The New handmaid to arts, sciences, agriculture, &c. [electronic resource] : Containing 1. Prognostications for the weather, by the moon, stars, rainbow, &c. 2. Monthly observations in the orchard, kitchen-garden and flower-garden. 3. Observations in husbandry. 4. Complete farriery, or Rules for the management of horses. 5. The vermin killer, containing methods to prevent and destroy bugs, fleas, lice, pismires, flies, and all other kinds of vermin. 6. The most rare secret how to catch fish; also the method to make bird-lime. Together with the whole art of limning and painting, in oil and water-colours. Also the art of gilding wilth [sic] gold and silver, wood, metals, leather, &c. with an oily size, and water gold. The method of colouring maps, with directions for laying metzotinto prints on glass. The curious art and mystery of japanning, to imitate the Indian way, with receipts for making the several varnishes. The mystery of dying silks, stuffs, cloth, thread, and other things. To stain wood, horn, bone, leather, &c. of various colours. To extract lake, and other curious colours from flowers, herbs, seeds, &c. The art of making glass of christal of all sorts and colours. To take spots or stains pitch, tar, rosin, wax, and ironmoulds out of silks, stuffs, linen or wollen, and recover faded, silks: with many other things worthy of note. To which are added, many curiosities and rare secrets, known to few, but exceeding useful.