Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828
Title:
The panorama of science and art : embracing the sciences of aerostation, agriculture and gardening, architecture, astronomy ... : the arts of building, brewing, bleaching, clockwork ... : the methods of working in wood and metal, applicable in annealing, boring and drilling, filding, grinding ... : and a miscellaneous selection of interesting and useful processes and experiments / by James Smith ; with forty-nine illustrative engravings by eminent artists ; in two volumes.
Published / Created:
Liverpool : Printed at the Caxton Press, by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, [1815?]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Inigo Barlow, Samuel Porter, T. Dixon, James Davis, Lowry and Robert Hicks; after James Smith and H. Cooper.
Contents:
Mechanical exercises -- Architecture -- Building -- Mechanics -- Optics -- Astronomy -- Pneumatics -- Hydrostatics and Hydraulics -- Aerostation -- Magnetism -- Electricity -- Galvanism -- Chemistry -- Dyeing -- Bleaching -- Brewing -- Distallation -- Agriculture -- Gardening -- Drawing -- Painting -- Engraving -- Miscellanies.
Subject Terms:
Technology. | Industrial arts. | Art and science. | Caxton Press -- Printer. | Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1815.
Contributors:
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841. Attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation. | Barlow, Inigo, engraver. | Davis, James, engraver. | Dixon, T., engraver. | Hicks, Robert, active 1820-1836, engraver. | Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, engraver. | Porter, Samuel, active 1792-1842, engraver. | Cooper, ill.