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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I

A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I

by Johann Beckmann

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Author
Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811
Title
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)
Credits
Produced by 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
eBook-No.
48151
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48151
Release Date
February 4, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, AND ORIGINS.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT.
  4. 4.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES
  5. 5.MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. — FOOTNOTES
  6. 6.HISTORY OF INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.
  7. 7.ITALIAN BOOK-KEEPING. — FOOTNOTES
  8. 8.ODOMETER. — FOOTNOTES
  9. 9.MACHINE FOR NOTING DOWN MUSIC. — FOOTNOTES
  10. 10.REFINING GOLD AND SILVER ORE BY QUICKSILVER. AMALGAMATION. — FOOTNOTES
  11. 11.COLD OR DRY GILDING.
  12. 12.GOLD VARNISH. — FOOTNOTES
  13. 13.TULIPS. — FOOTNOTES
  14. 14.CANARY BIRD. — FOOTNOTES
  15. 15.ARCHIL. — FOOTNOTES
  16. 16.MAGNETIC CURES. — FOOTNOTES
  17. 17.SECRET POISON. — FOOTNOTES
  18. 18.WOODEN BELLOWS. — FOOTNOTES
  19. 19.COACHES. — FOOTNOTES
  20. 20.WATER-CLOCKS, CLEPSYDRAS. — FOOTNOTES
  21. 21.TOURMALINE. — FOOTNOTES
  22. 22.SPEAKING-TRUMPET. — FOOTNOTES
  23. 23.ANANAS.—PINE-APPLE. — FOOTNOTES
  24. 24.SYMPATHETIC INK. — FOOTNOTES
  25. 25.DIVING-BELL. — FOOTNOTES
  26. 26.COLOURED GLASS.—ARTIFICIAL GEMS. — On the Art of Glass-Painting. By a Correspondent. — FOOTNOTES
  27. 27.SEALING-WAX. — FOOTNOTES
  28. 28.CORN-MILLS. — FOOTNOTES
  29. 29.VERDIGRIS, or SPANISH GREEN. — FOOTNOTES
  30. 30.SAFFRON. — FOOTNOTES
  31. 31.ALUM. — FOOTNOTES
  32. 32.FALCONRY. — FOOTNOTES
  33. 33.TURF. — FOOTNOTES
  34. 34.ARTICHOKE. — FOOTNOTES
  35. 35.SAW-MILLS. — FOOTNOTES
  36. 36.STAMPED PAPER. — FOOTNOTES
  37. 37.INSURANCE. — FOOTNOTES
  38. 38.ADULTERATION OF WINE. — FOOTNOTES
  39. 39.ARTIFICIAL PEARLS. — FOOTNOTES
  40. 40.PAVING OF STREETS. — FOOTNOTES
  41. 41.COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES. — FOOTNOTES
  42. 42.CHIMNEYS. — FOOTNOTES
  43. 43.HUNGARY WATER. — FOOTNOTES
  44. 44.CORK. — FOOTNOTES
  45. 45.APOTHECARIES. — FOOTNOTES
  46. 46.CLOCKS AND WATCHES. — FOOTNOTES
  47. 47.CLOCKS AND WATCHES 1089 ( ADDITIONAL ). — Letter on the pretended Watch of King Robert Bruce 1118 . — FOOTNOTES
  48. 48.QUARANTINE. — FOOTNOTES
  49. 49.PAPER-HANGINGS. — FOOTNOTES
  50. 50.KERMES. COCHINEAL. — FOOTNOTES
  51. 51.WRITING-PENS. — FOOTNOTES
  52. 52.WIRE-DRAWING. — FOOTNOTES
  53. 53.BUCK-WHEAT. — FOOTNOTES
  54. 54.SADDLES. — FOOTNOTES
  55. 55.STIRRUPS. — FOOTNOTES
  56. 56.HORSE-SHOES. — FOOTNOTES
  57. 57.FLOATING OF WOOD. — FOOTNOTES
  58. 58.LACE. — FOOTNOTES
  59. 59.ULTRAMARINE. — FOOTNOTES
  60. 60.COBALT, ZAFFER, SMALT. — FOOTNOTES
  61. 61.TURKEYS. — FOOTNOTES
  62. 62.BUTTER. — FOOTNOTES
  63. 63.AURUM FULMINANS. — FOOTNOTES
  64. 64.GARDEN-FLOWERS. — FOOTNOTES
  65. 65.Transcribers’ Notes

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