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THE USEFUL ARTS, considered in connexion with 

 the AppHcations of Science; in two volumes, with many- 

 cuts, by Jacob Bigelow, M. D., Professor of Materia 

 Medica in Harvard University, Author of ' the Elements of 

 Technology,' Sfc. Sfc. 



We subjoin a summary of the Topics discussed in the several chap- 

 ters of this Important Work, that its nature and objects may be the 

 more clearly understood. 



CHAPTER I. 



Outline of the History of the Arts in Ancient and Modern Times. 



Arts of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Jews, Hindoos, Chinese, Greeks, Romans, 

 Dark Ages, Modern Times, Nineteenth Century. 



CHAPTER n. 



Of the Materials used in the Arts. 



Materials from the Mineral Kingdom — Stones and Earths — Marble, Granite, 

 Sienite, Freestone, Slate, Soapstone, Serpentine, Gypsum, Alabaster, Chalk, 

 Fluor Spar, Flint, Porphyry, Buhrstone, Novaculite, Precious Stones, Emery, 

 Lead, Pumice, Tufa, Peperino, Tripoli, Clay, Asbestus, Cements, Limestone, 

 Puzzolana, Tarras. Other Cements — Maltha. Metals — Iron, Copper, Lead, Tin, 

 Mercury, Gold, Silver, Platina, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth, Arsenic, Manganese, 

 Nickel. Combustibles, &c — Bitumen, Amber, Coal, Anthracite, Graphite, Peat, 

 Sulphur. Materials from the Vegetable Kingdom — Wood, Bark, Oak, Hickory, 

 Ash, Elm, Locust, Wild Cherry, Chestnut, Beech, Basswood, Tulip Tree, Maple, 

 Birch, Button Wood, Persimmon, Black Walnut, Tupelo, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, 

 White Cedar, Cypress, Larch, Arbor Vitae, Red Cedar, Willow, Mahogany, 

 Boxwood, Lignum Vitre, Cork, Hemp, Flax, Cotton, Turpentine, Caoutchouc, 

 Oils, Resins, Starch, Gum. Materials from the Animal Kingdom — Skins, Hair, 

 and Fur, Quills and Feathers, Wool, Silk, Bone and Ivory, Horn, Tortoise Shell, 

 Whale Bone, Glue, Oil, Wax, Phosphorus. Materials used in Painting, Dyeing, 

 and Varnishing. 



CHAPTER III. 



Of the Form and Strength of Materials. 



Modes of Estimation, Stress and Strain, Resistance, Extension, Compression, 

 Lateral Strain, Stiffness, Tubes, Strength, Place of Strain, Incipient Fractiu-e, 

 Shape of Timber, Torsion, Limit of Bulk, Practical Remarks. 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Preservation of Materials. 



Stones, Metals, Organic Substances, Temperature, Dryness, Wetness, Antisep- 

 tics. Timber — Felling, Seasoning. Preservation of Timber. — Preservation of 

 Animal Texture — Embalming, Tanning, Parchment, Catgut, Gold Beater's Skin. 

 Specimens in Natural History— Appert's Process. 



CHAPTER V. 



Of Dividing and Uniting Materials. 



Cohesion. Modes of Division — Fracture, Cutting Machines, Penetration, Bor- 

 ing and Drilling, Turning, Attrition, Sawing, Saw Mill, Circular Saw, Crushing, 

 Stamping Mill, Bark Mill, Oil Mill, Sugar Mill, Cider Mill, Grinding, Grist Mill, 

 Color Mill, Modes of Union — Insertion, Interposition, Binding, Locking, Ce- 

 menting, Glueing, Welding, Soldering, Casting, Fluxes, Moulds. 



