“It is also used in the production of watercolor paints, printing inks, and cosmetics.”

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-uses-of-liquid-glycerin.htm

“extracts made from Vegetable Glycerine typically have a shelf life of 14-24 months whereas alcohol extracts can have an extended shelf life of 4-6 years.”

“You can make a simple, herbal glycerite by simmering herbs in a mixture of 60% glycerine and 40% purified water for two to three hours. We have generally used about 1/4 cup of cut and sifted, dried herbs per 1 cup of glycerine/water solution. When you strain this solution, bottle it and store it in a cool, dark place. It retains its effectiveness for two to three years.”

 http://www.morethanalive.com/Vegetable-Glycerin

“It seems that you can use glycerin as a preservative when you use 50% glycerin or more in a product.”

” foot lotion recipe with 25% glycerin, and it feels great on my feet…but it feels awful on other …

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If you want to make metal rust faster…

Method 1:

“Wet down entire piece with chlorine bleach, sprinkle lightly with salt, and allow to sit until it dries. Spray the piece with water, but lightly so the dried salt/bleach mixture doesn’t rinse off. Just wet the surface down. Let sit overnight.

The next morning, mix up a pint of FRESH hydrogen peroxide (standard 3% stuff found at drug stores) with a tablespoon of muriatic acid. Spray this mixture onto the piece. Allow to dry. Once dry, spray once more with this mixture. Let sit overnight.

Next morning, rinse completely with clean water, and you should have a decent rust by now. If there are areas that need more rusting, go back to step 5. Once you are happy with this rust, let it sit for a few days, lightly wetting the surface with water …

Try using cornstarch, boil off excess water, leave ink out in air to evaporate(stir occasionally), extender base will thicken and make more transparent, pva glue( dries flexible, acid free), magnesium carbonate, molasses, ground chalk,

http://www.ehow.com/how_6659090_make-ink-thicker.html

http://www.gigposters.com/forums/screenprinting/51522-thickening-ink.html

http://www.barenforum.org/archives/vol14/v14_1343.txt

http://www.briarpress.org/20882

http://www.bombingscience.com/graffitiforum/archive/index.php/t-71.html

Some different styles of Broadsides showing an advertisement, information, and the Declaration of Independence. Each have a different format considering what type of information it is displaying.

MA Historical Society Collection of Broadsides

Some examples of strictly advertisement based broadsides from the Library of Congress. The first one is asking for men to enlist in the army, the second and third are play bills.

To be noted for their formatting of the information.

Library of Congress Collection of Broadsides

Spanish:

German:

French:

Library of Congress Collection of Broadsides

Library of Congress Collection of Broadsides

Duke Collection of Broadsides

Duke Collection of Broadsides

Duke Collection of Broadsides

Notable aspects:
-table and column display of information
-no decorative aspects, only presenting facts

Duke Collection of Broadsides

Notable aspects:
-fonts
-use of image/decoration

Duke Collection of Broadsides

Broadside:
The historical type of broadsides were ephemera (temporary documents created for a specific purpose and intended to be thrown away.)
They were one of the most common forms of printed material between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly in Britain, Ireland and North America.

Alternate definition: side of a ship; the battery of cannon on one side of a warship; or their simultaneous (or near simultaneous) fire in naval warfare.

Broadsides usually were for:
-advertisements
-news information
-proclamations.
-text of ballads

Current uses of the word ‘Broadside’ :
– a comic called Broadside
– George Mason University official student weekly
– transformers character
– bookshop
– tvshow

Collections:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Library of Congress
Duke University
Brown University
American Antiquarian Society
Harvard Law