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Godfrey Smith

The laboratory; or, school of arts: containing a large collection of valuable secrets, experiments, and manual operations in arts and manufactures, Highly Useful to Gilders, Jewellers, Enamellers, Goldsmiths, Dyers, Cutlers, Pewterers, Joiners, Japanners, Book-Binders, Plasterers, Artists, and to the Workers in Metals in General; and in Plaster of Paris, Wood, Ivory, Bone, Horn, and Other Materials. Compiled originally by G. Smith. A Complete Treatise on Fire-Works, and the Art of Short-Hand Writing. Illustrated with Engravings.