Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions ... / [John White].
- John White
- Date:
- 1716?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions ... / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![muchs tf you have not this, a fmooth piece of Wood of the fame fize will ferve, ifit be cut thin and made very fharp and even on the edges. - 4 You muft have Pans and Pots of Tin or Earth of divers fizes, as the quantity of Colours to be ground require, in which you ftill put them as grinded, till fo | much Colour of each fort be ground as-is needful for your Defign and Work ; but if you wou’d grind at once fo much of each Colour as may fuffice fora long time together, put themty’d up clofe in Ox, Hogs or Sheeps Bladders, which will keep them a long time from drying, or fpoiling: I have known Colours fo ty’d up in Bladders.for above 15 years, were fit for ufe when opened, after they were mixt with a little frefh Oil again. ; 5- You muft have Brufhes and Pencils of all forts and fizes ; the Brufhes are all made of Hogs Briftles, of di- vers fhapes and fizes, of which fome be flat, and fome | round, the round ones are froma quarter of an inch diameter, to twoinches; you muft ufe the larger for — priming your Work, and laying fuch Colours ufeful in great quantities, and colouring the Superficiesoflarge _ Work, whether Wainfcot, Pofts, or Pales, Sc. but you — ufe the fmaller Brufhes in fuch places as the larger fizes ¢an’t well work in; your flat Brufhes are chiefly ufed - gene of Lines, and to imitate Walnut and Olive N ork. : _ Pencils are made of fmaller and finer Hair, which are alfo of feveral fizes, but are generally all round-and tted commonly into Geefe, Swans, or Ducks Quills, fitcht and pointed: There are alfo a larger fort of Pencils in Tin Cafes, and fome in Stocks like Brufhes, which are al] made of fine Hair. When you chufe Pen- cils and Brufhes,mind that the Briftles for your Brufhes be faft bound in their Stocks, and, that the Hair be ftrong, and lie clofe together, for they will never work well if the Hair fpread and doth not lie'¢lofe, for the Briftles will come out and fo fpoil the Work when ufed, if they be not faft bound in the Stocks, which ahi : * rageth ~](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33005837_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
