CONTENTS OF VOL. VI. V 



BOOK III. 



Of METALLURGYjtnd the ARTS connected zcith it. 



Chap. Pag* 



I. Calamine ; Blende, or Black Jack ; Zinc ; and Brass 246 



II. On Auricbalcum, Orichalcum, or the Brass of the 



Ancients . . 272 



III. On Gun-Metal ; Bronze, or Statuary-Metal ; Bell- 



Metal; Pot-Metal; and Speculum-Metal, or 

 Metallic Mirrors : . 283 



IV. On Tinning Copper; Tin; Pewter . 294 



V. On Gilding in Or Moulu ; Use of Quicksilver in ex- 



tracting Gold and Silver from Earths ; Silver- 

 ing Looking-Glasses . : 31 5 



VI. Metallic Plants or Trees 325 



BOOK IV* 

 POLITE ARTS, or those connected with LITERATURE. 



I. Paper-making . . . 328 



II. Origin and Progress of Writing . 342 

 SECT. i. On Hieroglyphic and Picture Writing . ib. 



ii. On the Origin of Letters and Invention of Alphabets 35O 

 iii. Antiquity of Writing, and the Claims of different 



Nations to the Honour of its Invention 363 



ir. Instruments for Writing with . 383 



T. Inks . , . 385 



vi. Origin and Progress of Printing . 398 



III. Imitative Arts : comprising Designing, Painting, 



Enamelling, Sculpture, Pottery, and Porce- 

 lain-Modelling . . 408 

 SECT. i. Knowledge of the Ancients in respect to the Imita- 

 tive Arts ... . ib. 

 ii. Painting in Glass . 412 

 iii. Enamelling . . . 419 

 ir. Encaustic Painting . . 425 

 T. Painting of Paper-Hanging . 433 

 ri. Calico^Printing . . 437 

 vii. Engra?ing . . 440 

 Tiii. Sculpture . . 445 

 ix. Potttry and Porcelain . . 452 



IV. Burning Mirrors . . 458 



