Excerpt from Wrinkles and Recipes, Compiled From the Scientific American: A Collection of Practical Suggestions, Processes, and Directions for the Mechanic, the Engineer, the Farmer, and the Housekeeper The aim in the following pages has been to compile a collection of suggestions for the every-day use of the working-man, in his shop, about his dwelling, or in his household. The book is not an encyclopaedia of recipes, nor does it make any pretensions to that title; on the contrary, a very large number of formulae have purposely been omitted, because they are, for the most part, attainable in other and more extensive works. Preference has been given to practical hints, and, while the majority of these have been carefully gathered and condensed from the back files of the Scientific American, and more especially from the letters of correspondents of that paper, a goodly proportion are entirely new and fresh, and have been prepared expressly for this book. For the contribution of a large part of the matter in, and for the general supervision of the department of Mechanics, the editor is indebted to that thorough workman, Mr. Joshua Rose. To Mr. Richard H. Buel (whose articles are signed "B.") similar acknowledgments are owing for valuable papers on boilers, engines, and other topics in the department of Engineering. The general revision of the last-mentioned department has been the labor of Professor R. H. Thurston, of the Stevens Institute, as has the similar overlooking of the department of Technology, that of Professor P. H. Yan der Weyde. To both of these distinguished gentlemen, as well as to Messrs. Munn & Co., the publishers of the Scientific American, who have most kindly afforded the facilities for the preparation of this work, the cordial acknowledgments of the editor are due. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."