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This splendid work contains a careful compilation of the most useful
Receipts and Replies given in the Notes and Queries of correspondents
as published in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN during nearly half a century
past; together with many valuable and important additions.
OVER TWELVE THOUSAND selected receipts are here collected; Nearly
every branch of the useful arts being represented. It is by far the
most comprehensive volume of the kind ever placed before the public.
The work may be regarded as the product of the studies and practical
experience of the ablest chemists and workers in all parts of the
world; the information given being of the highest value, arranged and
condensed in concise form, convenient for ready use.
Almost every inquiry that can be thought of, relating to formulæ used
in the various manufacturing industries, will here be found answered.
Instructions for working many different processes in the arts are
given. How to make and prepare many different articles and goods are
set forth.
Those who are engaged in any branch of industry probably will find in
this book much that is of practical value in their respective
callings.
Those who are in search of independent business or employment,
relating to the manufacture and sale of useful articles, will find in
it hundreds of most excellent suggestions.