046v - - - - - Scribe, Oil of sulfur
If the writer wants to clean his quill quickly of the layer of the ink which has dried on it, one only needs to soak in oil of sulfur. And it will immediately be white & clean. Urb.
Shoemaker
If he wants to do some tanned work on black leather shoes, he can dip a writing quill in oil of sulfur and paint with it what he would like on shoes, boots, and collars. And he will obtain a reddish color which will not disappear by any effort. Urb.
Erasing a letter
Dip a writing quill in fresh & good oil of sulfur & thus retrace all the letters with the dipped quill and they will disappear on parchment. Urb.
Writing without ink
Write with oil of sulfur & heat & the letter will turn as black as this one. Urb.
at right middle margin
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Making letters à jour on paper and other work
If you write d or trace something on the paper & heat it soon after, & immediately it will turn black; then by rubbing with a sponge, the letter will be cut because it will be burned. Urb. Or retrace the letter with a dry quill of.
Making someone’s boots burn
Rub the aforesaid oilof sulfur, & as it becomes warm, they will burn without a flame.Urb.
On stone black letters
The same oilof sulfur on letters engraved in stone & heated turns black & penetrates.