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Workshop receipts : for the use of manufacturers, mechanics, and scientific amateurs.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1878- Worksho
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology.
- Industrial arts.
- Workshop recipes.
- Genre:
- Binders' tickets (Binding) -- 1878.
- Physical Description:
- 5 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : E. & F.N. Spon, 1878-1892.
- Contents:
- First series. [Contents from cover:] Bronzes, cements, dyeing, electro-metallurgy, enamels, etching, fireworks, fluxes, fulminates. gilding, gums, japanning, lacquers, marble working, nitro-glycerine, photography, pottery, varnishes. 1878
- Second series. [Contents from cover:] Acidimetry, albumen, alcohol, alkaloids, bitters, bleaching, boiler incrustations, cleansing, confectionery, copying, disinfectants, essences, extracts, fireproofing, glycerine, gut, iodine, ivory substitutes, leather, matches, pigments & paint, paper, parchment, &c. / by Robert Haldane. 1883
- Third series. [Contents from cover:] Alloys, aluminium, antimony, copper, electrics, enamels, glass, gold, iron & steel, lacquers, lead, lubricants, magnesium, manganese, mercury, mica, nickel, platinum, silver, slag, tin, uranium, zinc &c. / by C.G. Warnford Lock. 1884
- Fourth series. [Contents from cover:] Waterproofing, packing & storing, embalming & preserving, leather polishes, cooling air & watere, pumps & siphons, desiccating, distilling, emulsifying, evaporating, filtering, percolating & macerating, electrotyping, stereotyping, bookbinding, straw plaiting, musical instruments, clock & watch mending, photography &c. / by C.G. Warnford Lock. 1889
- Fifth series. [Contents from cover:] Diamond cutting, laboratory apparatus, copying, filtering, fireproofing, magic lanterns, metal work, percolation, illuminating agents, tobacco pipes, taps, tying and splicing, tackle, velocipedes, repairing books, netting, walking sticks, boat building &c. 1892.
- Notes:
- 1st series by Ernest Spon; 2d by Robert Haldane; 3d-4th by C.G. Warnford Lock; 5th unattributed.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- Athenaeum copy: Binder's ticket on v. 1 lower pastedown: "Bound by Leighton Son and Hodge."
- OCLC:
- 6827344
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