Have ready, also, some very red cold beet, cut into small cones or points all of equal size; arrange them in a circle upon the lettuce, outside of the circle of cut egg.
— from Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book, 3rd ed. A Useful Guide for Large or Small Families, Containing Directions for Cooking, Preserving, Pickling... by Eliza Leslie

Never shall you allow yourself to think of going into the recitation-room, and there trust to "skinning," as it is called in some colleges, or "phrasing," as in others, or " mouthing it," as in others.—
— from A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

Never should you allow yourself to think of going into the recitation-room, and there trust to "skinning it," as it is called in some colleges, or " phrasing ," as in others.—
— from A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

The ideal tank — Modern installations — Care of tanks — Standardised dilution of latex — Variation in dimensions and density of coagulum — Standardising instruments — Method of using — Skimming latex — Style of sheets — Standard sheets — Rolling and marking — When to work the coagulum — Hand-rolling — Power smooth-rolling — Marking rolls — Preparation for smoke-curing — Caution against accumulation of wet sheets — Hot-water treatment — Dripping in the open air — When to place in smoke-house 89 CHAPTER X PREPARATION OF CREPE RUBBER First consideration, fine pale crepe — Standardised dilution of latex — Coagulation and coagulant — Quantities of coagulant — Colour of rubber — Sodium bisulphite (use of) — Evaluation and deterioration of the bisulphite and sulphite of sodium — To distinguish between these two chemicals — Care of sodium bisulphite — Mixing solution with latex — Former methods of making pale rubber — Working the coagulum — Lower grades of crepe — Naturally coagulated lump — Skimmings and washings — Tree-scrap — Bark-shavings — Earth-scrap — Fibrous matter in low-grade rubbers — Scrap-washers — Compound crepes — Increased care with lower grades — Block rubber from crepe — Smoked crepe versus sheet clippings 110 CHAPTER XI DRYING OF RUBBER Air-drying of crepes — Artificial driers for crepes — Vacuum drying — Hot-air driers — Michie-Golledge system — Rate of air-drying — When drying takes place — Increase in weight of drying crepe — Differences in weight — Aids to normal drying — Smoke-curing of sheet rubber — Instruments for recording temperature — Temperatures of smoke-house — Period of drying — Fuels for smoking — Sun-drying of sheet rubber — Artificial driers for sheet rubber 132 [xii] CHAPTER XII SORTING, GRADING, AND PACKING Reducing number of grades — Reduction carried too far — R.G.A. recommendations — Care in sorting — Choice of packing cases — Bags — Bales — Folding of crepe — Mechanical folders — Care in assembling — Methods of packing — Weight of contents — Short weights 150 PART III MACHINERY AND BUILDINGS CHAPTER XIII MACHINES Quality of metal in rolls — Nature of roll-bearings — Brass liners — Liners of alloy or of cast-iron — Adequacy of machines — Arrangement of battery — Speed of machines — Gear ratios — Grooving of rolls — Heating of rolls — Sheeting machines — Lubrication — Trays — Position of battery — Drainage of battery — Access to back of machines — Engines — Power 159 CHAPTER XIV FACTORIES General construction — Plenty of light — Floors — Drainage of — How many storeys — Verandahs — Tanks, situation of — Designs and lay-out — Drains — Water supply 172 CHAPTER XV OTHER BUILDINGS Drying-houses for crepe rubber — How many storeys — Ventilation — Windows — Effect of light — Effect of direct sun-rays — Hot-air houses — Smoke-houses — Various types — Ordinary smoke-houses — General ventilation — Windows — Racks of supports — Floors — Furnaces in general — Pit-fires — Pot-fires — Iron stoves — Horizontal drum-furnaces — Rate of combustion — Brick stoves — Pataling type of — Consumption of fuel — Floor of furnace room — Roof — Brick built houses — “Third Mile” type — Jackson cabinet — Devon type — Detailed description of — Barker patent design 178 [xiii] CHAPTER XVI OTHER BUILDINGS ( continued ), AND SITUATION OF BUILDINGS Sorting-room — Packing room — Store rooms — Storage of rubber — Need for special accommodation — Floor of store room — Local conditions — Temperature and humidity — Incidence of moulds — Effect upon smoked sheets — Tool-sheds and stores — Situation of buildings — Position with respect to points of the compass — Choosing a factory site — Centralisation — Decentralisation 211 PART IV THE FINISHED RUBBER CHAPTER XVII DEFECTS IN CREPE RUBBERS General style of finish — Dirty edges — Iron-stains — Rust-stains — Oil-marks — Trays — Dirt — Holes — Greenish and tacky streaks — Not due to oil per se — Tackiness and copper — Cotton and other fibre — Bark and grit — Sand — Oxidation streaks — Yellow streaks — Bisulphite streaks — Spot disease — Cause of — Influence of rate of drying — Percentage of moisture — Humidity of atmosphere — Prevention of disease — Infection by contact — Outbreak of dormant spores — Rules to be observed — Surface moulds or mildew — Tackiness in general — Full discussion of — Experimental reproduction — Lack of uniformity in colour — Defects in block rubber 223 CHAPTER XVIII DEFECTS IN SHEET RUBBER Defective coagulation — Coloured surface blotches — General darkening of surface — Soft coagulum — Spongy underface — Tearing — “Pitting” of surface — Thick ends or edges — Mis-shapen sheets — Thick patches — Torn sheets — “Dog-ears” — Creases — Greasiness of surface before smoking — Surface blemishes — Uneven appearance — Variation due to oxidation — Colour when dry — Surface gloss — Dull surface — Moist glaze and greasiness — Virgin spots — Surface moulds or mildew — Black streaks or spots — White or grey streaks — Rust — Theories on formation of — Prevention of — Two methods — Other views on causation — Bubbles — Causes of formation — In the field — In the factory — Blisters — “Spot” disease in sheet rubber — Support marks — Stickiness — Surface pattern — Sheet clippings — Other infrequent defects — Dirt — Ash — Bark — Splinters 249 [xiv] PART V GENERAL CHAPTER XIX CHOICE OF COAGULANT Acetic acid in general use — Is a coagulant necessary?
— from The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

How often The Terror had thought to herself that she would gladly give up all her knowledge of Greek and the differential and integral calculus if she could only perform the least of those feats which were mere play to The Wonder!
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Listen: 'No greater mistake can be made than for a parent to force a child into some calling or profession for which he has no liking.
— from The Jungle Fugitives: A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Her blindness in the case of Rodney, her attempt to match his true feeling with her false feeling, was a failure never to be sufficiently condemned; indeed, she could only pay it the tribute of leaving it a black and naked landmark unburied by attempt at oblivion or excuse.
— from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

—As the disease progresses, external discharges finally cease, in some cases, or partially so, and the individual is encouraged by that circumstance to think that he is recovering.
— from Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg