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The new help to discourse. Or wit and mirth, intermix'd with more serious matters; Consisting of Pleasant, Philosophical, Physical, Historical, Moral, and Political Questions and Answers: With Proverbs, Epitaphs, Epigrams, Riddles, Poesies, Rules for Behaviour, &c. With several Wonder, and Varieties, particularly, A concise History of all the Kings of England, from the Norman Conquest, down to King George. Together with Directions for the true Knowledge of several Matters concerning Astronomy, Holy-Days, and Husbandry, in a plain Method. By W. W. gent.
Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.Date: 1721- Books
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The knowledge of things unknown: shewing the effects of the planets and other astronomical constellations. With the strange events that befall men, women, and children, born under them. Together with the husbandman's practice: O[r], Prognostication for ever; as teach Albert, Alkind, and Ptolomy. With the shepherd's prognostication for the weather, and Pythagoras his wheel of fortune.
Godfridus.Date: 1729- Books
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The instructor: or, young man's best companion. Containing, Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, in an easier Way than any yet published; and how to qualify any Person for Business, without the Help of a Master. Instructions to write Variety of Hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship. Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills, Leases, Releases, Also Merchants Accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping; with a Description of the Product, Counties and Market-Towns in England and Wales; with a List of Fairs according to the New Stile. Together with the Method of measuring Carpenters, Joiners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glasiers, and Painters Work. How to undertake each Work, and at what Price; the Rates of each Commodity, and the common Wages of Journeymen; with the Description of Gunter's Line, and Coggeshall's Sliding-Rule. Likewise the Practical Gauger made Easy; the Art of Dialling, and how to erect and fix Dials; with Instructions for Dying, Colouring, and making Colours: and some General Observations for Gardening every Month in the Year. To which is added, the family's best companion: With Instructions for Marking on Linen; how to Pickle and Preserve; to make divers Sorts of Wine; and many excellent Plasters, and Medicines, necessary in all Families: and a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy; Containing a brief Description of the different Parts of the Earth, and a Survey of the Celestial Bodies. Also some useful Interest-Tables. By George Fisher, Accomptant. The Twenty-Third Edition, Corrected and Improved.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies. How to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book keeping; with a description of the product, counties, and market-towns in England and Wales, and a list of fairs according to the new style. The method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen, with the description of gunter's line, and goggeshall's sliding-rule. The practical gauger made easy; the art of dialling, and how to erect and six dials; with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. Also some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accountant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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The instructor: or, young man's best companion. Containing, Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetick, in an easier Way than any yet published; and how to qualify any Person for Business, without the Help of a Master. Instructions to write Variety of Hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship. Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills, Leases, Releases, &c. Also Merchants Accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping; with a Description of the Product, Counties, and Market-Towns in England and Wales. Together with the Carpenters Plain and Exact Rule: Shewing how to measure Carpenters, Joyners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glasiers and Painters Work. How to undertake each Work, and at what Price; the Rates of each Commodity, and the common Wages of Journeymen; with Gunter's Line, and Coggeshall's Description of the Sliding-Rule. Likewise the Practical Gauger made Easy; the Art of Dialling, and how to erect and fix any Dial; with Instructions for Dying, Colouring, and making Colours; and some General Observations for Gardening every Month in the Year. To which is added, the family's best companion: With Instructions for Marking on linen; how to Pickle and Preserve; to make divers Sorts of Wine; and many excellent Plaisters and Medicines, necessary in all Families: and also, a compleat treatise of farriery; Or, Good Advice to Gentlemen and Farmers; with a choice Collection of Remedies, very fit for all Farriers and Grooms. By George Fisher, Accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.XL. [1740]- Books
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School of wisdom, or, new preceptor: a general system of the works of art and nature, calculated for advancing the instruction of youth, Containing I. Definition of the Soul, and Description of the Human Body. II. Astronomy, Oratory, Morality, and the Principals of Politeness. III. General Review of the Works of the Creation, viz. Birds, Beasts, Fishes and Insects. IV. On the Terraqueous Globe, Vegetable Creation & Elements. V. Comparative View, and Reflections on Nations, Manners and Men. VI. On Drawing, Designing, Painting, Limning and Gilding. Vii. On Etching, Engraving, Bronzing, Staining different Substances, &c. Viii. On Dying, with general Rules for the different Colours. IX. On Fire-Works, with Directions for making the different Sorts. X. Of the Art of making Porcelain, after the Chinese Manner, Secrets in Metals, &c. Compiled from various authors.
Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies. How to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the product, counties, and market-towns in England and Wales, and a list of English and Scots fairs according to the new style. The method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plaisterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters-work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journey men, with the description of gunter's line, and coggeshall's sliding rule. The practical gauger made easy; the art of dialing, and how to erect and six dials; with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. Also some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accountant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: 1784- Books
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Youth's faithful monitor: or, the young man's best companion. Containing a compendious English grammar, proper for all Youth to be acquainted with. Reading and writing made easy, with Copies of the same; Letters on various Subjects, Receipts and promissory Notes, Forms of Bills of Debt, Bills of Sale, Bonds, Indentures, Wills, &c. Also, arithmetic laid down in an easier Manner than any yet extant; whereby a Person of a mean Capacity may attain the same without the Help of a Master. Merchants accompts, or, the best Method of Book-Keeping, after an easy and short Method, the Forms of Bills of Exchange, the Fares of Watermen as set forth by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. Like Wise Mensuration, Gauging, and Surveying made easy; with some very useful Tables of Interest, calculated on a new Plan. Astronomy and Geography; containing a Description of the Use of the Globes celestial and terrestrial; with a Description of the Product, Counties, Market Towns with their Distance of Miles from London, and Market Days in England and Wales, and a correct List of all the Fairs. Likewise the Art of Dialling; how to erect and fix them; with Instructions for making Colours; together with a choice Collection of curious Receipts. To which is added A curious Abstract of the history of England, with all the remarkable Events down to the present Year. With a great variety of copper-plates and cuts. By William Woolgar, Accomptant.
Woolgar, William.Date: 1770- Books
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A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts : Whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, diuers necessary, a great sort profitable, and many verie precious.
Lupton, ThomasDate: [1595?]- Books
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The instructor: or, Young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies both in prose and verse. How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Also merchants accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the product, counties and market-towns in England and Wales. Together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule: shewing how to measure carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen; with gunter's line; and coggeshall's description of the sliding-rule. Likewise the practical gauger made easy; the art of dialling, and how to erect and fix and dial; with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which is added, the family's best companion: with instructions for marking on linnen; how to pickle and preserve; to make divers sorts of wine; and many excellent plasters, and medicines, necessary in all families: and a compleat treatise of farriery; or, good advice to gentlemen and farmers; with a choice collection of remedies, very fit for all farriers and grooms. Also some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.LV. [1755]- Books
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The young man's book of knowledge: being a proper supplement to The young man's companion. In six parts, ... By D. Fenning, ... The fourth edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved. ...
Fenning, Daniel.Date: 1786- Books
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Enquire within upon everything.
Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882.Date: 1863- Books
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Arts treasury of rarities: and curious inventions. : In two parts.
White, JohnDate: [1710?]- Books
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A rich cabinet with variety of inventions, unlock'd and open'd for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours : being receits and conceits of severall natures, and fit for those who are lovers of naturall and artificiall conclusions : as also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water, and fire-works of service, for sea and shore : whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks / collected by J.W. a lover of artificial conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1668- Books
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The instructor: or, young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier Way than any yet published; and how to qualify any Person without the Help of a Master. Instructions to write Variety of Hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship. Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills Leases, Releases, &c. Also merchants' accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping; with a Description of the Product, Counties and Market-Towns in England and Wales. Together with the method of measuring carpenters, Joiners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glaziers, and Painters work. How to undertake each Work, and at what Price; the Rates of each Commodity; and the common Wages of Journeymen; with the Description of Gunter's Line, and Coggleshall's Sliding Rule. Likewise the practical guager made easy: the Art of Dialing, and how to erect and fix Dials; with Instructions for Dying, Colouring, and making colours; and some General Observations for Gardening every Month in the Year. To which is added, The family's best companion: With Instructions how to Pickle and Preserve; to make divers sorts of Wine; and many excellent Plaisters, and Medicines necessary in all Families: and a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy: Containing a brief Description of the different Parts of the Earth, and a Survey of the Celestial Bodies. Also some useful interest tables. By George Fisher, Accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]- Books
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The instructor: or, young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any Person for Business, without the Help of a Master. Instructions to write Variety of Hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship. Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills, Leases, Releases, &c. Also Merchants Accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping; with a Description of the Product, Counties and Market-Towns in England and Wales; with a List of Fairs according to the New Stile. Together with the Method of measuring Carpenters, Joiners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glasiers, and Painters Work. How to undertake each Work, and at what Price; the Rates of each Commodity, and the common Wages of Journeymen; with the Description of Gunter's Line, and Coggeshall's Sliding-Rule. Likewise the Practical Gauger made Easy; the Art of Dialling, and how to erect and fix Dials; with Instructions for Dying, Colouring, and making Colours; and some General Observations for Gardening every Month in the Year. To which is added, the family's best companion: With Instructions for Marking on Linen; how to Pickle and Preserve; to make divers Sorts of Wine; and many excellent Plasters, and Medicines, necessary in all Families: and a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy; Containing A brief Description of the different Parts of the Earth, and a Survey of the Celestial Bodies. Also some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, Accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.LXVII. [1767]- Books
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The young man's companion: or Arithmetick made easy. Containing, plain directions for a young man to attain to read and write true English; the best and easiest instructions for writing variety of hands, with copies both in prose and verse, digested in an alphabetical order. How to write letters of compliment, friendship, or business. Forms of notes, receipts, bill, bonds, indentures, leases and releases, letters of attorney, wills, &c. Directions how to measure carpenters, joyners, swayers, bricklayers, plaisterers, plummers, masons, glaziers, and painters work. With tables for such as have not learn'd arithmetick. How to compute the charge of building an house, or any part thereof. The rates measuring, gauging, plotting of land by Gunter's chain, and taking heights and distances by the quadrant, &c. of Gunter's line in measuring globes, bullets, walls, &c. The art of dialling, and how to direct and fix any dial: instructions for dying, colouring, and making of colours. With a description of the counties, cities, parishes, and market-towns in England and Wales. Choice monthly observations in gardening, planting, grafting, and inoculating fruit-trees, and the best time to prone them. To which is added, the family-companion for marking of linen, pickling, preserving, making wine of fruit; with many approved and experienced medicines for the poor. Also exact lists of all the fairs in England and Wales, both fix'd and moveable; wherein the market-towns are likewise distinguish'd by the days of the week, on which their markets are held. And also tables of interest at 3, 3 1/2, 4, and 5 per cent. per ann. from one pound progressively to one hundred, and from one day to thirty, and from one month to a year. Written by W. Mather, in a plain and easy stile, that a young man may both readily and easily improve and quality himself for business, without the help of a master.
Mather, W. (William), active 1695.Date: 1752- Books
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The young man's companion: or, Arithmetick made easy. Containing, plain directions for a young man to attain to read and write true English; the best and easiest instructions for writing variety of hands, with copies both in prose and verse, digested in an alphabetical order. How to write letters of compliment, friendship, or business. Forms of notes, receipts, bills, bonds, indentures, leases and releases, letters of attorney, wills, &c. A short and easy method of shop and book-keeping, merchants-accompts, &c. Direction how to measure carpenters, joiners, sawyers, ... With a description of the counties, cities, parishes, and market-towns in England and Wales. Choice monthly observations in gardening, planting, grafting, and inoculating fruit-trees, and the best time to prune them. To which is added, the family companion for marking on linen, pickling, preserving, making wine of fruit; with many approved and experienced medicines for the poor. Also, exact lists of all the fairs in England and Wales, both fix'd and moveable; wherein the market-towns are likewise distinguish'd by the days of the week, on which their markets are hold. And also, tables of interest at 3, 3 1/2, 4, and 5 per cent. per ann. from one pound progressively to one hundred, and from one day to thirty, and from one month to a year. Written by W. Mather, in a plain and easy stile, that a young man may both readily and easily improve and qualify himself for business, without the help of a master.
Mather, W. (William), active 1695.Date: 1747- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies, how to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book keeping; with a description, of the product, counties and market towns in England and Wales. The method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen, with the description of gunter's line, and Coggeshall's sliding-rule. The practical gauger made easy; the art of dialling; and how to erect and six dials; with instructions for dyeing, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. Also some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accountant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]- Books
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The young man's new universal companion; or, gentleman's pocket intelligencer. Containing, I. The Principles of the English Language; Directions for Writing; Specimens of Letters; Forms of Address; and Rules for Penmanship. II. Forms of Wills and Deeds; Notes, Receipts, Bills of Parcels and Book Debts, with many other mercantile Matters, as Shipping, Invoices, and the Nature of Exports and Imports. III. Arithmetic in general; Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; Extraction of Roots, and their Uses; Duodecimals and their Application to Artificers' Works; Board and Timber Measure. IV. Chronology and Geometry, with some of their most useful Problems; Plain Trigonometry; the Geography of Maps; Navigation and Astronomy, including a full Account of the Georgium Sidus, or New Planet. Dialling, with the newly invented Pocket Card-Dial. The colouring of Dial-Boards, and preparing Colours for beautifying Maps, &c. V. The Mensuration of superficial and solid Bodies. Easy Methods of surveying Land-Cask Gauging. Information to Custom-House, Military, and Engineer Officers. VI. Several valuable and approved Receipts in Physic and Surgery. Method of avoiding infectious Diseases; of Consumptions of the Lungs. Fly-Fishing and Angling. Directions for Swimming. Recovery of drowned Persons. On the Barometer, Thermometer, and Hygrometer; the Aurora Borealis. To estimate the Value of Life and Leasehold Estates upon two or three Lives, &c. &c. Begun by the late Mr. D. Fenning, Author of the Royal English Dictionary, Universal Spelling Book, Ready Reckoner, Young Man's Book of Knowledge, New Grammar of the English Tongue, &c. and continued by the Rev. J. Malham. Author of the Scholar's Plain and Familiar Guide to the Knowledge of Vulgar and Decimal Arithmetic, Pocket Card-Dial, &c.
Fenning, Daniel.Date: 1788- Books
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The instructor: or, American young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of deeds ... releases, &c. Also, merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and bookkeeping ... Together with the method of measuring carpenters ... and painters work ... Likewise, the practical gauger, made easy .. and some genera observations for gardening every month in the year. To which is added, the family's best companion ... and a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy ... Also, several very useful tables. By George Fisher, accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies. How to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the product, counties, and market-towns in England and Wales, and a list of English and Scots fairs according to the new-style. The method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen, with the description of gunter's line, and coggeshall's sliding-rule. The practical gauger made easy; the art of dialling, and how to erect and six dials; with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. Also, some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accountant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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The instructor; or, young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. ... To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. ... By George Fisher, ...
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: 1771- Books
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The instructor: or, American young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of deeds ... releases, &c. Also, merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping ... Together with a method of measuring carpenters ... and painters work ... Likewise, the practical gauger, made easy ... and some genera observations for gardening every month in the year. To which is added, the family's best companion ... And a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy ... Also, several very useful tables. By George Fisher, accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785] (Price bound 6s)- Books
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The school of wisdom and arts; being a complete repository of what is most curious in art and nature. Containing, I. A survey of man, with sublime Reflections on his most noble Part, the Soul. II. A particular Description of the Structure of the Human Body; and the wonderful Properties of the Eye described. III. Astronomy, Oratory, Politeness, and Morality. IV. A Review of the Creation, viz. Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insect; their Industry, Sagacity, &c. V. Of the Globe: Gravity, Air, Light, Sound, Water, Clouds, Pain, Hail and Snow, with their Properties and Use. VI. Nations compared with each other. Vii. Drawing, Painting in Water and Oil Colours; Gilding, Etching, Engraving, Painting upon Glass, and Bronzing. Viii. Dying Silk, Linnen, Woolen and Leather. IX. Impressions from Figures, Busts, Casts, Medals, Leaves, &c. X. The Arts of Painting Marble and Glass; of Staining Wood, Bones, Horn, Ivory, Paper, Parchment, &c. XI. The whole art of Pyrotechny or Fire-Works. XII. The art of making porcelain after the Chinese manner, with many curious particulars, equally amusing and instructive to the Ingenious. Compiled from different authors.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]