Author: REES Abraham (ed Neil COSSONS)
Title: Rees's Manufacturing Industry (1819-20). a Selection from the Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature (5 Volume Set)
Description: Newton Abbott, David and Charles 1972 (1802-19) xxii. 457pp. 411pp. 516pp. 499pp, 511pp, many illustrations and plates throughout. 28x22, blue cloth, illustrated dw. Very good in similar, price-clipped, jackets. Rees's Cyclopaedia was published over nearly twenty years, and ran to 45 volumes in total. This selection takes all the entries related to manufacturing industry and presents them in alphabetical order. Rees's work was the first to give more than a passing reference to the technology of the industrial revolution, and this makes a crucial reference point in the history of manufacturing and industry. [NB - extremely heavy item - will require additional postage to most destinations.]

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