250 Illustrations, with Complete Index, and a General Index to the
Four Series, 5_s._
Waterproofing--rubber goods, cuprammonium processes, miscellaneous
preparations.
Packing and Storing articles of delicate odour or colour, of a
deliquescent character, liable to ignition, apt to suffer from
insects or damp, or easily broken.
Embalming and Preserving anatomical specimens.
Leather Polishes.
Cooling Air and Water, producing low temperatures, making ice,
cooling syrups and solutions, and separating salts from liquors by
refrigeration.
Pumps and Siphons, embracing every useful contrivance for raising
and supplying water on a moderate scale, and moving corrosive,
tenacious, and other liquids.
Desiccating--air-and water-ovens, and other appliances for drying
natural and artificial products.
Distilling--water, tinctures, extracts, pharmaceutical
preparations, essences, perfumes, and alcoholic liquids.
Emulsifying as required by pharmacists and photographers.
Evaporating--saline and other solutions, and liquids demanding
special precautions.
Filtering--water, and solutions of various kinds.
Percolating and Macerating.
Electrotyping.
Stereotyping by both plaster and paper processes.
Bookbinding in all its details.
Straw Plaiting and the fabrication of baskets, matting, etc.
Musical Instruments--the preservation, tuning, and repair of
pianos, harmoniums, musical boxes, etc.
Clock and Watch Mending--adapted for intelligent amateurs.
Photography--recent development in rapid processes, handy
apparatus, numerous recipes for sensitizing and developing
solutions, and applications to modern illustrative purposes.
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