A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries / Being a manual of instruction and entertainment.

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A SELECT LIST OF BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY PARTRIDGE AND OAKEY LONDON: And may be had of all Booksellers .

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

USEFUL INVENTIONS.

PRINTING.

STEREOTYPE.

ENGRAVING.

LITHOGRAPHY.

PAPER.

PAPER HANGING.

PAINTING.

STATUARY.

DRAWING. THE HUMAN FIGURE.

ARCHITECTURE.

CLOCKS.

WATCHES,

WATER-CLOCKS.

SPINNING.

STOCKING MANUFACTURE.

COACHES.

SADDLES, BRIDLES, AND STIRRUPS.

HORSE-SHOES.

GUNPOWDER.

GUNS.

ASTRONOMY.

NAVIGATION.

LIGHT-HOUSES.

ELECTRICITY.

STEAM-ENGINES.

MILLS.

SAW-MILLS.

FORKS.

MUSIC.

SEALING-WAX, SEALS, and c.

BLACK-LEAD PENCILS.

COLOURED GLASS.

ETCHING ON GLASS AND GLASS CUTTING.

HYDROMETERS.

Transcriber's Notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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