Extracts from Notices of the First Edition by the 

 Press. 



"A new and useful work, in two neatly-printed and profusely illus- 

 trated volumes, and can not but be exceedingly useful as giving pub- 

 licity to one of the best assorted and beautifully finished collections of 

 Philosophical, Mechanical, and Chemical Apparatus, in the country. 

 Each instrument is described, and its price appended, together with 

 much other valuable information, not easily obtained elsewhere." 

 Farmer and Mechanic. 



"In these volumes the latest and most improved Chemical, Mathe- 

 matical, and Philosophical instruments of all kinds, are fully described 

 and arranged under appropriate heads. An engraving of each accom- 

 panies the description, which embraces the particulars of the construc- 

 tion, and uses of each article, and also the price at which it can be 

 procured." Day-Book. 



" This book will be found a convenient manual of reference for in- 

 struction in the necessary manipulations of philosophical apparatus : 

 the requisite information upon which has hitherto been scattered 



through many volumes An instance of private enterprise to 



which no parallel exists in this country; nor indeed are we aware of 

 anything, covering so large a field, being put forth in the unpretend- 

 ing shape of a list of manufactured articles, even from European 



presses Such a catalogue must be a valuable boon to all who 



are engaged in scientific pursuits ; and professors of colleges, teachers, 

 and others, will find it of infinite service ' in the selection and use of 

 illustrative apparatus in every department of science." " Lit'y World. 



" The information embodied in this work must prove valuable, if 

 not indispensable, to men of science and skill, to the manufacturer 

 and mechanic, and indeed to all who have taken an interest in the ex- 

 perimental operations of natural philosophy, and the progressive ad- 

 vancement of science. It will interest the curious in such matters, 

 while it becomes a vademecum to the man of science." Merchant's May. 



" No similar catalogue can be found elsewhere. The work is not a 

 mere catalogue ; it is a museum to which the lovers of science may re- 

 sort, and where they may examine the various apparatus which have 

 been contrived to illustrate and explain the phenomena of nature, or 

 to explore ' the heavens above and the earth beneath, and the waters 

 that are upon the earth.' The work is embellished with over seven 

 hundred and fifty good engravings of all manner of instruments, which 

 are here thoroughly delineated and described, in the various depart- 

 ments of the arts Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, Pneumatics, 

 Hydrostatics, Mechanics, Optics, Astronomy, Meteorology, Naviga- 

 tion, Surveying, Chemistry, &c. The prices of the article are plain- 

 ly designated. The work is neatly bound and finished altogether, 

 being a curious and interesting publication." Tribune. 



" These two volumes contain cuts and descriptions illustrative of 

 the construction and uses of the great variety of instruments, &c., 

 manufactured by the author. 'Pike's' has long been a resort for 

 everything in the way of instruments in use by the different learned 

 professions." N. Y. Observer. 



