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The complete dictionary of arts and sciences. In which the whole circle of human learning is explained, And the Difficulties attending the Acquisition of Every Art, Whether Liberal or Mechanical, are Removed, in the most easy and familiar manner. Among the various Branches of Literature explained in this Work are the following, viz. Agriculture Algebra Anatomy Architecture Arithmetic Astronomy Botany Catoptrics Chemistry Chronology Commerce Conics Cosmography Dialling Dioptrics Ethics Fluxions Fortification Gardening Gauging Geography Geometry Grammar Gunnery Handicrafts Heraldry History Horsemanship Husbandry Hydraulics Hydrography Hydrostatics Law Levelling Logic Maritime And Military Affairs Mathematics Mechanics Merchandize Metaphysics Meteorology Music Navigation Optics Painting Perspective Pharmacy Philology Philosophy Physic Pneumatics Rhetoric Sculpture Series Statics Statuary Surgery Surveying Theology, &c. The theological, philological, and critical branches, by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker, A. M. Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hillsborough. The medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams, M. D. The mathematical by Samuel Clark, Author of an Easy Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Mechanics. and the other parts by several gentlemen particularly conversant in the Arts or Sciences they have undertaken to explain.
Croker, Temple Henry, 1729 or 1730-1790?.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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Valuable secrets concerning arts and trades: or, approved directions, from the best artists, for the various methods of engraving on brass, copper, or steel. Of the oomposition of metals. -of varnishes. Of mastichs, cements, sealing-wax, &c. &c. Of the glass manufactory. Various imitations of precious stones, and French paste. Of colours and painting, useful for carriage painters. Of painting on paper. Of compositions for limners. Of transparent colours. Colours to dye skins or gloves. To colour or varnish copper-plate prints. Of painting on glass. Of Colours of all sorts, for oil, water, and crayons. Of preparing the lapis lazuli, to make ultramarine. Of the art of gilding. The art of dying woods, bones, &c. The Art of casting in Moulds. Of making useful Sorts of Ink. The Art of making wines. Of the composition of vinegars. Of liquors, essential oils, &c. Of the confectionary business. The art of preparing snuffs. Of taking out spots and stains. Art of fishing, angling, bird-catching, &c. And subjects curious, entertaining, and useful. Containing upwards of one thousand approved receipts relative to arts and trades.
Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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A cyclopaedia of practical receipts, and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœias, and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families / by Arnold J. Cooley.
Cooley, Arnold James.Date: 1856- Books
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A new and universal dictionary of arts and sciences: ... With an introductory preface, ... And illustrated with a great number of copper-plates, engraven by the best hands.
Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics.Date: 1751
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Ure's dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice / by Robert Hunt ; assisted by F.W. Rudler.
Date: 1875-1878