Volume 2

The mechanic, or, Compendium of practical inventions : containing two hundred and thirteen articles, selected and original, arranged under the following heads: I. Manufactures and trade, II. Philosophical apparatus and the fine arts, III. Rural and domestic economy, and miscellanies ... / By James Smith.

  • Smith, James, 1759-1828?
Date:
[1816]
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Credit: The mechanic, or, Compendium of practical inventions : containing two hundred and thirteen articles, selected and original, arranged under the following heads: I. Manufactures and trade, II. Philosophical apparatus and the fine arts, III. Rural and domestic economy, and miscellanies ... / By James Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Inventions relative to Philosophical Apparatus and the Fine Arts. [The figures at the commencement of each article denote the Number of the Invention, in the “ List of Inventions and their Authors,” given at page 432 of this Vol.] Page 139. An Account of a method of dividing astronomical and other Instruments by ocular inspection ... 1 140. On an Improvement in the manner of dividing Astronomical Instruments. 31 141. On a method of examining the Divisions of astronomical Instruments. 38 142. An Instrument for drawing Ellipses . 48 143. Method of transferring Pictures to new Grounds. 54 144. Method of preserving and of repairing the Defects of the Canvass of Oil Paintings ... 60 145. Preparation of colourless Ox-gall for Painters in Water¬ colours . 61 146. Method of concentrating Ox-gall, for the use of Painters. . 63 147. Method of preparing Oil-colour Cakes .. 64 148. Process for producing the Lights of stained Drawings in Water-colours . 65 149. A sinical Octant, for taking Altitudes . 67 150. A Centro-linead, for drawing lines towards inaccessible Vanishing Points ..... 70 151. An Instrument for drawing Lines towards an inaccessible Centre. 72 152. A Perspectograph, or Instrument for drawing Objects in Perspective. 75 153. Application of Steatites, or French Chalk, to the Imitation of engraving and carving on precious Stones, &c. ..... 80 154. Report of the Committee, appointed by the Royal Society, to consider of the best Method of adjusting the fixed Points of Thermometers.... 82