VOL. II.

LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1846.

PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

CONTENTS.

Page
[The Steam-Engine, and Discoveries of James Watt]v
[Lending and Pawnbroking]1
[Chemical Names of Metals]23
[Zinc]32
[Carp]46
[Camp-mills]55
[Mirrors]56
[Glass-cutting. Etching on Glass]84
[Soap]92
[Madder]108
[Jugglers, Rope-dancers, Automata, etc.]115
[Artificial Ice. Cooling Liquors]142
[Hydrometer]161
[Lighting of Streets]172
[Night-watch]185
[Plant-skeletons]195
[Bills of Exchange]203
[Tin. Tinning]206
[Sowing-machines]230
[Manganese]235
[Prince Rupert’s Drops. Lacrymæ Vitreæ]241
[Fire-engines]245
[Indigo]258
[Vanes. Weathercocks]281
[Gilding]290
[Fur Dresses]296
[Steel]324
[Stamping-works]333
[Kitchen Vegetables]336
[Knitting Nets and Stockings. Stocking-Loom]355
[Hops]376
[Black Lead]388
[Sal-Ammoniac]396
[Forks]407
[Lottery. Tontine]414
[Bologna Stone]429
[Foundling Hospitals]434
[Orphan Houses]449
[Infirmaries. Hospitals for Invalids. Field Lazarettos]454
[Cock-fighting]473
[Saltpetre. Gunpowder. Aquafortis]482
[Book-censors]512
[Exclusive Privilege for Printing Books]518
[Catalogues of Books]522
[Ribbon-Loom]527
[Guns. Gun-Locks]533

THE STEAM-ENGINE,
AND THE DISCOVERIES OF JAMES WATT.