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• Chemistry, Technical
• Chemistry -- Early works to 1800
• Technology -- Early works to 1800
• Early works to 1800

• Bleaching -- Early works to 1800
• Canning and preserving -- Early works to 1800
• Ceramics -- Early works to 1800
• Explosives -- Early works to 1800
• Metallurgical analysis -- Early works to 1800
• Tanning -- Early works to 1800
• Workshop recipes -- Early works to 1800

• Prosperitatis germaniæ. Pars prima[-secunda]. :in quâ de vini, frumenti, & ligni concentratione, eorundemque utiliore, quàm hactenus, usu agitur : in dei ac patriae honorem omniumque piorum patrum-familiâs doctrinam & admonitionem bono & syncero animo germanicè in lucem edita (Apud Joannem Janssonium,, 1656), by Johann Rudolf Glauber, Jan Jansson, and American Institute of Wine & Food (page images at HathiTrust)
• The golden cabinet : being the laboratory, or handmaid to the arts : containing such branches of useful knowledge, as nearly concerns all kinds of people, from the squire to the peasant : and will afford both profit and delight. (Printed and sold by William Spotswood, and H. and P. Rice, Market-Street, 1793), by William Spotswood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The golden cabinet : being the laboratory, or handmaid to the arts : containing such branches of useful knowledge, as nearly concerns all kinds of people, from the squire to the peasant, and will afford both profit and delight. (Printed and sold by William Spotswood and H. & P. Rice ..., 1793), by Patrick Rice, Henry Rice, and William Spotswood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chemische Erfahrungen bey meinen und andern Fabriken in Deutschland : nebst einem Anhang besonderer chemischer Geheimnisse (Bei Johann Ludwig Gehra, 1793), by J. A. Weber and Johann Ludwig Gehra (page images at HathiTrust)

• Experiments on bleaching (Printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray, & Cochran, for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1756), by Francis Home, Alexander Donaldson, and Alexander Kincaid (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Queens Delight: or, The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying; As Also a Right Knowledge of Making Perfumes, and Distilling the Most Excellent Waters (London: Printed by E. Tyler and R. Holt for N. Brooke, 1671) (Gutenberg text)
• The Queens Closet Opened: Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chyrurgery, Preserving, Candying, and Cookery; As They Were Presented to the Queen (fourth edition corrected; London: Printed for N. Brooks, 1658) (page images in Barcelona)
• A True Gentlewomans Delight, Wherein is Contained All Manner Of Cookery; Together with Preserving, Conserving, Drying And Candying (London: W. I. Gent, 1653), by Elizabeth Grey Kent (HTML at Michigan)
• Queens delight ([London] : Printed for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill, 1662., 1662), by Nathaniel Brooke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Delights for ladies to adorn their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories : with beauties, banquets, perfumes, and waters. (London : Printed by James Young, 1644., 1644), by Hugh Plat and James Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Whole body of cookery dissected, taught and fully manifested, methodically, artificially, and according to the best tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c. (Printed for E. Calvert, at the sign of the Black Spread Eagle, at the West end of St. Pauls, 1673), by William Rabisha (page images at HathiTrust)
• Art of preserving, conserving, and candying (London : Printed by R.H. for Charles Greene, 1647., 1647), by Charles Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• Good huswifes jewell. Part 2 (At London : Printed by E. Allde. for Edward White, dwellimg [sic] at the little north doore of Paules Church at the signe of the Gun, 1597), by Thomas Dawson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A choice manual of rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery collected and practised by the Right Honorable, the Countesse of Kent, late deceased ; as also most exquisite ways of preserving, conserving, candying, &c. ; published by W.I., Gent. (London : Printed by G.D., and are to be sold by William Shears ..., 1653), by Elizabeth Grey Kent and W. J. (W. Jar) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens. (London : printed for T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London Bridge, 1677), by Hannah Woolley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery containing I. the art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers ..., II. the physical cabinet, or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery : together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body : and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling, 3. the compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode ... (London : Printed for B. Harris, and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1675), by Hannah Woolley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A closet for ladies and gentlevvomen. or, The art of preseruing, conseruing, and candying With the manner hovve to make diuers kinds of syrups: and all kind of banqueting stuffes. Also diuers soueraigne medicines and salues, for sundry diseases. (London : Printed [by F. Kingston] for Arthur Iohnson, dvvelling neere the great north dore of Paules, 1608) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly corrected, and inlarged, with diuers necessary phisicke helpes, not impertinent to euery good huswife to vse in her house amongst her own famelie. (London : Printed by Richard Jones, at the Rose and Crowne neere Holborne bridge, 1591), by John Partridge (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The treasurie of commodious conceits, & hidden secrets and may be called, the huswiues closet, of healthfull prouision. Mete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates both men and women: and also pleasaunt for recreation, with a necessary table of all things herein contayned. Gathered out of sundrye experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge. By I. Par. (Imprinted at London : By Richarde Iones, 1573), by John Partridge (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A daily exercise for ladies and gentlewomen. Whereby they may learne and practice the whole art of making pastes, preserues, marmalades, conserues, tartstuffes, gellies, breads, sucket candies, cordiall vvaters, conceits in sugar-vvorkes of seuerall kindes. As also to dry lemonds, orenges, or other fruits. Newly set forth, according to the now approued receipts, vsed both by honourable and vvorshipfull personages. By Iohn Murrell, professour thereof. (London : Printed [by T. Snodham] for the vvidow Helme, and are to be sould at her shop in S. Dunstans church-yard in Fleetstreet, 1617), by John Murrell (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Rare and excellent receipts. Experienc'd, and taught by Mrs. Mary Tillinghast. And now printed for the use of her scholars only. (London : [s.n.], printed in the year, 1690), by Mary Tillinghast (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A Book of fruits & flovvers. Shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine. As also: to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them. To make powders, civet bagges, all sort of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow or frutages; and to pickell them. And for meat. To make pyes, biscat, maid dishes, marchpanes, leeches, and snow, craknels, caudels, cakes, broths, fritter-stuffe, puddings, tarts, syrupes, and sallets. For medicines. To make all sorts of poultisses, and serecloaths for any member swell'd or inflamed, ointments, waters for all wounds, and cancers, salves for aches, to take the ague out of any place burning or scalding; for the stopping of suddain bleeding, curing the piles, ulcers, ruptures, coughs, consumptions, and killing of warts, to dissolve the stone, killing the ring-worme, emroids, and dropsie, paine in the ears and teeth, deafnesse. (London : Printed by M.S. for Tho: Jenner at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, London., 1653) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The gentlewoman's delight in cookery containing the newest art of dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, or fish, either roasted, boiled, baked, stewed, fryed, broyled, hasht or frigaced. Together with the true way of raising paste, and making pyes, pasties, tarts, cakes, custards, &c. Also how to make all sorts of broths, caudles, syrups, jellies; and the exact way of making divers sorts of pickles, &c. Likewise directions for garnishing, serving up, and setting out a table; ... To which is added, the art of preserving, conserving, and candying all sorts of fruits, flowers, buds, roots, herbs, &c. With a most excellent receipt for making beautifying water to clear the face, neck, hands, & whiten the skin. Very beneficial for all young gentlewomen and servant-maids. Licensed according to order. ([London] : Printed for J. Back, on London-Bridge[, 1690?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A true gentlewomans delight : wherein is contained all manner of cookery : together with preserving, conserving, drying and candying very necessary for all ladies and gentlewomen (London : Printed by G.D. and are to be sold by William Shears, at the sign of the Bible in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1653., 1653), by Elizabeth Grey Kent, William Sheares, W. J. (W. Jar), and Gartrude Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chymische Untersuchungen welche fürnehmlich von der Lithogeognosia (Bey Christian Friderich Voss, 1757), by Johann Heinrich Pott, Christian Friderich Voss, and F. H. Frisch (page images at HathiTrust)

• The art of glass : shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel, likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses : to which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling : also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers : a work containing many secrets and curiosities never before discovered : with an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours (Printed for Dan. Brown ..., 1699), by Jean Haudicquer de Blancourt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The golden cabinet : being the laboratory, or handmaid to the arts : containing such branches of useful knowledge, as nearly concerns all kinds of people, from the squire to the peasant, and will afford both profit and delight. (Printed and sold by William Spotswood and H. & P. Rice ..., 1793), by Patrick Rice, Henry Rice, and William Spotswood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The true state of the businesse of glasse of all kindes, as it now standeth both in the price of glasse and materialls, how sold these fifteen yeers last past, and how formerly, the price of materialls as they are now bought, and what hath been formerly paid, with a report of the condition of all kindes of glasses. ([London : s.n., 1641]), by Robert Mansell (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Traité des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle (chez Nyon fils ..., 1747), by Amédée François Frézier, Jacques Chardon, and Nyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pyrotechnia sublimis saeculi primaevi, : fel liber meteororum. (Typis Joannis Thomae..., 1778), by Ferdinand Ludwig Harrsch and Almendingen (page images at HathiTrust)

• L'art d'essayer les mines et les métaux (Chez Jean-Thomas Hérissant, libraire ..., 1759), by Christian Carl Schindler, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, and Claude-Joseph Geoffroy (page images at HathiTrust)

• A method of tanning without bark. (Printed by A. Rhames, 1729), by William Maple (page images at HathiTrust)

• Der zu vielen Wissenschafften dienstlich-anweisende curiöse Künstler, vorgestellt in einem neu verfertigten und in zwey Theile eingerichteten Kunst-Haus-und Wunder-Buch ... (Verlegts J.L. Buggel; Druckts J.E. Adelbulner, 1703) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bewährteste geheimnisse von fünfhundert probatesten kunst-stücken aus allen drey theilen des natur-reichs gesammlet mit nöthigen handgriffen und zum gebrauch für allerhand liebhaber an das licht gegeben. (C. Riegels seel. Wittib., 1771) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The jevvel house of art and nature : containing divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the art of husbandry : with divers chimical conclusions concerning the art of distillation, and the rare practises and uses thereof. Faithfully and familiarly set down, according to the authours own experience (Printed by Bernard Alsop, ..., 1653), by Hugh Plat and Arnold Boate (page images at HathiTrust)
• School of arts (Printed for Stanley Crowder, No. 12, in Paternoster-Row, and B. Collins, in Salisbury, 1770), by Godfrey Smith, B. Collins, Stanley Crowder, and James Hulett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dell'elixir vitae (Per Secondino Roncagliolo, 1624), by Donato d'Eremita and Secondino Roncagliolo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trattenimenti sulle vernici, ed altre materie utili, e dilettevoli sparse nelle opere di molti accreditati autori : particolarmente nel trattato assai stimato del P. Filippo Bonanni (Nella stamperia Roveri presso di Fratelli Fava, 1788), by Francesco Agricola and Filippo Buonanni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mysteryes of natvre and art (For Ralph Mab and are to be sold by Iohn Iackson and Francis Church at the Kings armes in Cheapeside, 1634), by John Bate (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveaux secrets concernans les arts et metiers (Chez Jean de la Riviere ... , 1721), by Jean de La Rivière (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tratado de barnizes y charoles : en que se da el modo de componer uno perfectamente, parecido al de la China, y muchos otros que sirven à la pintura, al dorar, y abrir, con otras curiosidades (Por Joseph Estevan Dolz :, 1735), by Genaro Cantelli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring (Printed by M. White, for John Crumpe, at the Sign of the Three Bibles in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1681), by William Salmon, John Crump, Margaret White, William Vaughan, Frederick Hendrick van Hove, and William Sherwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nuovo trattato di qualsivoglia sorte di vernici, comunemente dette della China, formate secondo, che si pratica in Francia, in Inghilterra, ed in altre parti dell'Europa ... (Per Lelio dalla Volpe, 1764), by Angelo Maria Alberto Guidotti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sehr geheim gehaltene und nunmehro frey entdeckte experimentirte Kunst-Stücke, die schönsten und raresten Farben zu verfertigen : ingleichen die vergoldung und versilberung, sowohl kalt, als im Feuer, auf Metall, Glas und Porcellain, den feinsten gelben und weissen Tombac, rare Composition der Edelgesteine, Glassuren, Holtz- und Stein-Vergoldungen zu machen ... (Bey Johann David Schöps, 1789), by Johann Gottfried Jugel and Johann Jacob Schöps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité de plusieurs beaux secrets, très utile pour les artistes et curieux : & le beau secret de la composition sous la glace, fait en composé (Chez Isaac Beauregard ..., 1747), by François Tiquet and Isaac Beauregard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Valuable secrets concerning arts and trades (Printed by Thomas Hubbard, 1795), by Thomas Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Segreti concernenti le arti ed i mestieri. (Milano : Dalla tipografia di Giovanni Silvestri, agli scalini del Duomo, num. 994, 1822-1823., 1822), by Giovanni Silvestri (page images at HathiTrust)
• New book of useful knowledge (Printed and sold by Andrew Hambleton, 1780), by J. Cundall and Andrew Hambleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neu entdeckte Lacqvir-Kunst, oder, Gründliche Anweisung, wie man nicht nur unterschiedliche bissher geheim gehaltene kostbare Lacquen (By Johann Christoph Zimmermann, 1716), by Johann Christoph Zimmermann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curieusen Kunst- und Werck-Schul (In Verlegung Johann Ziegers, 1707), by Johannes Kunckel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le moyen de devenir riche : et la maniere veritable, par laquelle tous les hommes de la France pourront apprendre à multiplier & augmenter leurs thresors & possessions : avec plvsievrs avtres excellens secrets des choses naturelles, desquels iusques à present l'on n'a ouy parler (Chez Robert Foüet, 1636), by Bernard Palissy (page images at HathiTrust)

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