Ingredients
- ten grains of cyanide of potassium
- one ounce of water
- five grains of iodine to one ounce of water
- eight parts each bichloride of mercury
- one hundred
Directions
1
Most indelible inks contain nitrate of silver, the stain of which may be removed by first soaking in a solution of common salt, and afterward washing with ammonia. Or use solution of ten grains of cyanide of potassium and five grains of iodine to one ounce of water, or a solution of eight parts each bichloride of mercury and chloride of ammonium in one hundred and twenty-five parts of water.
By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann ·
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