Johann Beckmann

CONTENTS.

THE STEAM-ENGINE, AND THE DISCOVERIES OF JAMES WATT.

HISTORY OF INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.

LENDING AND PAWNBROKING.

CHEMICAL NAMES OF METALS.

ZINC.

CARP.

CAMP-MILLS.

MIRRORS 135 .

GLASS-CUTTING. ETCHING ON GLASS.

SOAP.

MADDER.

JUGGLERS, ROPE-DANCERS, AUTOMATA, ETC.

ARTIFICIAL ICE. COOLING LIQUORS.

HYDROMETER.

LIGHTING OF STREETS.

NIGHT-WATCH.

PLANT-SKELETONS.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE.

TIN. TINNING.

SOWING-MACHINES.

MANGANESE 561 .

PRINCE RUPERT'S DROPS. LACRYMAE VITREAE.

FIRE-ENGINES.

INDIGO.

VANES. WEATHERCOCKS.

GILDING.

FUR DRESSES.

STEEL.

STAMPING-WORKS 831 .

KITCHEN VEGETABLES.

KNITTING NETS AND STOCKINGS. STOCKING-LOOM.

HOPS.

BLACK LEAD.

SAL-AMMONIAC.

FORKS.

LOTTERY. TONTINE.

BOLOGNA STONE.

FOUNDLING HOSPITALS.

ORPHAN HOUSES.

INFIRMARIES. HOSPITALS FOR INVALIDS. FIELD LAZARETTOS.

COCK-FIGHTING.

SALTPETRE. GUNPOWDER. AQUAFORTIS.

BOOK-CENSORS.

EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE FOR PRINTING BOOKS.

CATALOGUES OF BOOKS.

RIBBON-LOOM.

GUNS. GUN-LOCKS.

INDEX.

Transcribers' Notes

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A
HISTORY
OF
INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES,
AND ORIGINS.

By JOHN BECKMANN,
PROFESSOR OF ŒCONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN,
By WILLIAM JOHNSTON.

Fourth Edition,
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.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1846.

PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.