An encyclopaedia of domestic economy ... / by Thomas Webster ; assisted by the late Mrs. Parkes.

  • Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844
Date:
1861
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Credit: An encyclopaedia of domestic economy ... / by Thomas Webster ; assisted by the late Mrs. Parkes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY COMPRISING SUCH SUBJECTS AS ABE MOST IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH HOUSEKEEPING: AS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC EDIFICES, WITH THE MODES OF WARMING, VENTILATING, AND LIGHTING THEM ; A DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS ARTICLES OF FURNITURE, With the Nature of their Materials ; DUTIES OF SERVANTS; A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES USED AS FOOD AND THE METHODS OF PRESERVING AND PREPARING THEM BY COOKING J MAKING BREAD; THE CHEMICAL NATURE AND THE PREPARATION OF ALL KINDS OF FERMENTED LIQUORS USED AS BEVERAGE ; MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN DRESS AND THE TOILETTE; BUSINESS OF THE LAUNDRY; DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS WHEEL-CARRIAGES ; Pr^crbattflii of ^raltD; DOMESTIC MEDICINE, &c. &c. BY THOMAS WEBSTER, F.G.S. &c. ASSISTED BY THE LATE MRS. PARKES, AUTHOR OF “ DOMESTIC DUTIES.” ILLUSTRATED WITH NEARLY ONE THOUSAND WOODCUTS. NEW EDITION. LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS.