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To

Ice

Water.

127

tube

fox*

fifteen

minutes,

the

water

in

the

jug

will

be

frozen.

Then

pour

out

the

freezing

mixture

(it

is

useless

after

one

application),

fill

the

tube

with

warm

watei',

and

the

iced

mass

will

come

out

;

bi'eak

up

and

bottle.

This

jug

is

sold

at

315,

Oxford

Street,

London.

To

Ice

Water

.

Fill

water

caraffes,

or clean

wine

bottles,

with

clean

spring water,

nearly

up

to

the

shoulder.

(If

they

are

filled full

they

are

liable

to

burst.)

Stop

up

the

mouths,

and

let

them

stand

at

a

fair

distance

apart,

so

that

the

ice

mixture

will

have

effect

individually

;

in

a

pan

or

tub

pound

as

much

rough

ice

as

required

to

fill

up

the

tub,

and

to

evex-y

121bs.

of

ice

add

31bs.

of

salt

;

put

in

this

mixture,

taking

cai’e it

does

not

reach

above

one-third

the

height

of

the

bottle,

or

else

they

will

possibly

break

from

too

much

frigid

force

;

throw

a

wet

cloth

over

the

vessel

;

in

about

two

hours

the

water

will

be

well

frozen

;

if

in

too

compact

a

mass,

let

the

bottles

stand

in

cold

watei',

with

the

mouths

open.

A

nother

Mode

.

Fill

a

gallon

stone

bottle

with

boiling

hot

water,

leaving

about

a

pint

vacant

;

when

just

cooling,

add

2

oz.

refined

nitre,

cork

close,

and

let

it

down

a

deep

well,

by

the

hook on

the

chain

through

the

handle

;

in

four

hours

draw

up,

and

the

water

in

the

bottle

will

be

a

frozen

mass.

If