A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries

About this eBook

Author

Grant, George

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

T: Technology

Subject

Inventions -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53613

Release Date

November 27, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A SELECT LIST OF BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY PARTRIDGE AND OAKEY LONDON: And may be had of all Booksellers . — A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF USEFUL INVENTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES:
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.USEFUL INVENTIONS. — PRINTING.
5. 5.STEREOTYPE.
6. 6.ENGRAVING. — ON WOOD. — ON COPPER. — ON STEEL.
7. 7.LITHOGRAPHY.
8. 8.PAPER.
9. 9.PAPER HANGING.
10. 10.PAINTING.
11. 11.STATUARY.
12. 12.DRAWING. THE HUMAN FIGURE.
13. 13.ARCHITECTURE.
14. 14.CHAIN-BRIDGES.
15. 15.CLOCKS.
16. 16.WATCHES,
17. 17.WATER-CLOCKS.
18. 18.SPINNING.
19. 19.STOCKING MANUFACTURE.
20. 20.COACHES.
21. 21.SADDLES, BRIDLES, AND STIRRUPS.
22. 22.HORSE-SHOES.
23. 23.GUNPOWDER.
24. 24.GUNS.
25. 25.ASTRONOMY.
26. 26.NAVIGATION.
27. 27.LIGHT-HOUSES.
28. 28.ELECTRICITY. — ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
29. 29.STEAM-ENGINES.
30. 30.MILLS.
31. 31.SAW-MILLS.
32. 32.FORKS.
33. 33.MUSIC.
34. 34.SEALING-WAX, SEALS, &c.
35. 35.BLACK-LEAD PENCILS.
36. 36.COLOURED GLASS.
37. 37.ETCHING ON GLASS AND GLASS CUTTING. — ETCHING ON GLASS.
38. 38.HYDROMETERS.
39. 39.Transcriber’s Notes

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