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A Manual of the Hand Lathe
by Egbert Pomeroy WatsonA Manual of the Hand Lathe is a comprehensive guide to working on hand lathe written by Egbert Pomeroy Watson, who is the author of "The Modern Practice Of American Machinists And Engineers". This books is illustrated with seventy eight engravings and comprising concise directions for working metals of all kinds, ivory, bone and preciou..
Atoms in Agriculture
by Thomas S. OsborneAtoms in Agriculture is a part of the series "The Understanding the Atom Series" books written by Thomas S. Osborne, who was in charge of plant-breeding research being conducted by the University of Tennessee’s Agricultural Research Laboratory for the Atomic Energy Commission. Nuclear energy is playing a vital role in the life of every man, wo..
History of Phosphorus
by Eduard FarberThe “cold light” produced by phosphorus caused it to be considered a miraculous chemical for a long time after its discovery, about 1669. During the intervening three centuries numerous other chemical miracles have been found, yet phosphorus retains a special aura of universal importance in chemistry. Many investigators have occupied themselves wit..
A Textbook of Assaying
by Cornelius BeringerThe Text-book now offered to the public has been prepared to meet the existing want of a practical "handy book" for the Assayer. To mining men the word "assaying" conveys a sufficiently clear meaning, but it is difficult to define. Some writers limit it to the determination of silver and gold, and others imagine that it has only to do with "furnace..
On Laboratory Arts
by Richard ThrelfallEXPERIMENTAL work in physical science rests ultimately upon the mechanical arts. It is true that in a well-appointed laboratory, where apparatus is collected together in greater or less profusion, the appeal is often very indirect, and to a student carrying out a set experiment with apparatus provided to his hand, the temptation to ignore the mecha..
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing
by Watson SmithThe subject-matter in this little book is the substance of a series of Lectures delivered before the Hat Manufacturers' Association in the years 1887 and 1888. About this period, owing to the increasing difficulties of competition with the products of the German Hat Manufacturers, a deputation of Hat Manufacturers in and around Manchester consulted..
A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons
by Fredrick AccumA Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons, exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy.This Treatise, as its title expresses, is intended to exhibit easy meth..
Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries
by Edwin E. SlossonThe recent war as never before in the history of the world brought to the nations of the earth a realization of the vital place which the science of chemistry holds in the development of the resources of a nation. Some of the most picturesque features of this awakening reached the great public through the press. Thus, the adventurous trips of the D..