Packing and Storing articles of delicate odour or colour, of a deliquescent
character, liable to ignition, apt to suffer from insects or damp, or easily
broken.
Embalming and Preserving anatomical specimens.
Leather Polishes.
Cooling Air and Water, producing low temperatures, making ice, cooling
syrups and solutions, and separating salts from liquors by refrigeration.
Pumps and Siphons, embracing every useful contrivance for raising and
supplying water on a moderate scale, and moving corrosive, tenacious,
and other liquids.
Desiccating—air- and water-ovens, and other appliances for drying natural
and artificial products.
Distilling—water, tinctures, extracts, pharmaceutical preparations, essences,
perfumes, and alcoholic liquids.
Emulsifying as required by pharmacists and photographers.
Evaporating—saline and other solutions, and liquids demanding special
precautions.
Filtering—water, and solutions of various kinds.
Percolating and Macerating.
Electrotyping.
Stereotyping by both plaster and paper processes.
Bookbinding in all its details.
Straw Plaiting and the fabrication of baskets, matting, etc.
Musical Instruments—the preservation, tuning, and repair of pianos,
harmoniums, musical boxes, etc.
Clock and Watch Mending—adapted for intelligent amateurs.
Photography—recent development in rapid processes, handy apparatus,
numerous recipes for sensitizing and developing solutions, and applications
to modern illustrative purposes.