Book/Printed Material The engineer's and mechanic's encyclopædia, comprehending practical illustrations of the machinery and processes employed in every description of manufacture of the British empire Volume 2
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Image 1 of Volume 2- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 2 of Volume 2 AS Se Ss he oni ES A LA SU FS ara AT AR AEA WAH- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 3 of Volume 2- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 4 of Volume 2 I hae- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 5 of Volume 2- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 6 of Volume 2 pe den a i i 4 i- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 7 of Volume 2 NEAR H NAL- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 8 of Volume 2 ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS ENCYCLOPADIA COMPREHENDING PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MACHINERY AND PROCESSES EMPLOYED IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF MANUFACTURE OF THE 3 BRITISH EMPIRE Marat AA RANEY TeRith neavip Tivo Thousand IEngrabings MrAsAARLasANALS…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 9 of Volume 2 LONDON R CLAY PRINTER BREADSTREETHILL DOCTORSâ COMMONS- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 10 of Volume 2 THE ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS ENCYCLOPZADIA ISINGLASS A solid glutinous substance almost wholly gelatine prepared chiefly from a fish of the sturgeon kind caught in rivers of Russia and Hun gary The belluga…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 11 of Volume 2 4 IVORY pretty readily in boiling water or milk and forms a gelatinous substance which yields a mild nutriment and proves useful medicinally in some disorders IVORY The tusk of the male…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 12 of Volume 2 IVORY PAPER 5 property of turning yellow by long exposure to the light owing to the oil which it contains Traces made on the surface of this paper by a hard black…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 13 of Volume 2 6 JACK the better hold of the article to be elevated and from the lower end two prongs project laterally through a longitudinal groove in the case which are used upon occasions…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 14 of Volume 2 JAMBPOSTS 7 JAPANNING The art of painting and varnishing after the manner originally practised by the natives of Japan in the East Indies Itis employed for the purpose of preserving and beautifying…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 15 of Volume 2 8 JAPANNING japanning of which the priming has been used with those in which it has been omitted the latter never peel or crack or suffer damage unless by great violence and…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 16 of Volume 2 JAPAN a a proper sized bottle and kept carefully stopped up for use The bag may also then be pressed with the hand till the remainder of the fluid be forced out…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 17 of Volume 2 10 JAPANNING Orange Coloured Grounds may be formed by mixing vermilion or red lead with kings yellow or orange lake or red orpiment will make a brighter orange ground than can be…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 18 of Volume 2 JAPANNING il japanning for their amusement only and consequently may not find it worth their while to encumber themselves with the preparations necessary for the other methods may paint with water colours…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 19 of Volume 2 12 KALEIDOSCOPE that it can be applied short of what would burn or calcine the matter tends to give it a more firm and strong texture Where metals form the body therefore…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 20 of Volume 2 KELP 13 of images will likewise be put in motion and new forms perfectly different but equally symmetrical will successively present themselves sometimes vanishing in the centre sometimes emerging from it and…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 21 of Volume 2 14 KERMESMINERAL sun precisely in the same manner as in the making of hay being spread and made up into cocks and stacks so as to keep it as much as possible…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 22 of Volume 2 KILNS 15 kermesmineral may be obtained by employing tartar in lieu of the alkali in the usual process Three or four parts of the tartar are to be mixed with one part…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 23 of Volume 2 16 KILN column rests The limestone is raised in a box d or other proper receptacle to the top of the building by means of a jib and crane e or other…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 24 of Volume 2 KILN 17 of the bituminous or inflammable part of the coal the flames proceeding from thence pass into the lime shaft through a series of lateral flues two of which are brought…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 25 of Volume 2 18 KILN the castiron ring surrounding the neck of the lower cone from this ring proceed five stays as at I which are fastened to the middle of the columns by a…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 26 of Volume 2 y KILN 19 the departments the plan however origi nated with a correspondent in the Register of Arts The apparatus consists of a long spiral tube a a like a distillerâs worm…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 27 of Volume 2 20 KITE communication with a rotative blower o by means of a broad channel p p and the upper ends of the tubes a also open into another broad channel  which…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 28 of Volume 2 KNEADING 21 nication is required and as soon as it appears to be at a sufficient distance a very simple and efficacious mechanical apparatus is used to destroy its poise and causeits…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 29 of Volume 2 22 KNEADING voller preventing the dough from passing by it Being thus all forced into one of the compartments the motion of the roller is reversed by turning the winch the contrary…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 30 of Volume 2 KNIVES 23 said to knead itself there being no arms beaters or agitators whatever it is calculated that the power saved by it is very considerable while from the sim plicity of…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 31 of Volume 2 24 KNI1FESHARPENER their manufacture has been introduced The tang shoulder and a thick flat piece called the blade are forged and the blade is then submitted to the action of a pair…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 32 of Volume 2 KNIFESHARPENERS 25 in d to preserve its parallel motion and likewise to support the bottom of the box 4 is a tightening screw to steady the bars  c The mode of…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 33 of Volume 2 26 LABORATORY lengthways between the two folds of leather This last contrivance does not appear to us to be scientifically adapted to the object in view as the pressure of the edge…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 34 of Volume 2 LAC 27 Wedgwood ware earthen stone metal and glass vessels of different kinds fun nels measures glasstubes spatulas of wood metal ivory and glass pasteboards writing paper unsized paper clean straws horns…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 35 of Volume 2 28 LACE The lac obtained in the foregoing process is to be dissolved in a pint of alcohol more or less according to the required strength of the varnish and after standing…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 36 of Volume 2 LACE 29 hexagonal figure in which thick threads are also woven to form the pattern according to some design and these threads which are called gymp form the ornament of the lace…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 37 of Volume 2 30 LADDER principle the old Loughborough improved with pumping tackle the pusher principle the traverse warp Bevan and Freemans traverse warp rotatory Lindley and Laceys the straight bolt Kendal and Mauleys the…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 38 of Volume 2 A LAKE 31 converted the fixed ladder against a trap door into a crane for lowering heavy or bulky articles such as a pipe of wine from a warehouse into a cellar…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 39 of Volume 2 32 LAMP consist in the trituration or pressing of the root in cold water Almost all vege table colouring matters may be precipitated into lakes more or less beautiful by means of…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
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Image 40 of Volume 2 LAMPS 33 or a smaller one being used according as convenient This effect is produced by means of two small weights in the form of rings fitted to lie in a recess…- Contributor: Hebert, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1836
About this Item
Title
- The engineer's and mechanic's encyclopædia, comprehending practical illustrations of the machinery and processes employed in every description of manufacture of the British empire
Names
- Hebert, Luke
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- London, T. Kelly, 1836-1837.
Headings
- - Technology--Dictionaries
- - Industrial arts--Dictionaries
- - Industries--Great Britain--Colonies--History
Notes
- - Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2552
- - LAC ddw 2022-06-06 update (1 card)
- - Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-06
Medium
- 2 v. fronts., illus., diagrs. 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- T9 .H44
- T9 .H44 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2552.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 05004710
Online Format
- online text
- image