Warsaw 1827/28; in the Printing House of Józef Węcki. Published by Antoni Lelowski. 15x23 cm, pagination 370-476, soft cover. Good condition(two engravings attributed to this issue are missing, tears, folds and soiling of the cover, stamp on the title page, paper loss on the spine).
Part four of volume one of 1827/28. The first Polish technical monthly, published in Warsaw in 1820-1828. It was founded on the initiative of Gracjan Korwin and Antoni Lelowski, and was devoted to natural science, inventions, household and agriculture. Among the articles in this issue include: Horse boardwalk. On the firing of charcoals, with a description of the Swedish charcoal stove. The best way to process potatoes into booze. About English sheep with long wool, assimilated in France. Beer made from malt crumbs. Proceedings for bleaching paper, yarn, linen and cotton fabrics, with lime chloride. About cleaning honey. Non-wetting footwear. Minor excerpts from medical journals, given by a doctor in the capital: for freckles, for corns or so-called corns, for a remedy for tapeworm, for wasp bites, etc. Miscellaneous: tenderizing meat, preserving wine in incomplete barrels or bottles, a remedy against milk souring, preserving sour cabbage from spoilage, an English spread for skins, heating without fire, uses for tobacco ash, purifying vodka.
