I think you can tell I am somewhat late to the party tonight, having got so immersed in a really old book on engineering.
Fascinating stuff.
How can you write 50 pages on grinding wheels?
What the heck is copal lacquer? (Used to make a gold lacquer for tinplate that will not crack when the tinplate is bent.) Use 2/3 to 1/3 with linseed oil. (My stars it is still being used, who would have known? Obvs not me.) https://www.google.com/search?q=cop...Y3NzdqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Venice turpentine, Sandarac and other stuff goes together to make an ink you use to write on glass.
Health and safety not being so prevalent then some of the ingredients were well dodgy.
Gum dammar.
Collodion.

Fink I'd better "put the book away".
 

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