This section is from the book "Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual For Handicraftsmen And Amateurs", by Edward Spon. Also available from Amazon: Spons' Mechanics' Own Book.
EDITED BY C. G. WARNFORD LOCK, F.L.S., etc, etc.
In Super-royal 8vo, containing 2100 pp., and Illustrated by nearly
1500 Engravings.
Can be had in the following bindings:
In 2 Vols., cloth................ £3 10 0
In 5 Divisions, cloth.......... .. .. 3 11 6
In 2 Vols., half-morocco, top edge gilt, bound in a superior manner ........ 4 10 0
In 33 Monthly Parts, at 2s. each.
Any Part can be had separate, price 2s.; postage 2d.
Complete List of all the Subjects.
Part | |
Acids........ | 1, 2,3 |
Alcohol.... | 3. 4 |
Alkalies.... | 4.5 |
Alloys... | 5,6 |
Arsenic..... | .. 6 |
Asphalte....... | .. 6 |
Aerated Waters..... | .. 6 |
Beer and Wine | 6, 7 |
Beverages.... | 7.8 |
Bleaching Powder .. | .. 8 |
Bleaching... | 8, 9 |
Borax.. | 9 |
Brushes..... | 9 |
Buttons........ | 9 |
Camphor.. | 9, 10 |
Candles....... | 10 |
Carbon....... | 10 |
Celluloid.... | 10 |
Clays ........ | 10 |
Carbolic Acid... | 11 |
Coal-tar Products | 11 |
Cocoa ................ | 11 |
Coffee ..................... | 11, 12 |
Cork .......................... | 11, 12 |
Cotton Manufactures | 12, 13 |
Drugs .................... | 13 |
Dyeing and Calico Printing | 13, 14 |
Part | |
Dyestuffs.... | 14 |
Electro-Metallurgy .. | 14 |
Explosives... | 14. 15 |
Feathers.. | 15 |
Fibrous Substances .. | 15, 16 |
Floor-cloth.. | .. 16 |
Food Preservation .. | .. 16 |
Fruit... | 16, 17 |
Fur... | 17 |
Gas, Coal...... | 17 |
Gems... | 17 |
Glass.. | 17 |
Graphite.... | 18 |
Hair Manufactures .. | 18 |
Hats... | 18 |
Ice, Artificial.... | 18 |
Indiarubber Manufactures... | 18, 19 |
Ink... | 19 |
Jute Manufactures .. | 19 |
Knitted Fabrics (Hosiery)... | 19 |
Lace... | 19 |
Leather.. | 19, 20 |
Linen Manufactures | 20 |
Manures... | 20 |
Matches.. | 20, 21 |
Mordants... | 21 |
Part | ||
Narcotics... | 21, 22 | |
Oils and Fatty Substances.. | 22,23,24 | |
Paper... | 24 | |
Paraffin... | 24 | |
Pearl and Coral... | 24 | |
Perfumes... | 24 | |
Photography | 24, 25 | |
Pigments and Paint .. | 25 | |
Pottery... | 25, 26 | |
Printing and Engraving | 26 | |
Resinous and Gummy Substances | 26, 27 | |
Robe... | 27 | |
Salt... | 27, 28 | |
Silk... | 28 | |
Skins... | 28 | |
Soap, Railway Grease and Glycerine... | 28,29 | |
Spices.. | 29 | |
Starch.. | 29 | |
Sugar... | 29,30,31 | |
Tannin... | 31. 32 | |
Tea... | 32 | |
Timber... | 32 | |
Varnish.. | 32 | |
Wool and Woollen Manufactures... | 32,33 |
LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 125, STRAND. NEW YORK: 35, MURRAY STREET.
In Crown 8vo, cloth, with numerous Illustrations, price 10s. 6d.
 
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