Encyclopedia Of Practical Receipts And Processes | by William B. Dick

The original design of the compiler of this work was to prepare a collection of popular and domestic receipts, to contain only those whose practical utility had been established, either by actual trial or by the guaranty of undoubted authorities, thus excluding the mass of untried, and, consequently, unreliable information to be found in Receipt Books, compiled with a view to quantity rather than quality. As the work progressed, it was found, in many cases, no easy matter to draw a line between the simple or practical and the artistic or scientific. To meet this difficulty, it was determined to enlarge its scope, increasing the usefulness of the former by the additional light of scientific research, and rendering the latter easy of application by reducing the formulae and technicalities of scientific writers to plain language, so as to be understood by the uninitiated.

Encyclopedia Of Practical Receipts And Processes.

Containing Over 6400 Receipts

Embracing Thorough Information, In Plain Language, Applicable To Almost Evert Possible Industrial And Domestic Requirement.

By William B. Dick.

New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, Publishers.