The artist's guide and mechanic's own book, embracing the portion of chemistry applicable to the mechanic arts, with abstracts of electricity, galvanism, magnetism, pneumatics, optics, astronomy, and mechanical philosophy. Also mechanical exercises in iron, steel, lead, zinc, copper, and tin, soldering: and a variety of useful receipts, extending to every profession and occupation of life; particularly dyeing, silk, woollen, cotton, and leather.
Title:
The artist's guide and mechanic's own book, embracing the portion of chemistry applicable to the mechanic arts, with abstracts of electricity, galvanism, magnetism, pneumatics, optics, astronomy, and mechanical philosophy. Also mechanical exercises in iron, steel, lead, zinc, copper, and tin, soldering: and a variety of useful receipts, extending to every profession and occupation of life; particularly dyeing, silk, woollen, cotton, and leather.
Author:
Pilkington, James, active 1841.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Bazin and Ellsworth [1841]
Physical Description:
viii, 9-490 pages : including frontispiece, illustrations ; 19 cm
General Note:
Edition of 1839 has title: The artist's and mechanic's repository.
Language:
English
Format :
Book