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A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice

Title
A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice / by Andrew Ure ; illustrated with twelve hundred and forty [i.e. 1241] engravings on wood.
Author
Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857.
Publication
London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839.

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Description
vii, 16, 1334, 15 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Industrial arts > Dictionaries
  • Technology > Dictionaries
  • Mines and mineral resources > Dictionaries
  • Papermaking > Dictionaries
  • Papermaking machinery
  • Wallpaper
  • Papermaking machinery in art
Genre/Form
Publishers' catalogues – England – London – 19th century.
Note
  • "Bleaching of rags and paste for paper making": p. 145; "Paper cutting": p. 918-921; "Paper-hangings": p. 921-923; "Paper, Manufacture of": p. 923-941; and ill. no. 779-793.
  • "Tobacco": p. 1254-1256; "Tobacco-pipes": p. 1256-1257.
  • Illustrations: 1241 prints : wood engraving ; 11 x 10 cm. or smaller.
  • Publisher's catalog dated April 1839: 15 p. at end.
  • "Notice of a series of encyclopædias and dictionaries, each complete in one volume, printed for Longman, Orme, and Co." dated May 1839: 16 p. at beginning.
Call Number
Schlosser 811
LCCN
15020457
OCLC
  • 4708450
  • NYPG90-B68409
Author
Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857.
Title
A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice / by Andrew Ure ; illustrated with twelve hundred and forty [i.e. 1241] engravings on wood.
Imprint
London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 811
3-VB (Ure, A. Dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines. 1839)
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