The amateur's handbook of practical information for the workshop and the laboratory : containing clear and full directions for bronzing, lacquering, polishing metal, staining and polishing wood, soldering, brazing, working steel, tempering tools, case-hardening, cutting and working glass, varnishing, silvering, gilding, preparing skins, waterproofing, making alloys, fusible metals, freezing mixtures, polishing powders, signal lights, harmless colored fires for tableaux, catgut, cements, glues, &c., &c
Phin, John, 1830-1913