craze sparks safety warnings after borax blamed for burns 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The participants soon worked out that the borax had been secreted in butter, and stopped putting it on their bread. Rotten meat and bottled formaldehyde: fighting for food safety 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z This is because some ingredients listed for slime, such as contact lens solution, contain borax and often slime recipes do not list the quantities that need to be added. Parents warned over 'toxic' slime 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “Without lithium, we would be starving,” said Apolinar Nieva, who has worked for years as a miner, first in borax, now lithium. Indigenous people are left poor as tech world takes lithium from under their feet 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Initially, teams of mules were used to carry loads of borax out of the valley. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z In 1914, Stephen Mather, a wealthy director of a borax mining company in California, observed the deteriorating conditions of some of America’s national parks and wrote a letter of protest to Interior Secretary Franklin Lane. We must recommit to national parks, America’s cathedrals 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The ants are drawn to the sweet sticky solution and ingest the borax. Letter of Recommendation: Terro Liquid Ant Bait 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z In central Mexico the local recipe for a natural plaster is simple: clay, lime, borax and a slurry of cut-up nopal cactus paddles. Natural plaster advocates want to reduce cement in construction 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Talbott guided a steady stream of children through the paces of producing “slime” from glue, water, borax and food coloring. EXCHANGE: Millikin chemistry students combine fun, science 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Few people made honest money from Death Valley mines, at least until the borax business came in, at the turn of the twentieth century. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Add 1 teaspoon of castile soap, 1 teaspoon of borax and half a teaspoon of washing soda. 6 Smart Money-Saving Strategies for Spring Cleaning 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z One side is filled with a syrupy liquid, a sugar solution with borax. Letter of Recommendation: Terro Liquid Ant Bait 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z A small house from that period now holds the Borax Museum whose walls are crammed with artifacts from the borax era. Inn At Furnace Creek: The Lodge That Launched Death Valley 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Skin contact may not be harmful, but in the form of borax it poses a greater danger, especially if swallowed. FBI investigating letters with powder sent to L.A. County officials 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The town near the eastern entrance of Death Valley National Park thrived while the borax mine and Death Valley Railroad were still in operation. Ghost towns of the Southwest 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Before pasteurisation, milk very often contained bovine TB, which would flourish in the bacteria-friendly environment created by borax. 10 dangerous things in Victorian/Edwardian homes 2013-12-10T04:07:26Z He suggests some frightening substances: borax - an aggressive chemical used for industrial cleaning - or, even more hair-raising, cyanide, Both "become safe with exposure to air after about 24 hours," he says. A beautiful but deadly liquid metal 2013-11-30T02:16:47Z Then there are the substances women have ingested: any number of herbs – sometimes even lethal ones, quinine, borax, ergot of rye, sea-coral and fat from the claws of the polar bear. #GreatKateWait: Baby s due, but might not have gotten the memo 2013-07-20T20:15:00.637Z Banned in the US and Canada as a food additive but allowed in the EU, borax is also known for making its way into fire-retardant, anti-fungal compounds and enamel. 10 gross ingredients you didn't know were in your food 2013-05-13T11:11:46Z Casein is a milk byproduct, and borax is a common chemical used in laundry detergents. Green Blog: At Last, the Straw Bale House Is a ... Home 2013-01-10T12:39:32Z Boracic acid, more commonly known as borax, was believed to "purify" milk, removing the sour taste and smell from milk that had gone off. 10 dangerous things in Victorian/Edwardian homes 2013-12-10T04:07:26Z Also, when I had a sailboat I was told that if it became infested with cockroaches, sprinkle borax all over and that would eliminate them. City Room: Answers From Gary Braness: How Do I Deal With Pests? Part 2 2012-05-29T20:59:14Z For coating-over, take one part white of egg, two parts water, and to every 1/2 litre add 10 drops of glycerine and 1 g. borax. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z An equally good compound is made up of equal quantities of borax and pulverized glass, well wetted with alcohol, and heated to a red heat in a crucible. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Put the sage tea, when cold, into a quart bottle; add the borax; shake well together and put in a cool place. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z The thinking was that as the cockroaches walked through the borax the stuff would stick to their legs, and when they preened they would ingest the borax and die off. City Room: Answers From Gary Braness: How Do I Deal With Pests? Part 2 2012-05-29T20:59:14Z Only the clear liquid which is strained off is to be used—a pinch of borax will make it keep longer. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The borax and sal-ammoniac are powdered, mixed, and slowly heated until they melt. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Strain it off and add a piece of borax the size of an English walnut; pulverize the borax. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z But if any soluble salt, such as borax, nitre, or soda, is employed, it is necessary to render them insoluble, by vitrifying them together with other substances. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z "You might take a little honey and borax, my dear boy," she advised, and immediately continued her estimate of the emotional situation. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Take 15 cents worth of powdered borax and a small bottle of Persian Insect Powder, and mix thoroughly together. Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of all Classes 2012-02-11T03:03:43.593Z Examples of substances exhibiting these three kinds of dispersion are borax, orthoclase and gypsum respectively. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The Thrush may be cured by washing the tongue and mouth with borax dissolved in tincture of myrrh and water. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Lead fluxes, containing oxide of lead, are sufficiently fusible for all ordinary purposes, and are not liable to the same objection as fluxes containing borax. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z This wax is composed of beeswax mixed with some of the following substances, 14 viz. red ochre, verdigris, copper scales, alum, vitriol, borax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Again, tightly secure the lid and shake it until no particles of borax remain and the solution is clear. Playing with Polymers 2012-01-05T15:45:00.273Z Place it, together with several small pieces of rosin and a little borax or carbonate of soda, in a small blacklead crucible, and heat to very bright redness over a good fire. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z Here caravans come from Ladakh, Nepal and upper Tibet, bringing gold, borax, salt, wool, musk and furs, to exchange for tea, tobacco, sugar, cotton goods, 751 broadcloth and hardware. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z These are the hard materials to be vitrified by the fluxes, which are carbonate or oxide of lead, boracic acid or borax, potash or soda, carbonate of lime or barytes. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z In this pulverulent state the gold is mixed with 1⁄12th of its weight of oxide of bismuth, together with a small quantity of borax and gum water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Try changing the percentages of glue in Solution #1 or of the borax in Solution #2 to see how that changes your product. Playing with Polymers 2012-01-05T15:45:00.273Z Its solution is not thickened by borax, and is precipitated by neutral lead acetate; and dilute sulphuric acid converts it into d-glucose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z A glaze with a borax base, if ground dry and mixed with water and re-ground before sieving, will give little trouble if used immediately. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z One said, "My dad cured saddle galls, He called it Doctor Barton's cure; Hog's lard and borax, laid on pure." Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z The women began to pour the bombs on Sem�n's army, like borax on cockroaches, and the whole army ran away, and King Sem�n was left alone. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z As borax cross-links more and more of the glue molecules together and they become more viscous, an increasingly larger and solid polymeric material is made from the reaction. Playing with Polymers 2012-01-05T15:45:00.273Z Mix one and a half centumpondia of this with one centumpondium of the chrysocolla which they call borax; from the mixture, when it has been moistened with water, make a lump. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z This mass is easily fusible when lead or borax is present in large proportions, more infusible or harder the more silica it contains, and very refractory if alumina is present in any quantity. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z Make an infusion of raspberry leaves, to which add a small quantity of borax or alum. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The precipitate is collected in a filter-press, and then roasted in muffle furnaces with nitre, borax and sodium carbonate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Its affinity to water enables it to dissolve ice, and to deprive borax, nitre, and other saline substances, of the water that enters into their composition. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Sal-ammoniac was also known in his time, and was used like borax as a soldering agent. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The substitution of borax for a portion of the silica can also be tried and will permit the use of slightly lower firing point. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z The usual form of prescription, in veterinary practice, is,— Powdered borax, half an ounce. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z I'm going to clean out the whole of the three shelves this afternoon and sprinkle borax everywhere where it can't taste. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z By its affinity to water it deprives borax of it. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The following historical notes on borax and sal-ammoniac may be of service. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Raw borax glazes require much more careful firing than raw lead glazes but often give better colour results and are less liable to sulphuring. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z We will descend into the churchyard beneath the fortress walls; kindle ambergris and borax on a tripod; hurl the magic wand into the nearest grave, and so compel the dwellers therein to appear before thee. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The boracic acid was found to be too volatile to allow the alumina to crystallize, but the use of borax made the necessary difference. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Grain and coarse cloth are exported, and salt, borax, live-stock and wool are imported, the trade with Tibet being considerable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Borax.—The uncertainties of the ancient distinctions in salts involve borax deeply. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Did you ever sip warm catsup sweetened with borax? Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Of this I mixed six parts with four of pulverized borax, and a little charcoal, and submitted it to the intense heat of a small chemical furnace. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Shortly afterwards he produced the ruby by employing borax as the solvent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z A borax that kills the vermin of remorse, but that can not be relied upon to kibosh their breeding-place. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z The word Baurach occurs in Geber and the other early Alchemistic writings, but there is nothing to prove that it was modern borax. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z All the specimens figured are from Port Canning and, except D, are represented as they appear when stained with borax carmine and mounted in canada balsam. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z I must remark that the little file and bit of borax, without which the job could not have been accomplished, was produced from the miscellaneous housewife of my hostess. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z And further: "For this reason some professional men gave vent to the suspicion that the wood was submitted to an artificial preparation, probably by the use of borax." George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z Such solvents are boracic acid, borax, phosphate of soda, phosphoric acid, &c.:—the one chiefly employed by M. Ebelman is boracic acid. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z There cannot be the slightest doubt, however, that the material referred to by Agricola as borax was our borax, because of the characteristic qualities incidentally mentioned in Book VII. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Mojave was once the end of the line for the 20-wagon mule train transporting borax from Death Valley in the 1880s. Watch this space 2011-05-05T23:01:02Z Dey also used borax, alum and blue stone, to set de dye. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Thus there is no other way to advise those pseudo-professional men to have such borax violins made and patented! George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z At the present time the use of borax or boracic acid is almost universal in England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z It is from this variety that the Venetians make chrysocolla, which I call borax.... De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z If you wash the board on which the fish is cut, at once, in plenty of hot water, with soap and a little soda or borax all the odor of the fish will be removed. A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery 2011-03-15T02:00:12.260Z Each worker has a little saucer of borax, wet, and stirred with a camel-hair pencil. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z He finds that borax and the borates affect plants very seriously, and doubts whether it can be innocuous to animals. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z In that case, powdered borax will prove an expedient eradicator. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z For a long time the borax of Europe was imported from Central Asia, through Constantinople and Venice, under the name of tincal or tincar. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Safer choices are natural and low-cost alternatives that work just as well such as vinegar, baking soda, borax and hydrogen peroxide. Top green resolutions for a healthier you 2011-01-03T17:43:04Z With this pencil she transfers a little of the borax to the flattened point of a sort of bodkin, and then anoints the links where they join. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z French beans watered once with a solution of borax quickly withered and died. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The Internet is full of recipes for DIY "disinfectants" using ingredients such as vinegar, baking soda or borax. Green Lantern: Choosing kitchen disinfectants 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z Rio, the world's No. 3 mining company with net profits of $6.3 billion in 2009, put its borax business up for sale last year but recently took it off the market. Locked-out Rio Tinto borax miners in U.S. get support 2010-02-25T01:22:00Z The nitrate and borax deposits are extensive and productive, and common salt is a natural product of large areas in the elevated desert regions of the Andes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Boric acid and borax are perhaps on a slightly different footing, but are never present in natural foods, and there is no good evidence that their long-continued ingestion in small doses is without injurious effect. Food Poisoning If they do not come out, use a solution of borax, ammonia and chloride of lime, or burn some sulphur and hold the stains over the fumes. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines To be distinguished by the taste, soluble in water; as rock-salt, alum, borax. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The mountainous region is rich in minerals, and there is a valuable deposit of borax near the capital, Arequipa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The exports include copper and silver and their ores, nitrate of soda, borax, guano and other minerals in small quantities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" When the saponification has occurred, the sugar, borax and glycerine are added, the water run in and the mixture stirred until the soap is thoroughly dissolved. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. Cocoa stains may be removed by sprinkling borax over the spot. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines Like the other provinces of this region, Antofagasta produces for export copper, silver, 148 silver ores, lead, nitrate of soda, borax and salt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" In fact, apart from a bag of jaded acid-drops, there were only two pleasant inmates of this cupboard—the silvery and lucent syrup of squills and a round box of honey and borax. Sinister Street, vol. 1 By a mixture of borax and quicksilver they produced a mining powder by which the enemy's pieces were blown up, in case there was not time to spike them. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Filling materials used are sodium silicate, or water glass, talc, silex, pumice, starch, borax, tripoli, etc. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. If ants get into the kitchen or store closets borax sprinkled on the shelves will often send them away, or if they are very troublesome dishes of food can be stood in pans of water. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps For brazed joints, spelter or powdered brass is employed, and the flux is usually borax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The dark product obtained is washed with water, hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid, and finally calcined again with the oxide or with borax, being protected from air during the operation by a layer of charcoal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" An alternative method is to dissolve sodium carbonate in lead-lined steam-heated pans, and add the boric acid gradually; the solution then being concentrated until the borax crystallizes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Dissolve the sodium carbonate and borax in water and when dissolved add the glycerine and stir. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. The dish is then heated gently for a few minutes, and, if boric acid or borax is present, a pink or dark red color will appear. Dietetics for Nurses The borax is generally powdered and mixed with the spelter, and both with water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" In small quantities, it may be prepared by the addition of concentrated sulphuric acid to a cold saturated solution of borax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The same hydrate can be prepared by dissolving borax in water until the solution has a specific gravity of 1.246 and then allowing the solution to cool. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" If borax is present the carbon dioxide is boiled off after neutralizing exactly to methyl orange; cool, add mannite and phenolphthalein and titrate the boric acid with standard alkali. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. Tests for Adulterants.—Boric acid, borax, and formaldehyde are the preservatives more often found in milk. Dietetics for Nurses But sometimes they are applied separately, the borax first and over this the particles of spelter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Instead of alum various other salts, e.g. borax, may be used. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Crystals of ordinary borax swell up to a very great extent on heating, losing their water of crystallization and melting to a clear white glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Other filling material as silicate of soda, borax, talc or silex are used. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. This may be accomplished by pouring through it a solution made by dissolving one-half ounce of borax, washing soda, or ammonia in one gallon of boiling water. Dietetics for Nurses The fused borax works its way in by capillary action, and the spelter follows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Mineral salt and borax abound on this arid and almost wholly pastureless soil. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The crystals of octahedral borax fuse more easily than those of the prismatic form and are less liable to split when heated, so that they are preferable for soldering or fluxing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Gold, petroleum, copper, borax and its products, clays, quicksilver and silver lead, in order of importance, representing some four-fifths of the total. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" In borax bead gives color characteristic of nickel. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis In the second method, a joint is made by means of the Kraus flux, which consists of equal weights of zinc oxide, borax, and powdered soda-glass fused together. A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing The borax is collected from small reservoirs, which become completely full of it. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Fused borax dissolves many metallic oxides, forming complex borates which in many cases show characteristic colours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" More than nine-tenths of the borax product of the country comes from about Death Valley. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead on platinum wire. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis But in hard water soap seems to curdle, and some softening agent like borax has to be added or the water will chap the hands. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Canker in the Ear.—Wash well with soap and warm water; fill up the ear with finely powdered charcoal or powdered borax. The Dog The optical characters are interesting, because of the striking crossed dispersion of the optic axes, of which phenomenon borax affords the best example. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Enormous quantities of borax, already exploited, and of nitrate of soda, are known to be present in the surrounding country, the former as almost pure borate of lime in Tertiary lake sediments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis For the borax beads and the qualitative separation of copper from other metals, see Chemistry: Analytical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The chinks and holes from which they issue should also be filled up with unslaked lime, or painted with a mixture of borax and heated turpentine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Tibetan mineral deposits have been known since very early times, and formerly the crude material was exported to Europe, under the name of tincal, for the preparation of pure borax and other boron salts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Cobalt salts may be readily detected by the formation of the black sulphide, in alkaline solution, and by the blue colour they produce when fused with borax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis Extensive deposits of borax and common salt have been found in the same region, which with several other products of these saline deposits, such as iodine, add considerably to its exports. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" A little ammonia or borax in the rinsing water makes them soft and white. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings In the mud of the lakes and in the surrounding marshy soil fine isolated crystals of borax are frequently found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Why could she not have met this handsomely dressed gentleman sometime when she was not going to the grocery store to buy such things as stove-blacking and borax? Mrs. Cliff's Yacht In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead on platinum wire. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis This is a concrete acid, extracted from a salt procured from India called borax or tincall. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries They took everything off and washed the shelves with warm water and borax and wiped them dry, and put on fresh papers. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings The optic figure seen in convergent polarized light through a section cut parallel to the plane of symmetry of a borax crystal is symmetrical only with respect to the central point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" It was there where the white band widened out to a lake-bed, that men came in winter to do their assessment work and scrape up the cotton-ball borax. Shadow Mountain In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead on platinum wire. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis By chemical analysis we learn that borax is a neutral salt with excess of base, consisting of soda, partly saturated with a peculiar acid long called Homberg's sedative salt, now the boracic acid. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Ants hate borax, so you can put that on the shelves in all the corners, and it will help keep them away. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings Betty remembered having seen a box of borax on the kitchen shelf, and Bob volunteered to go for it. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune The westering sun caught the glint of water in the poisonous, salt-marshes of the Sink; but, far to the south, the great ultimate Sink of Sinks was a-gleam with borax and salt. Shadow Mountain In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead on platinum wire. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis The goods imported at these places from Thibet are salt carried on sheep, gold, silver, musk, and musk-deer skins, the tails called Chaungris, blankets, borax, Chinese silks, and medicinal herbs. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha She gave it a good scrubbing with warm water and borax, and put in a fresh dish of charcoal before she put back the ice and dishes of food. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings I learned of one exposure recently made where it was found that a widely advertised eye wash was composed of borax and water. Carmen Ariza It’s 66a great, big sink, all white with salt and borax; and at the upper end, where he went across, there are miles and miles of sand-hills. Shadow Mountain In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead on platinum wire. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis This should be followed by astringents, such as one-half tablespoonful of alum, borax, or chlorate of potassium placed on the tongue. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The only remedy we could suggest, and which was very successful, was powdered borax. The Candy Maker's Guide A Collection of Choice Recipes for Sugar Boiling Meat that has become slightly tainted may be quite restored by washing it in water in which is a teaspoonful of borax, cutting away every part in the least discolored. Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen Hold the loop of wire in the flame of a Bunsen burner for a few seconds, then dip the looped end in borax powder. Common Science In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead on platinum wire. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis For an external application, when the skin is abraded or thickened from rubbing, a solution of borax, 4 ounces to the quart of water, may be used. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle In order to prevent this as much as possible it is advisable to use a little borax in each boil. The Candy Maker's Guide A Collection of Choice Recipes for Sugar Boiling The gold itself is then mixed with borax, put through a further smelting-process, and ultimately comes out in solid nuggets, worth, according to the purity of the gold, from 300l. to 400l. each. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Some of the borax will stick to the hot loop. Common Science In flame on platinum wire____ With borax bead on platinum wire. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis Harms strongly recommends borax in the treatment of peritonitis. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle With a paddle or ladle, drop in a cleaning compound of equal parts of powdered rosin, borax, and flower of sulphur. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair In later years the mule-drivers of the borax company enlarged the well which Asahel Bennett and J. B. Arcane dug here in the sand. When the West Was Young You may have to dip it into the borax once or twice more to get a good-sized bead. Common Science In borax bead it slowly dissolves to a clear transparent glass, which is a beautiful green when cool. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis This will account for the very little that is popularly known of the borax lagoons of Tuscany, or of the race of peasants by whom they are rendered profitable. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. With a paddle or ladle drop in a cleaning compound of equal parts of powdered rosin, borax and flower of sulphur. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair The chemicals added were borax, boracic acid, salicilic acid, sodium carbonate, and other similar disinfectants. Rural Hygiene The cobalt will always change the borax bead to the blue you got; the chromium will make the bead emerald green or, in certain kinds of flame, ruby red; etc. Common Science This globule may be examined for iron, cobalt, and nickel with the borax bead. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis From these the borax is conveyed to the drying-rooms, where in the course of a very few hours, it is ready to be packed for exportation. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. In the former case it will be sufficient to cleanse the mouth with a little sage tea, sweetened with the honey of roses, and mixed with a dram of borax. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The flux used is borax made into a thin paste with water. Boys' Book of Model Boats Be careful not to get borax on the upper part of the wire or on the handle. Common Science In the borax bead it reacts for copper. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis In a mountainous district of Tuscany, lying about twenty miles west of Sienna, are situated the extraordinary lagoons from which borax is obtained. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Have a bowl of warm water, in which dissolve some borax. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society But be very sure the last rinsing is thorough—borax, though wholly harmless, adds nothing to digestibility. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South If itching is pronounced, remove crusts and scabs after soaking with olive oil, dust borax, finely powdered on the surface. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) It reacts with the borax bead for copper and iron. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis Again, from the immense increase of borax produced in former times we may safely infer its increase in future. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Prepare a big bowl of tepid water, into which you sprinkle a small quantity of ammonia or borax. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society There has also been small production of borax in Thibet, brought out from the mountains on sheep-back. The Economic Aspect of Geology Rose or cherry-red color = borax or boric acid. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. In borax bead gives usual indications of iron. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis Masgagin, a professor of anatomy, found the mineral in a concrete state in several streams issuing from the lagoons, and suggested the propriety of establishing manufactories of borax. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. A very good and simple way to test for such adulterations is to take up a quantity of the oil in a test tube with a solution of borax and water. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers Borates, principally in the form of borax, occur in hot springs and in lakes of volcanic regions. The Economic Aspect of Geology Carbonate of soda is used in the manufacture of soap, bleaching wool, coloring and painting tissues, and in the manufacture of fine crystal ware and the preparation of borax. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 With borax bead it reacts for iron and sometimes for manganese. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis I know that place—four hundred feet below sea level—alkali—borax and all that sort of stuff. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery The pure mineral oil will appear at the top as a clear liquid and the excess of the borax solution at the bottom, the emulsion being in between. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers Certain of the hot-spring waters of the California coast ranges and of Nevada carry considerable quantities of boron, together with ammoniacal salts, and in some places they deposit borax along with sulphur and cinnabar. The Economic Aspect of Geology The borax extract, if subsequently treated with hydrochloric acid, should not turn red, nor become blue on the further addition of ferric chloride. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 It frequently contains a small quantity of Mn2O3, which may be detected in the borax bead. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis They obtain this by giving in exchange wool, borax, iron, and gold. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet In Bombay its expectorant action is commonly known and its juice is used, mixed with borax and honey. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Borax-bearing minerals are used almost entirely in the manufacture of borax and boric acid. The Economic Aspect of Geology Bathe three times a day in a preparation of three quarts water, one quart alcohol, two ounces of cologne and one of borax, in proportion of two teaspoons mixture to two tablespoons soft water. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Soften it with a little powdered borax, or a handful of oatmeal. Cupology How to Be Entertaining Before adding the lye to the strained grease, add 1 large cupful of borax. The Suffrage Cook Book Five pounds of grease, one quart and one cup of cold water, one can of potash, one heaping tablespoonful of borax, two tablespoonfuls of ammonia. The Golden Age Cook Book Fully a third of the borax consumed in the United States is used in the manufacture of enamels or porcelain-like coatings for such objects as bathtubs, kitchen sinks, and cooking utensils. The Economic Aspect of Geology Excellent Hair Wash.—Take one ounce of borax, half an ounce of camphor; powder these ingredients very fine and dissolve them in one quart boiling water. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources A preparation of borax has been brought out by Mr. Robottom, of Birmingham, who claims for it that it preserves all animal and vegetable tissue, as well as being useful for tanning skins. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. In Oregon on the same soils where we are growing apples, we put on a half a pound of borax per tree to control boron deficiency on apples. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 See that the soap is removed from your sponges, and once a fortnight clean them in one quarter of an ounce of borax dissolved in tepid water. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Commercially the term borax is sometimes applied to all these materials. The Economic Aspect of Geology A very good application is made in this way: Take an ounce of powdered borax and a small piece of camphor and dissolve in a quart of boiling water. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Pounded white sugar; alum powdered, or put on boiling, and suffered to crystallize; borax, two parts, alum, four parts, burnt in a shovel over the fire; and various other crystalline preparations. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. By the frequent use of acid or alkaline lotions, such as dilute acetic acid and vinegar, or solutions of sodium carbonate and borax. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Copper sulphate, zinc sulphate, manganese sulphate, magnesium sulphate, iron sulphate, cobalt sulphate and borax are all compatible with each other and with most other spray materials. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 The bulk of the world's borax comes from the Western Hemisphere, the United States and Chile being the two principal producers. The Economic Aspect of Geology If hard water must be used to wash with, the only harmless substance that can be conveniently added to it is a little good powdered borax. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Well, they are put into the great revolving wooden drums that you see overhead and are worked about in borax and water until they become soft. The Story of Leather Then he plunged it into the borax, and again placed it in the flame, until the borax hung at the end of the wire in a white, transparent bead. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush Where, however, soils furnish these plants with protective inorganic nutrients, such as manganese, copper, iron, zinc, borax, etc. these bacterial diseases are prevented. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 The only large European producer of borax is Turkey. The Economic Aspect of Geology If the water is hard, add a very little dissolved borax. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Injections of a solution of borax into the bladder, have, in several cases, been sufficient to effect a perfect cure, without any other remedy. An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time Walnut production of many orchards, they discovered, could be increased two and three fold by the addition of borax fertilizer. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 This mixture differed so little in appearance, that it might have been mistaken by any casual observer as identical with that produced by a similar proportion of the solution of borax. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 The United States supplies of borax are sufficient for all domestic requirements and probably for export. The Economic Aspect of Geology Bring to a boil one pound of sal soda, half a pound of unslaked lime, a small lump of borax, and five quarts of water. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources In this case let the parts be freely washed daily with a solution of borax, quite warm. An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time The nipple should be turned inside out, scrubbed with a brush, using hot borax water. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies I tried other proportions of soda solutions with oil, but none resembled the results obtained from solutions of borax with oil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Small quantities of boric acid are imported, but no borax in recent years. The Economic Aspect of Geology Little white o’ egg and borax, and a finish off with some good scented soap; and then if anyone sees some o’ that stuff in your head, sir, just you tell me.’ The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne Dissolve the borax in a little boiling water. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management After each feeding the nipple should be washed in borax and water on both sides, then it should be put in a dish containing fresh, cold, borax water and left there until again required. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies We mentioned in former papers experiments of our scientific friend, P. Rainier, M.D. of the Albany, and his use of borax with the oil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 None of these are commercial sources of borax. The Economic Aspect of Geology The addition of benzoate of soda, borax, boracic acid, and sulphate of copper, while preventing the development of microörganisms, seemed also to be objectionable to the physiologic processes of the plant. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 They also bring sheep laden with salt and borax. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Pounded and mixed with borax, they form an adhesive substance. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture It should here be remarked that Mr Field, in one of his valuable publications, mentions a mixture of lac and oil by means of borax in certain proportions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 The deposits which at present constitute the principal source of domestic borax are not the playa deposits just described, but are masses of colemanite in Tertiary clays and limestones with interbedded basaltic flows. The Economic Aspect of Geology I was assisted by a practical German chemist to prepare borax, in such a manner, as to entirely supersede white lead. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling Compress'd, alas! the thorax, That throbbed with joy or pain; Not e'en a dose of borax Could make it throb again. The Book of Humorous Verse These bring wool, borax, and skins, which they exchange for the produce of the plains. Birds of the Indian Hills Formaldehyde, a chemical compound, is used to prevent decomposition in the coating materials; and soda or borax is used to "cut" or dissolve the casein or glue. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing The most important mineral, the sodium nitrate or Chile saltpeter, is mingled with various other soluble salts, including common salt, borax minerals, and potassium nitrate, and with loose clay, sand, and gravel. The Economic Aspect of Geology Mixing the egg with a pinch of borax and a pint of warm water is a good plan. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture When heated on the borax bead it gives an equally beautiful green, which is, however, rather more inclined to chrome than emerald. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones Wash the feet in warm water with borax, and if this don't cure, use a solution of permanganate to destroy the fetor; about five grains to each ounce of water. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage Borax is still mined here, but not so extensively as formerly, more accessible borax deposits having been found in Nevada and elsewhere—and the twenty-mule team is now a motor-truck! Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The crude colemanite as mined carries an average of about 25 per cent B_2O_3; it is treated with soda in the manufacture of borax, or with sulphuric acid in making boric acid. The Economic Aspect of Geology Then pour in one and one-half ounces of distilled water in which fifteen grains of borax have been dissolved. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Collect a jar of fresh manure with maggots and sift over it a little powdered borax and see what happens to the maggots. An Elementary Study of Insects The catheter should be kept perfectly clean and washed in a borax solution and well oiled before it is introduced. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse When borax was first discovered in California the wholesale price in New York was about fifty cents a pound; now it is about six cents. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The secret of success in brazing lies in properly cleaning up the work to begin with, and in disposing the borax so as to prevent subsequent oxidation. On Laboratory Arts When the hair is very oily a dessertspoonful of ammonia and a pinch of borax should be added to two quarts of warm water. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Where horse manure can not be properly disposed of, cheap borax is used to throw over piles of manure to destroy the maggots and prevent the flies from breeding in it. An Elementary Study of Insects After removal of the membranes wash out the womb first with tepid water and then with a solution of 2 ounces of borax in half a gallon of water. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The various applications of borax to industrial and domestic uses have kept pace with its enormous production during the last twenty-five years, until now it is used for more than fifty different purposes. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania As soon as the work has fallen below a red heat it may be plunged into water, a process which has the effect of cracking off the glass-like layer of borax. On Laboratory Arts Remove from fire and pour in quickly one and one-half ounces of rose-water in which ten grains of borax has been dissolved. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture On some of the Oregon soils an application of boron in the form of ordinary borax under the trees in the spring has greatly helped in getting a crop of nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 In some instances, it may be advisable to use a wash of chlorate of potash, borax, or alum, about one-half ounce to a pint of water. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse A few men are kept employed here by the borax company. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania "Glass" borax is simply ordinary borax which has been fused for the purpose of getting rid of water of crystallisation. On Laboratory Arts Dissolve the borax in the rose-water and add the essence of clover. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture The very erratic results from ground application of borax would indicate that borax should be incorporated with one of the regular sprays as a 1% mixture. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 The value of these deposits is now fully understood, and many enterprising companies are at work separating and purifying the borax. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Not only is gold found in these desert wastes, but borax, nitre, sulphur, silver, salt, soda, opals, garnets, turquoises, onyx, and marble form a part of its resources. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The glass borax is reduced to powder in an iron mortar, for it is very hard, and is then made up into a cream with a little water. On Laboratory Arts It may be said, as to fluxes, generally, that they are intended to promote the fusion of the liquefying metals, and the elements used are the alkalis, such as borax, tartar, limestone, or fluor spar. Practical Mechanics for Boys They also sell the kunku or red powder which women rub on their foreheads, its constituents being turmeric, borax and the juice of limes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The river emptied far to the south, into a broad, shallow lake whose former bed is now white with soda and borax. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Nearly one-third of all of the borax of the world comes from the deserts of California and Nevada. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Equal volumes of filings and powdered glass borax are made into a thin paste with water, and applied in an exactly similar manner to that described under the head of "brazing." On Laboratory Arts Ammonium sulphate, 8 parts; boracic acid, 3 parts; borax, 2 parts; water, 100 parts. Practical Mechanics for Boys He mixed it with four parts of fine coal dust, or culm, and added a little borax—these last ingredients being intended to expedite the smelting process. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines In other basins borax was present in such quantities that when the waters dried up it formed important deposits. The Western United States A Geographical Reader But Greenland is not a waste of icebound coldness; on the contrary, it is averred by the laborers in the borax fields to be several degrees hotter than any other place on earth. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The silver is first melted in a plumbago crucible in a small furnace together with a little borax; if any copper is required this is then added, and finally the brass is introduced. On Laboratory Arts For hard soldering, borax is used most frequently. Practical Mechanics for Boys Boric acid possesses the defects of borax in a greater degree, and would, of course, simply form sodium borate with liberation of fatty acids, so should never be added to a neutral soap. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture The lake bed is now the seat of an important industry—the gathering of the borax and its refining. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Mothers should particularly note not to use honey and borax, as is often recommended by women who know no better, in any disease of the mouth in children. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Vinegar of cantharides 2½ " Spirit of rosemary 18 " Lavender water 8 " Glycerite of borax 1 " Glycerin 14 " Distilled water 80 " Caramel, sufficient to color. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Shellac, 5 parts; borax, 2 parts; glycerine, 2 parts; aniline black, 6 parts; water, 45 parts. Practical Mechanics for Boys As a remedy for this it has been proposed to add sufficient alkali to convert the borax into neutral mono-borate of soda which is then added to the soap. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture Solid green O and 4½ lb. borax with 6 gallons water, add ½ lb. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student The procedure is as follows:—The child first gets a cleaning injection of two quarts of warm water into which a teaspoonful of borax has been put. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Formerly, the most frequent forms of adulteration were substitution of one meat for another, as the mixing of veal with chicken, and the use of preservatives, as borax and sulphites. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value What weight of water of crystallization does 1 kg. of borax contain? An Elementary Study of Chemistry Or the cotton waste may be thrown away, and the cloths washed in strong borax water. Handwork in Wood Solid green O, 2½ lb. borax, 3 lb. ammonia, ½ lb. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Of course, there are many antiseptic substances for washing wounds: potash and borax are good, especially in the form of potassium permanganate and boric acid. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies It is better than washing soda and borax, because the ammonia is volatile and does not leave any residue to act on the clothes, thus causing injury. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value When heated borax at first swells up greatly, owing to the expulsion of the water of crystallization, and then melts to a clear glass. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Such supplies as sulphur, asphalt, magnesia, borax, and asbestos, as well as coal and iron, are not very plentiful. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation The influence of various assistants—common salt, soda, Glauber's salt, borax, phosphate of soda—in the bath. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Then we laid some sterilized gauze from our first-aid outfit upon it, to help clot the blood, and sifted borax over, and bound it tight with adhesive plaster, holding the edges of the furrows together. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies Add the borax and allow the mixture to cool. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools In the laboratory it is easily prepared by treating a strong, hot solution of borax with sulphuric acid. An Elementary Study of Chemistry That a teaspoonful of borax, put in the last water in which clothes are rinsed, will whiten them surprisingly. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Then come Glauber's salts; borax and phosphate of soda can also be used, but, owing to their slight alkaline properties, they are not so good as the neutral salts, like the two first named. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics One drop of the tincture with two grains of powdered borax when sprayed into the ear, is very useful if a discharge has become established therefrom. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Ask one of the pupils to bring sufficient borax for the recipe. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools Account for the fact that a solution of borax in water is alkaline. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Pound the borax so it will dissolve easily. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference The influence of various assistants: common salt, soda, Glauber's salt, borax, phosphate of soda in the bath. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics The salt crystal has one form, the topaz another, quartz and beryl another, borax another, and these forms are absolutely unvaried wherever these substances are found in nature or in the chemist's retort. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique It should be remembered, however, that the slag is a bi-silicate or acid slag, and that its acid character is increased by increasing the proportion of borax. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. These oxides often give a characteristic color to the clear borax glass, and borax beads are therefore often used in testing for the presence of metals, instead of the metaphosphoric acid bead already described. An Elementary Study of Chemistry One package of borax or securely corked bottle of ammonia. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Soda may be used in place of borax, but the latter salt maintains the softness of the wool fibre better. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics To Remove Ink Stains—To remove ink stains without damage to the fabric, place the stained portion over a saucer and cover the stain with powdered borax; then pour peroxide of hydrogen over the borax. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use The following charge may be taken as an example: weigh up 20 grams of the powdered ore, 15 grams each of "soda" and borax, 60 grams of oxide of lead, and 5 grams of flour. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The reason that metallic oxides dissolve in borax is that borax contains an excess of acid anhydride, as can be more easily seen if its formula is written 2NaBO2 + B2O3. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Water may be softened by using borax, ammonia, or oatmeal, when needed for the skin. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 Clear boiling water will often remove fresh coffee and tea stains, although it is safer to sprinkle the stains with borax and soak in cold water first. Public School Domestic Science To Remove Insects from Vegetables which are being washed, put a pinch of borax in the water. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Take 80 grams of litharge and 20 grams of a mixture of borax and soda. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. When a concentrated solution of borax acts on silver nitrate a borate of silver is formed. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Another chemical found to be even more effective as a larvicide is powdered borax. The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 For pure white flannel borax is the most satisfactory, on account of its bleaching quality. Public School Domestic Science For testing the purity of refined borax the following simple tests will usually suffice. The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association If the separated sulphide be heated in a borax bead, the colour obtained will be a sherry brown in the outer flame, and grey or colourless in the inner flame if nickel only is present. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. If the solution of borax is dilute, however, an hydroxide of silver forms. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Best results were obtained when the borax was applied in solution, or when water was sprinkled on after the borax had been scattered evenly over the pile. The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 One tablespoonful of borax to every gallon of water added to each boilerful, serves as a bleacher and disinfectant. Public School Domestic Science Of the two, the ammonia will have the least effect, especially if dilute, but borax is better than either. The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association Take out the crucible, and inject a mixture of 20 grams of carbonate of soda, 5 grams of flour, and 2 grams of fused borax. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Take two drams of borax, one dram of alum, one dram of camphor, half an ounce of sugar-candy, and a pound of ox-gall. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society A number of experiments have been conducted to determine the effect on crops of the use of manure treated with borax as herein recommended. The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 Ammonia or borax is sometimes used in preference to soap. Public School Domestic Science Borax.—A good deal of the Tuscan boric acid is used in France for the manufacture of borax, which is a sodium salt of boric acid. The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association For the assay of pyromorphite the following charge may be used:—Ore, 20 grams; "soda," 25 grams; tartar, 7 grams; and fluor spar, 5 grams; and 2 grams of borax as a cover. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints of warm water. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society Some crops are more sensitive to borax than others, and also the tendency to injury appears to vary on different soils. The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 Rinse it out with cold water and then allow it to stand full of cold water with a pinch of soda or borax in it. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Borax, which is a borate of soda, would be so acted on by the sulphuric acid that some boric acid would be set free, the sulphuric acid robbing some of that borax of its soda. The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association The product is fused with more arsenic under a slag, consisting mainly of borax. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. To beautify the teeth, dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints of boiling water, and before it is cold, add one teaspoonful of spirits of camphor; bottle for use. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society Since the fecal matter in such privies is seldom used for fertilizing purposes it may well be treated liberally with borax. The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 Rinse them first in cold then in hot water and allow them to stand in a covered cup of boric acid solution or borax water solution one teaspoonful to a pint of water. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The seed-lac is bleached by boiling with sodium or potassium carbonate, alum, or borax, and then, if it is not pale enough, is further bleached by exposure to sunlight. The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association To avoid this, fused or dried borax may be used, in which case a little more than half the amount of borax indicated will suffice. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. One tablespoonful of borax to half a pint of water is an excellent remedy for cutaneous eruptions, canker, ringworm, etc. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society The powdered borax may be scattered two or three times a week over the exposed surface so as to whiten it. The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 After using rinse them carefully in cold water and keep them covered in a glass containing a solution of borax or boric acid. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The mixture of borax, saliva, and silver was next applied to the seams of all the beads; they were put into the fire and all soldered at one operation. Navajo Silversmiths Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 167-178 For purposes of this kind borax, or glass, or clay with more or less soda may be used, and of these borax is by far the most generally useful. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Rub the egg in until a lather is formed, occasionally wetting the hands in warm water softened by borax. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society In this way the American Trona Corporation is producing some 4500 tons of potash salts a month besides a thousand tons of borax. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries This is better to whiten goods than freezing, sunshine, or the use of borax. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Their borax is purchased from the whites, and from the same source is derived the fine wire with which they bind together the parts to be soldered. Navajo Silversmiths Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 167-178 This gives with borax a colourless bead in the oxidising, and a green one in the reducing, flame. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. This should consist of two parts sal soda; three parts borax; four parts castile or other hard soap: all to be melted together over a slow fire. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The borax which is contained in the brine to the extent of 1-1/2 per cent. is removed from the fertilizer for a double reason. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Also work powdered borax into the carpet wherever there is a sign of moths or under heavy pieces of furniture, which cannot easily be moved in the weekly sweeping. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Treatment.—Wash the mouth twice a day with one ounce of borax and one fluid ounce of myrrh mixed in one quart of water or a mild solution of Pratts Dip and Disinfectant. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Substances containing chromium impart a green colour to the borax bead in both flames. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The following mixture should then be prepared: Take equal parts of borax, saltpetre, and sulphate of soda, and with them mix water sufficient to produce the consistency of thin batter. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Follow this up by washing the floor with hot borax water, dry thoroughly, sprinkle with black pepper, and retack the carpet. The Complete Home Cold water with plenty of pure borax, is preferable to hot water to use in wiping off the walls of the refrigerator. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada If it occurs in calves, give Pratts Cow Remedy with milk and use borax as mentioned above. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Cerium is detected by giving with borax a bead which is yellow in the oxidising, and colourless in the reducing flame. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. If eyes are weak, bathe them in lukewarm water in which a pinch of borax has been dissolved. General Science The water, if only hard water be obtainable, may be softened by the addition of a little ammonia or borax. The Complete Home A wash that is good for tan and sunburn requires half an ounce of borax and an ounce of lemon juice in a pint of rose water. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Rub the honey and borax well together in a mortar, then gradually add the spirit, which should not be stronger than .920, i.e. proof spirit, the myrrh, and sanders wood, and macerate for fourteen days. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants Fusion for Coarse Copper.—The calcined regulus is mixed with a flux consisting of borax and carbonate of soda, with more or less tartar according to its weight. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The most popular and widely used preservatives of meats are borax and boric acid. General Science Mattings must be lifted, shaken, swept, wiped off with a cloth dampened in borax water, and left on the lawn to sun. The Complete Home Tonsilitis, Borax Water for.—"One-fourth teaspoonful borax in one cup of hot water, gargle frequently." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada There is not much exact knowledge as to the usefulness of such additions to soap as borax and glycerin. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Mix the calcined regulus with 10 grams of tartar, 20 grams of soda, and 3 grams of borax; and replace in the crucible used for calcining. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. It does not reduce an alkaline copper solution, but, like glycerine, liberates boracic acid from borax, the latter salt dissolving saccharin readily in aqueous solution, due no doubt to a displacement of the boracic acid. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 Now is the time to scrub floors, if pine, with hot borax suds, and to rewax or varnish hardwood floors if they require it. The Complete Home Canker Sore Mouth, Honey and Borax for.—"Honey and borax used as a mouth wash or swabbing is excellent." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Immense quantities of salt are brought over the Himalayas on sheep’s backs; gold-dust, borax, sulphur, antimony, arsenic, orpiment, and medicinal drugs are also imported into Nepaul. A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home A slag formed of 50 grams of quartz, 100 soda, and some borax, may take up in this way some 10 or 12 grams of sulphide of iron. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Gilded articles are most readily cleansed with a solution of 5 grains borax in 100 parts water, by means of a sponge or soft brush. Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing She commences operations by sweeping out the closet and wiping off the floor with a cloth wrung out of hot borax water. The Complete Home The honey is very soothing and the borax is a good antiseptic. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada With an equal proportion of oxide, this salt is not so strongly colored as borax. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Mix with 20 grams each of powdered lime and fluor, 15 grams each of powdered glass and borax, and 5 or 10 grams of nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. After using, nipples should be carefully rinsed in cold water and kept in a covered glass containing a solution of borax or boric acid. The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses When nearly ready to take from the stove add a little borax, lard, butter, or white wax. The Complete Home The borax powder will be found good to cover the parts and muriate of morphia relieves the pain. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada This powder should then be fused in the oxidation flame until it mixes with, and is thoroughly dissolved by the borax bead. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The same crucible is used, or, if a new one is taken, it must be glazed with a little borax. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Two tablespoons ammonia or two tablespoons borax may be added for a whiter soap. Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) Tea and coffee stains usually surrender to boiling water, but if they prove obdurate rub in a little powdered borax and pour on more boiling water. The Complete Home The above combination is excellent as the water cleanses the parts and the borax and zinc are very soothing and healing. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The metallic sulphides are insoluble in borax, and many of the metals in the pure state. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations When copper is also present, weigh up accurately about 0.5 gram of gold, and place it on the scorifier with the button of nickel and copper arsenide, using borax as before. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Dissolve in one gallon of boiling water a pound and a quarter of washing soda, and a quarter of a pound of borax. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Sprinkling the stain with borax and soaking first in cold water facilitates the action of the boiling water. The Complete Home Sore Mouth, Shoemaker Root and Borax good for.—"Take the inside bark of shoemaker root and steep it; strain, add a little borax; have known it to take off canker where doctors failed." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada If, however, there be oxides present which are not reduced by the borax, then the platinum loop may be used. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Repeat the operation with the weighed button on another dish, using rather less borax. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Washing-soda or borax will soften hard water, and make it better for all household purposes; but rain-water, even if not desired for drinking, will be found better than any softened by artificial means. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes This is usually all that is necessary, but if the stain is very stubborn, spread over a bowl containing one quart of water and one teaspoonful of borax. The Complete Home For a cold in the throat, dissolve a piece of borax, the size of a pea, in the mouth and don't talk. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada As with borax. in the reducing flame.As in the oxidizing flame. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations A small quantity of borax will also occasionally be of service for ores containing silica in excess of any iron that may be present. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Sapolio is better than sand for scouring paint, and in all cases a little borax in the water makes such work easier. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes If bleaches of any kind are to be used—washing powders, sal soda, borax, and the like—it must be in either the soaking water or the boiler, and very sparingly. The Complete Home For hoarseness dissolve a piece of borax the size of a pea in the mouth and don't talk. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada With a considerable quantity of oxide an amethyst color is obtained, but never so dark as in borax. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations If the ore consists largely of quartz, soda should be added instead of borax; or, if it contains much copper, powdered quartz may be used. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. If the water is hard, a little borax may be added. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Prepare two tubs of lukewarm suds, the second very light, adding a little borax dissolved in boiling water to each. The Complete Home The borax does away with the inflammation of the inflamed parts and gives relief very quickly. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Fused with borax, soda, or microcosmic salt, they give a clear bead. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Two parts of soda are enough to flux 1 part of quartz; whilst of borax, or oxide of lead, 4 parts are barely sufficient. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. If delicate curtains, either lace or muslin, are to be washed, allow a tablespoonful of powdered borax to two gallons of warm water, and soap enough to make a strong suds. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes But many prospecting parties go there looking for veins of ore and to take out borax. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 When you wish to use a large quantity, mix an equal quantity each of soda and borax and put a couple teaspoonfuls to each pint of warm water and use. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada As in borax. in the reducing flame.As in the oxidizing flame. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations In selecting the fluxes, it should be remembered that soda is the best for quartz, and borax for lime and metallic oxides. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. C were some Chemicals—lithium and borax; And D was a Diaphragm, flooring the thorax. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 The richest borax mines in the world are found there. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 A mixture composed of ten grains of sulphate of zinc, half teaspoonful of borax, and about four ounces of rose water. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada If these tests indicate a foreign admixture, the borax must be purified by re-crystallization. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The amount of impurity in the stuff varies greatly; it is usually calcined and mixed thoroughly with soda 40 per cent., borax 30 per cent., and sand 10 per cent., and melted in graphite pots. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Welding Composition for iron or steel, is made of borax 10 parts, sal ammoniac 1 part; to be melted, run out on an iron plate, and, when cold, pounded for use. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries There are infinite fortunes for those who will delve for the borax, nitric and sulphuric acid, soda, magnesia and other valuables. Around The Tea-Table Rinse the mouth well with a weak solution of borax water, then put a little dry borax on the canker. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The effect of it is, therefore, similar to the borax. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations If the scorifier at the end of an operation is more than usually corroded, the borax should be replaced in subsequent assays on similar ores by powdered glass or quartz. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The best plan is to clean the surfaces with muriatic acid saturated with tin: this method is invariably adopted by watchmakers and opticians, who never use borax and resin. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Or, if she be not fond of dancing, she may improve the shining hours by taking down her hair and brushing it, using sulphur water, pulverized borax dissolved in alcohol, or some similar dressing. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Dust the parts with oxide of zinc or stearate of zinc powder, or bismuth mixed with borax; all are good. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada For supports, the platinum wire may be used, but the hook must be smaller than when borax is used, or the bead will not adhere. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations It is best to use in these assays 80 grams of red lead, 20 of soda, and 5 of borax, with 20 grams of the ore. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The substances employed for this purpose are borax, alum, soluble glass, and phosphate of ammonia. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries A little ammonia and borax in the water when washing blankets keeps them soft and prevents shrinkage. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Catarrh, Borax and Camphor for.—"Inhale three times daily equal parts of borax, camphor and salt." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada As for all the other experiments with this salt, the microscosmic salt is used the same as borax. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations As a general rule, it may be stated that when a scorification is unsatisfactory, what is wanted is more heat, more lead, or more borax. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. If the amount of copper present is only small, it can usually be removed by fusing the precipitated powder with a little niter and borax. Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 Copper 3 parts, zinc 1 part, with borax. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 A few drops of water of ammonia or a little borax will help much in getting the patient clean and disguise the bad odor of the perspiration. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada When this double salt is heated, the water and the ammonia escape, while the incombustible residue has a composition similar to borax, viz., a free acid and an easily fusible salt. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The natural borates are used in the preparation of borax, which is largely employed as a preservative agent, for fluxing, and for other purposes. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. To make linen beautifully white, prepare the water for washing by putting into every ten gallons a large handful of powdered borax or boil with the clothes one teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Take two drachms of borax, one drachm of Roman alum, one drachm of camphor, half an ounce of sugar candy, and a pound of ox-gall. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Do not use ammonia, soda or borax on the hair. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada In borax, we have the action of free boracic acid, as well as borate of soda, and for that reason it is an excellent reagent for blowpipe analysis. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The rod should be pushed down so as to touch the bottom of the crucible, and the mixture should be covered with a sprinkling of borax. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Half a pound of plain, white soap, dissolved in a small quantity of alcohol, as little as can be used; add a tablespoonful of pulverized borax. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Solder for iron.—The best solder for iron is good tough brass with a little borax. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 When melted and hot, add a pinch of borax and an ounce and a half of rose-water. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada All experiments in which borax is employed should be effected upon platinum wire. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations This method is applicable to the indirect determination of boric acid in borax and similar compounds. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Camphor and borax, dissolved in boiling water and left to cool, make a very good wash for the hair; as also does rosemary water mixed with a little borax. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Some makers add a little yellow soap, coarsely powdered, to disguise the appearance, and others a little carbonate of ammonium or borax. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 |
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