Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Curiosities of Industry and the Applied Sciences
The title Curiosities of Industry' will pretty clearly explain itself. Many processes are curious without being novel; many are both novel and curious; many reveal to us the store of strange and valuable things which science presents to those who know how to apply it in aid of industry; many arise out of the discovery of new materials; and many more by new applications of old materials. Of all such are these Curiosities' composed.
Each paper or essay being complete in itself, they may be arranged in any order at pleasure. In this volume they are placed in the order of publication.
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