Patents For Inventions: Abridgments Of Specifications Relating To Plating Or Coating Metals With Metals - Softcover

Bennet Woodcroft

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461417448 ISBN 13: 9780461417449

Publisher: HardPress, 1861

Synopsis

Patents For Inventions: Abridgments Of Specifications Relating To Plating Or Coating Metals With Metals by Bennet Woodcroft. This historical-technical reference comprises a four?part collection of patent abridgments and non-patented inventions concerning coating or plating metals with metals. It provides concise descriptions of numerous early processes, organized chronologically, and includes an index of inventors together with a scholarly preface that explains its aims and scope. Part 1 (as represented by the excerpt) outlines the evolution of plating methods—from traditional gilding, tinning, and surface treatments to early electro-deposition techniques—and identifies the principal processes, preparation steps, materials, and typical applications. The work situates metal finishing within a broader history of industrial Britain, detailing surface preparation (e.g., pickling and fluxing), baths and methods for applying copper, tin, silver, gold, lead, zinc, nickel, and other metals, and concluding with notes on finishing and durability. It highlights applications in culinary and tableware, jewelry, hardware, and industrial components, reflecting a 19th?century patent?office scholarship.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1861
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461417448
• ISBN 13: 9780461417449
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368