Popular Technology; or, Professions and Trades. Vol. 2 (of 2)
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The volume offers concise, practical descriptions of numerous trades and professions, each presented in short chapters that explain the principles, tools, materials, and common techniques of arts and crafts such as music and instrument making, painting and sculpture, engraving and printing, papermaking and bookbinding, woodworking, metalworking, ceramics, and allied occupations. Entries combine technical explanation with discussion of processes, divisions of labor, and working methods so that a general reader gains a clear, orderly introduction to the technologies and crafts that produce everyday objects and cultural works.
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