Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and, Commerce; with the premiums offered in the year 1797. Vol. XV. [Containing sections treating: Robert Salmon's Method of transferring pictures from walls to canvas; John Peek's Packing Press (Illustrated); Edmund Bunting's Calender Mill (illustrated); Joseph Ridley's improved Foot-lathe (Illustrated); George Davis's Machine for loading and unloading goods (Illustrated); Robert Salmon's improved Machine for Cutting Chaff (Illustrated)].

Published by London: printed by W and C Spilsbury, 1797

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8vo. xv[i], 368[2]pp, engraved portrait frontis, 5 engraved plates. Contemporary full sprinkled calf gilt, two calf gilt spine labels. Extremes rubbed with wear to spine head; eps and prelims browned and spotted; slight offset from plates. Seller Inventory # 32156

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Title: Transactions of the Society, Instituted at ...

Publisher: London: printed by W and C Spilsbury

Publication Date: 1797

Binding: Hardcover