Handbook of Birmingham: Prepared for the Members of the British Association, 1886British Association for the Advancement of Science
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Handbook of Birmingham: Prepared for the Members of the British Association, 1886
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Birmingham (England); Natural history -- England -- Birmingham
ANILINE COLOURS, ALKANET, ARCHIL, BURWOOD, CUDBEAR, CATECHU, DIVI
DIVI, DRAGON’S BLOOD, FUSTIC, INDIGO, GALL NUTS, LOGWOOD, MYRABOLANS,
RED SANDERS, SHUMAC, TURMERIC.--Furniture and cabinet works, button,
railway carriage, fibre and bass dressing, art metal, whip, paper,
printing and lithography, matchet, wholesale boot and shoe trade.
NOT CLASSED.
ASBESTOS.--Gas fitting, paper, railway carriage, printing and
lithography, electro-plate, tin plate.
BONES AND BONE WASTE.--Glue, buttons, electro-plate, light brass rolled
metal works, carriage furniture.
BEESWAX, PARAFFIN WAX.--Brass founding, alloy, whip, bedstead,
electro-plate, printing and lithography, light brass rolled metal
works, optical instrument.
BURDOCK, KECK, ELDER PITH.--Watch Finishing.
BATH BRICK.--Gas fitting, whip, light brass rolled metal works, ships’
log, optical instrument, railway carriage.
BLACK LEAD.--Black lead works, gas fitting, railway carriage,
electro-plate, tin plate, nails, whip, buttons.
CHALK, WHITENING, FRENCH CHALK.--Gas fitting, brass founding,
electro-plate, printing and lithography, sword, railway carriage, tin
plate, fibre dressing, buttons, pen and penholder.
COAL TAR, CREOSOTE.--Tar distilling, railway carriage, soap,
electro-plate, light brass rolled metal works.
CATGUT.--Bands for lathes in nearly all trades.
CAMEL HAIR, SABLE HAIR.--Railway carriage, electro-plate, watch chain,
brass founding, art metal, optical instrument.
COTTON WASTE.--In nearly all the metal trades.
COTTON WOOL AND WADDING.--For storing and packing in jewellery and
other trades.
COTTON, THREAD, TAPE.--Nearly all trades.
CUTTLE FISH.--Printing and lithography, jewellery.
CROCUS, COLCOTHAR, ROUGE.--Brassfounding, gas fitting, bedstead,
electro-plate, tin plate, jewellery, glass grinding, and polishing.
CHARCOAL.--brassfounding, gas fitting, bedstead, electro-plate alloy,
wedding ring, nails.
CHINA CLAY.--Porcelain (Worcester), paper, engineers’ brassfounding.
COCOA (THEOBROMA CACAO).--Cocoa and chocolate manufacture.
EGGS.--Printing and lithography, photographic frame and cabinet work.
EMERY.--For grinding and polishing in all the metal trades, glass
grinding, lapidary work, wholesale boot and shoe trade.
FLOUR.--Tin plate, brassfounding, alloys, railway carriage, printing
and lithography, bedstead, nails, papier mâché, paper box, pocket book,
wholesale boot and shoe trade.
FLAX.--Whip Manufacture.
FLOCK, FEATHERS.--Upholstery and bedding manufacture, artificial fly.
FIRE CLAY.--Furnaces in all manufactures.
FULLER’S EARTH.--Pin, cycle and sewing machine.
FLINTS.--African gun trade, nickel and cobalt, chemical works.
FOUNDERS’ DUST.--For casting, metal trades generally.
GALL NUTS.--Ink, brassfounding.
[44]GYPSUM AND PLASTER OF PARIS.--Gold beating, paper, gas
manufacture, railway carriage, printing and lithography, whip,
brassfounding, nails.
GAS CARBON.--Electrical apparatus makers, ship’s log, thimble, whip,
art metal, optical instruments.
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