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Comments0Views290Follows0Votes0Charcoal in Barbeques
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Perhaps the most common usage of charcoal nowadays is in barbeques. It can be found in three forms: lump charcoal, charcoal briquettes and extruded charcoal. Lump charcoal is less processed and therefore produced less as
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Comments0Views234Follows0Votes0Other Uses of Charcoal
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Dehumidifier and Air Purifier
Damp rooms such as basements, bathrooms and utility rooms can benefit from the addition of a dehumidifier to absorb excess moisture and a do it yourself version using charcoal - Read more
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Comments1Views120Follows0Votes0What is ManyUses.org?
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Welcome to ManyUses.org.
The purpose for this website is to create a place for people wishing to find out about, or to discuss, the many and varied uses of ordinary, everyday objects and commodities, such as - Read more
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Comments0Views46Follows0Votes0Medicinal uses of Garlic
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Open Wounds and Infections
Wounds and infections can be cleansed and treated with a garlic solution. After the wound has been cleaned, grate or pound twenty or so cloves of garlic, being careful to use only - Read more
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Comments0Views40Follows0Votes0Lemons for Health and Beauty
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Colds and Sore Throats
We all know how soothing a hot lemon drink is when we have a cold, but lemons also make a very effective antiseptic gargle for sore throats and hoarseness. Simply squeeze the juice of - Read more
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Comments0Views39Follows0Votes0The Role of Garlic in Folklore
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The ancient Egyptians used it as currency and gave it to slaves to build up their stamina and endurance and to keep illnesses at bay as they laboured away at the pyramids. In mediaeval times garlic was thought to fend of
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Comments0Views35Follows0Votes0Garlic and Superstitions
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Superstitions involving garlic can been found in Europe, China, Japan, India and Asia Minor – and possibly many other places. Early belief in vampires led people to hang it from window or door frames to protect the hou
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Comments0Views35Follows0Votes0Charcoal in Medicine
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To produce activated charcoal, carbon is activated by introducing oxydising gas such as steam or air at high temperatures. This grinds down the internal surfaces of the charcoal and increases its adsorption abilities by
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Comments0Views25Follows0Votes0Charcoal in Art
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There is recorded evidence of charcoal having been used in cave drawings over thirty thousand years ago and this has produced something of a ‘chicken and egg enigma’: as it is impossible to say whether the early cave
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Comments0Views23Follows0Votes0Lemons Around the House
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Lemon ice cubes
Nothing is more refreshing and cooling on a hot summer’s day than a tall glass of home-made lemonade. There are numerous recipes around for delicious home-made lemonade, but instead of pou - Read more
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