London, Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1870-73]., 1870. 4 Volumes bound in 2. large 8vo. pp. iv, 412; iv, 412; iv, 412; iv, 428. 20 plates (4 in colour). numerous text illus. (some full-page). text in double columns. contemporary cloth (spine labels bit rubbed, dampstain to lower edge of 1 plate entering image, light discoloration from damp to lower rear cover & spine of Vol. I, light foxing to a few plates & leaves). Including sections on bleaching, dyeing and calico-printing, textile and dyeing plants, silk culture, colour, cotton-spinning, building construction, agricultural chemistry, irrigation, animal, mineral, and vegetable commercial products, chemistry applied to the arts, civil engineering, electric telegraph, fortifications, firearms, ship-building, notable inventions, optical instruments, steam engine, mining, sanitary engineering, map and plan drawing, farming, paper-making, photography, horology, museum construction, arrangement, and management, &c. The work is chiefly famous for the series of thirty-one essays on principles of design contributed by Christopher Dresser which were subsequently published separately; several of the illustrations depict his own designs.. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SETHE TE64
Title: THE TECHNICAL EDUCATOR: An Encyclopoedia Of Technical Education
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: London, Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1870-73].
Date Published: 1870
Keywords: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY DYEING SILK ENGINEERING
Bookseller catalogs: Science;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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