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Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![however, he readily purcliased, or Iiome- made Irom the annexed receipt: Common salt . . 3ioz. ) * voird Epsom salts . . ioz. (^''oira. Chloride ofmagnesium 200 grains) Chloride of potassium 40 grains) Xew River water . . .4 quarts. The marine plants are :—Rhyiiphlwa Pinas- troides; the Polysiphonioe, CoraUina Officinalis, Pelessaria Alata, Chrondus Crispus, Phyllophora Rubens; the Griffithsice; the CallUUamma, Codium Tomentosum; the Cladophorce, Rryopsis Plumosa; the Rnteromorphce; the Ulvce. ThcPishes are :—'llie Smaller Sticklebacks, Grey JIullets, Rlenmes, and Gobies; the Spotted Gunnel, Wrasses, Kocklings, Floun- ders, Dabs, Eels. The JfoUusca.—The Seahare; Periwinkles; Tops ; the Purple; the Jilurex ; the Chilons ; the Bullas; the Scallops; the Mussel; the Jlodioles; the Anomia; the Oyster; and some of the sand-burrowing bivalves—Venus, Alaclra, Pullaslra, &c. The Crndaeea.—Strawberry Crab, Swim- ming Crab, the Shore, Masked Soldier, and Broad Clawed Crabs; the Shrimp; the Pounder. The Zoophytes.Sea. Anemone, and both species of Madrepore. An easy method of renewing the water in the tank is by means of a syphon, the use of which needs no description. 'Wliere there is an objection to applying the mouth to the end of the pipe, this is rendered unnecessary by a simple contrivance : let the syphon be held the reveAe way, like the letter U, and be then filled with water; .with a finger stop the lower end, and quickly plunge the short end into the tank. The water will flow through the lower end, and continue to do so until the whole has run out. Books: Lan- kasler’s Aqnavivaria; Gosse's Handbook to the Marine Aquarium ; H. N, Humphreys' Ocean Gardens and River Gardens; J. bishop's Plain Instructions for the Management of the Aqua- rium; Ward's Wardian Cases aud their appli- cation; Warrington’s Garden Companion. AQUA TIXTA.—A species of etching on copper, producing an effect resembling a drawing in Indian ink. It is performed by sifting powdered asphaltum or lac resin on the plate, previously slightly greased, and after shaking off the loose powder, gently heating it over a chafing disli; on cooling, the lights are covered with turpentine var- nish, coloured with lami>black, by means of a hair pencil; and a rim of wa.x being placed round the plate, a mixture of aqua fortis and water is then poured on it, and allowed to remain for five or six minutes, when it is poured off, the plate dried, and recourse had to the pencil as before. The process of stop- ping and etching is repeated again and again until the darkest shades are produced. ARBITTlATION is the submission of matters in difference between parties to the decision or arbitrament of other persons. All arbitration clause always forms part of properly prepared partncrsliip articles, and 18 to the effect that any difference between the partners shall be referred to the arbitra- Iion of two indifferent persons, one to be 49 named by each partner, and an umpire to be named by such two arbitrators in case they differ; and that the decision of the arbitra- tors or umpire, as the case may be, shall be binding and conclusive on al.l parties. It is essential that a submission to arbitration should be by some legal instrument under the seal of the parties to be bound thereby, and should contain a clause that it be made a rule of one of the courts of law at West- minster ; but where such instrument is not in existence at the time of the difference arising, the more economical mode is for one of the parties, by mutual consent, to give a writ against the other, whereupon a judge’s order is drawn up referring all mat- ters in difi'erence to a gentleman named. Where the arbitrators are not in the legal profession, they should be at liberty to employ a solicitor to advise tliein, and to prepare the award, as many references have failed in effect for want of proper precautions being taken to bind the par- ties to fulfil the decision of the arbitrators or umpire after all the trouble and (‘.xpense of a reference has been gone tlirougli. In- dictments for assaults, nuisances, &c., m:iy be referred by leave of the Court where they are depwiding; but without such permissicn indictments cannot be jireferred. For arbi- tration of disputes between masters, la- bourers, and servants, see Servants. ARBUTUS is an evergreen shrub, with flowers shaped like the strawberry. There are two species, one being hardy and the other demanding some little protection. For the common kind the ordinary g:irden soil is suitable, but for the more delicate class, greenhouse culture is necessary, and a soil composed of equal parts of rich loam and peat. They are pi-opagated by seeds or layers, but sowing is most generally adopted as being productive of the better sort of plants. ARCHERY is a sport, but little practised in England at the present day; but is never* theless to be commended as a healfhgiving pastime, and one that aflbrds a harmless and pleasurable e.xcitement. In this S'port the size of the target to be aimed at, and the distance for shooting, are regulated by a mriety (5f circumstances; the field distance ror beginners is generally one hundred feet, with a circular mark four feet in diameter. In the act of shooting with the bow the whole muscles of the body arc called into play, and it is particularly necessary that the legs should be jilanted firmly on fhe ground, otherwise the body will be thrown off its equilibrium, and the aim destroyed. In sending the arrow from the bow the string should be quickly loosened, but with- out a jerk or jar, nor should the hand or ellrow be either elevated or de])res.«ed, for the slightest derangement in the delivei y of tile arrow weakens its aim, and a deviation of a (juarter of an inch while in the hand causes it to fall a hundred feet wide of the mark. The archer should study the wind so us to make allowances for the various cur- renfs of air, the flight of the arrov' being as a mutter of course materially e.xt'v’difeu or impeded by the state of the utmosiihere.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24874619_0059.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
