The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and IllustratedSharpe, Edmund
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The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated
Sharpe, Edmund
Architecture -- England -- History
_Waterproofing_: rubber goods, cuprammonium processes,
miscellaneous preparations--_Packing and Storing_ articles
of delicate odour or colour, of a deliquescent character,
liable to ignition, apt to suffer from insects or damp, or
easily broken--_Embalming and Preserving_ anatomical
specimens--_Leather Polishes_--_Cooling Air and Water_,
producing low temperatures, making ice, cooling syrups and
solutions, and separating salts from liquors by refrigeration
--_Pumps and Syphons_, embracing every useful contrivance for
raising and supplying water on a moderate scale, and moving
corrosive, tenacious, and other liquids--_Desiccating_:
air-and water-ovens, and other appliances for drying natural
and artificial products--_Distilling_: water, tinctures,
extracts, pharmaceutical preparations, essences, perfumes, and
alcoholic liquids--_Emulsifying_ as required by pharmacists
and photographers--_Evaporating_: saline and other solutions,
and liquids demanding special precautions--_Filtering_: water,
and solutions of various kinds--_Percolating and Macerating_--
_Electrotyping_--_Stereotyping_ by both plaster and paper
processes--_Bookbinding_ in all its details--_Straw Plaiting_
and the fabrication of baskets, matting, &c.--_Musical
Instruments_: the preservation, tuning, and repair of pianos,
harmoniums, musical instruments, &c.--_Clock and Watch Mending_:
adapted for intelligent amateurs--_Photography_: recent
development in rapid processes, handy apparatus, numerous recipes
for sensitizing and developing solutions, and applications to
modern illustrative purposes.
E. & F. N. SPON, 125, Strand, London.
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