This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
Good Liquid Glue, for household purposes, may be made by mixing 3 oz. gum arable, 3 oz. distilled vinegar, with 1 oz white sugar Instead of the distilled vinegar, one part ascetic acid and five parts watei may be substituted. (See 66, 63, and 1869.)
 
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