THE PANORAMA OF SCIENCE AND ART; EMBRACING The Sciences OF તા. AEROSTATION, Agriculture and gardening, architecture, ASTRONOMY, THE ARTS OF BOD Building, Brewing, Bleaching, Clockwork, Distillation, Dyeing, Drawing, Engraving, THE METHODS OF WORKING IN WOOD AND METAL, applicable in ANNEALING, BORING AND DRILLING, FILING, GRINDING, TEMPERING STEEL, MAKING SCREWS, 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. b |