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Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I — Arnold James Cooley

Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I

Arnold James Cooley

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  • Book language: English
  • 2266 pages

Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades is a wide-ranging nineteenth-century reference work. This sixth edition, revised and enlarged by Richard V. Tuson, covers medicine, pharmacy, hygiene, and domestic economy alongside practical recipes and processes. It offers a window into Victorian technical knowledge and everyday practice.

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Transcriber’s Note: The original
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COOLEY’S CYCLOPÆDIA
OF
PRACTICAL RECEIPTS
AND
COLLATERAL INFORMATION
IN THE
ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES

INCLUDING

Medicine, Pharmacy, Hygiene, and Domestic

Economy

DESIGNED AS A COMPREHENSIVE

SUPPLEMENT TO THE PHARMACOPŒIA

AND

GENERAL BOOK OF REFERENCE

FOR THE MANUFACTURER, TRADESMAN, AMATEUR, AND

HEADS OF FAMILIES

SIXTH EDITION

REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED BY

RICHARD V. TUSON, F.I.C., F.C.S.

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE; FORMERLY

LECTURER

ON CHEMISTRY AT THE CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL.

VOL. I

Medicina Literis

LONDON

J. & A. CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET

1880

PRINTED BY ADLARD AND SON BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

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Contents

  1. COOLEY’S CYCLOPÆDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION
  2. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
  3. PREFACE
  4. NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO, OR ASSISTED IN THE REVISION OF, THIS EDITION
  5. ABBREVIATIONS, ETC., USED IN THIS WORK
  6. A CYCLOPÆDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS, PROCESSES, AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION
  7. Transcriber’s Amendments
  8. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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