[ A Recept for Milting Silver Oar ]
Date: Written in the mid- to late 18th century; exact date unknown. | 1743/01/01 to 1790/01/01
Source:
Stephen Rodda Notebooks
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Reference: Microfilm Reel 12,140
Instructions for melting silver ore.
A recept for milting Silver
Oar
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Take Venice Glass & Yellow
Amber Half ounce Each and
Put it in with the oar into
a Pint Curisable and Put the
Same in a furnace begin first
with a moradate fire and as
it heats so force the fire
till the oar milts __________
NB the oar is to be Pounded
Fine and washed in Sevrell
Waters -------------
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