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How to make a violin : The violin, its construction practically treated, 1892
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1Boiled oil . . . . 2 ounces.
2Oil of turpentine . . 4 ounces.
3Break up the amber into pieces the size of peas, and having prepared a charcoal fire, put the amber into a glazed iron vessel never before used, and with it a spoonful of the turpentine, and put the pot on the fire and the cover on it. A quarter of an hour's warming will suffice to melt the amber, but it must now and then be stirred with a strip of pine wood. When the amber is melted down, take the pot from the fire, stir it till cool, and add the oil very slowly, stirring all the time so as to thoroughly mix the ingredients, and then add the turpentine, to which you have previously given the colour desired.
5The colouring matters must simply be powdered and put in the turpentine to dissolve, some time before it is wanted for making the varnish. The colouring matters are here given:
7Yellow—Aloes, gamboge, turmeries, or saffron; these will give various tints of yellow, from light golden to deep, as may be
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