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A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice / by Andrew Ure ; illustrated with twelve hundred and forty engravings on wood.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Books-in-Parts Collection T9 .U75 1842b no.1,4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial arts--Dictionaries.
- Industrial arts.
- Technology--Dictionaries.
- Technology.
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor)
- Thornton, J. Wingate (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 21 parts : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : La Roy Sunderland, 1842.
- Notes:
- "From the second London edition."
- "The work ... will be issued in twenty-one semi-monthly numbers, (in covers), at 25 cents each, payable on delivery."--Prospectus.
- Parts issued in blue paper wrappers printed with publisher's prospectus.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Michael Zinman.
- Penn Libraries copy imperfect: RBC has nos. 1 and 4 only.
- Penn Libraries copy: no. 1 has autograph on front wrapper.
- OCLC:
- 259242798
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