British Manufactures. Metals. by Dodd, George - 1845

London: Charles Knight, 1845. perfect. "Knight's Weekly Volume for All Readers", XXXVIII. With many illustrations. Kl.-8vo. (ca. 15 x 9,5 cm). Illustrated original sewed binding / Illustr. Orig.-Broschur, 224 S. Contents: Introduction. I. Iron: The mine, the foundry, and the forge. II. The conversion of iron into steel, and of steel into cutlery. III. Files, saws, wire, screws, nails, pens, swords, guns, and needles: As examples of iron and steel manufactures. IV. Copper, brass, mixed metal: Bells, pins, and buttons. V. Tin, tin-plate, lead, lead-shot. VI. Gold, silver, trinkets, plate, Sheffield plate, electro-plate. VII. Zinc, mercury, platinum, nickel, bismuth, antimony, & c. - Original paperback volume, uncut. Wrappers broken at the spine, small pieces of paper covering missing. Lithographed front cover detached. Clean inside. Small signature on endpaper. / Orig.-Taschenbuch, unbeschnitten. Umschlag am Rücken gebrochen, mit kleinen Fehlstellen im Bezugspapier. Der lithogr. Umschlagtitel abgelöst. Innen sauber. Kleiner Namenszug auf dem Vorsatz.