The dictionary of arts, sciences and manufactures

Embracing mechanical exercises, turning, measuring of timber, architecture, building, mechanics, optics, astronomy, pneumatics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, magnetism, electricity, galvanism, chemistry, dyeing, bleaching, distilling, brewing, agriculture, gardening, drawing, painting, engraving, &c. &c. &c. : the various methods of working wood and metals, receipts for preparing and mixing of paints and liquids, cements, varnishes, japanning, gilding, moulding, casting, staining, preserving, transferring chemical experiments, &c. &c. : embracing in all nearly three thousand articles on arts and sciences