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Published by Nuttall Fisher & De Lverpool April 13 1812

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THE

PANORAMA

OF

SCIENCE AND ART;

EMBRACING

The Sciences

OF

તા.

AEROSTATION, Agriculture and gardening, architecture, ASTRONOMY,
ELECTRICITY, GALVANISM, HYDROSTATICS AND HYDRAULICS, MAGNETISM,
MECHANICS, OPTICS, AND PNEUMATICS:

THE ARTS

OF

BOD

Building, Brewing, Bleaching, Clockwork, Distillation, Dyeing, Drawing, Engraving,
Gilding and Silvering, Ink-making, Japanning, Lacquering, Millwork,
Moulding and Casting in Plaster, Painting, Staining Glass,
Staining Wood, and Varnishing:

THE METHODS OF

WORKING IN WOOD AND METAL,

applicable in

ANNEALING, BORING AND DRILLING, FILING, GRINDING, TEMPERING STEEL, MAKING SCREWS,
SOLDERING, COMMON AND ELLIPTIC TURNING, &c.

And

A Miscellaneous Selection

OF

INTERESTING AND USEFUL PROCESSES AND EXPERIMENTS.

BY JAMES SMITH.

With Forty-nine illustrative Engravings, by eminent Artists.

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I.

LIVERPOOL,

PRINTED FOR NUTTALL, FISHER, AND CO.

..........

PREFACE.

AMONG the earliest indications of a mind susceptible of attaining general knowledge, appears that which consists in the delight afforded by mechanical performances. With this disposition, opportunities of acquiring the means of imitative execution, and of perceiving the advantages derivable from the possession of scientific principles, eminently tend to establish that activity of mind, and that predilection for the acquisition of useful knowledge, which beneficially influence the character through life, and present unfailing sources of enjoyment for the hour of solitude and leisure.

If those who are ingenious and skilful in the perception of scientific truth, were practically conversant with the manufacture of every instrument they use, the progression of the sciences would be materially accelerated. The theorist, however excellent and original his views, inevitably suffers many of his plans to perish, when mechanical dexterity is requisite to 63. VOL. I.

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