CONTENTS.
Johann Beckmann
Page
The Steam-Engine, and Discoveries of James Watt
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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
281
Gilding
290
Fur Dresses
296
Steel
324
Stamping-works
333
Kitchen Vegetables
336
Knitting Nets and Stockings. Stocking-Loom
355
Hops
376
Black Lead
388
Sal-Ammoniac
396
Forks
407
Lottery. Tontine
414
Bologna Stone
429
Foundling Hospitals
434
Orphan Houses
449
Infirmaries. Hospitals for Invalids. Field Lazarettos
454
Cock-fighting
473
Saltpetre. Gunpowder. Aquafortis
482
Book-censors
512
Exclusive Privilege for Printing Books
518
Catalogues of Books
522
Ribbon-Loom
527
Guns. Gun-Locks
533
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