Ure's Dictionary of Arts Manufactures and Mines. Containing a Clear Exposition of their Principles and Practice.

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Edited by Robert Hunt F.R.S. F.S.S. Keeper of Mining Records ... Assisted by Numerous Contributors Eminent in Science and Familiar with Manufactures. Illustrated with nearly Two Thousand Engravings on Wood. ... 3 vols. London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1863. Roy. 8vo. Uniformly rebound in qtr. grey morocco with grey cloth boards. Spines with contrasting gilt-lettered title-labels and raised bands. Marbled edges. With num. text-figs. Some light foxing to prelims otherwise a very good set. NOTE: Andrew Ure (1778-1857) was a chemist and scientific writer who championed the factory system and the use of child labour.