WORKSHOP RECEIPTS
(FOURTH SERIES).
By C. G. WARNFORD LOCK, F.L.S.
Devoted mainly to Handicrafts and Mechanical subjects.
250 Illustrations, with complete Index and a general Index to the Four Series.
CONTENTS:
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 Syphons, 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.
E. & F. N. SPON, 125, Strand, London.
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