This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
There are two suitable cements that will withstand oil and heat. The first is made by separating the white from the yolk of an egg, and mixing the former to a stiff paste with powdered quicklime. The second cement is made by boiling together 5 parts of water, 1 part of caustic soda, and:! parts of resin. When the resin is dissolved, the liquid is mixed with half its weight of plaster-of-Paris, and at once used, as both cements set hard in a very short time.
 
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