100年前的生活妙招：用盐可以自制灭火器？

People don't often look back on the early 1900's for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation?
通常人们不会为了求取生活妙方而去回顾20世纪初的年代，不过如果那个“垮掉的一代”真的能对我们有所助益呢？

The New York Public Library has digitized 100 "how to do it" cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.
纽约公共图书馆将一组100多年前的香烟盒上的“生活妙招”卡片进行了数字化处理，这些卡片上的小贴士实在太实用了，二十一世纪的我们看到了也会多加留意！

How to Make a Fire Extingguisher
如何自制灭火器

Dissolve one pound of salt and half a pound of sal-ammoniac in two quarts of water and bottle the liquor in thin glass bottles holding about a quart each.
将一磅盐，半磅卤砂融入两夸脱的水中，将这种混合液装进细长的玻璃瓶里，每只玻璃瓶大约装一夸脱。

Should a fire break out, dash one or more of the bottles into the flames, and any serious outbreak will probably be averted.
如果发生火灾，将一只或多只装有混合液的玻璃瓶投入火中，这样可以有效避免严峻火情的发生。