THE LABORATORY OR, SCHOOL OF ARTS

London: Printed for James Hodges. Good+. 1750. Third Edition. Hardcover. Title page continues "IN WHICH ARE FAITHFULLY EXHIBITED, AND FULLY EXPLAINED. I. A VARIETY OF CURIOUS AND VALUABLE EXPERIMENTS IN REFINING, CALCINING, MELTING, ASSAYING, CASTING, ALLAYING, AND TOUGHENING OF GOLD; WITH SEVERAL OTHER CURIOSITIES RELATING TO GOLD AND SILVER. II. CHOICE SECRETS FOR JEWELLERS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GOLD; IN ENAMELLING AND THE PREPARATION OF ENAMEL COLOURS, WITH THE ART OF COPYING PRECIOUS STONES; OF PREPARING COLOURS FOR DOUBLETS; OF COLOURING FOYLES FOR JEWELS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER RARE SECRETS. III. SEVERAL UNCOMMON EXPERIMENTS FOR CASTING IN SILVER, COPPER, BRASS, TIN, STEEL, AND OTHER METALS; LIKEWISE IN WAX, PLAISTER OF PARIS, WOOD, HORN &C. WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE MOULDS. IV. THE ART OF MAKING GLASS; EXHIBITING WITHAL THE ART OF PAINTING AND MAKING IMPRESSIONS UPON GLASS, AND LAYING THEREON GOLD OR SILVER; TOGETHER WITH THE METHOD OF PREPARING THE COLOURS FOR POTTERS WORK, OF DELF WARE. V. A COLLECTION OF VERY VALUABLE SECRETS, FOR THE USE OF CUTLERS, PEWTERERS, BRASSERS, JOINERS, TURNERS, JAPANNERS, BOOK-BINDERS, DISTILLERS, LAPIDARIES, LIMNERS, &C. TOGETHER WITH THE ART OF MARBLING BOOKS OR PAPER. VI. A DISSERTATION ON THE NATURE AND GROWTH OF SALT-PETRE; ALSO, SEVERAL OTHER CHOICE AND UNCOMMON CHYMICAL EXPERIMENTS. VII. THE ART OF PREPARING ROCKETS, CRACKERS, FIRE-GLOBES, STARS, SPARKS, &C. FOR RECREATIVE FIRE-WORKS. VIII. THE ART AND MANAGEMENT OF DYING SILKS, WORSTEDS, COTTON, &C. IN VARIOUS COLOURS". Rebound in full leather with 4 raised bands and gilt decoration & lettering. [8, 352pp & 16pp index]. Illustrated with a pictorial frontispiece by Hulett and 16 full pages of copper plates of which 2 are fold outs. Hinges and interior of text are tight, and intact. Frontis page has chipped edges. Damp stain affecting lower portion of pages 266-296 including both fold out illustrations. Some pages lightly soiled & old notes on rear free endpapers. Compiled from German and other foreign authors. Technical, Industrial Arts, Science. ; B/W plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .