The curiosities of industry and the applied sciences
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- The curiosities of industry and the applied sciences
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The curiosities of industry and the applied sciences
Author: Dodd, George, 1808-1881
Year: 1852
1. Glass and its manufacture.- 2. Iron and its manufacture.- 3. Wood and its applications.- 4. Calculating and registering machines.- 5. India rubber and gutta percha.- 6. Industrial applications of electricity.- 7. Gold: in the mine, the mint, and the workshop.- 8. Paper: its applications and its novelties.- 9. Printing: its modern varieties.- 10. Cotton and flax: a contrast.- 11. Corn and bread: what they owe to machinery.- 12. A ship, in the nineteenth century.- 13. Fire and light: contrivances for their production.- 14. Wool and silk, fur and feathers.- 15. The chemistry of manufactures.- 16. Steam-power and water-power
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