CAREFULLY REVISED AND ENLARGED BY WILLIAM FRANCIS, Ph.D., F.L.S., EDITOR OF THE CHEMICAL GAZETTE; AND J. W. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.L.S., LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Page The Steam-Engine, and Discoveries of James Watt v Lending and Pawnbroking 1 Chemical Names of Metals 23 Zinc 32 Carp 46 Camp-mills 55 Mirrors 56 Glass-cutting. Etching on Glass 84 Soap 92 Madder 108 Jugglers, Rope-dancers, Automata, etc. 115 Artificial Ice. Cooling Liquors 142 Hydrometer 161 Lighting of Streets 172 Night-watch 185 Plant-skeletons 195 Bills of Exchange 203 Tin. Tinning 206 Sowing-machines 230 Manganese 235 Prince Rupert’s Drops. Lacrymæ Vitreæ 241 Fire-engines 245 Indigo 258 Vanes. Weathercocks…
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