The laboratory, or, School of arts : in which are faithfully exhibited, and fully explained, I. a variety of curious and valuable experiments ... compiled from German and other foreign authors : illustrated with copper-plates
The Laboratory, or School of Arts is a 1770 London compendium of experiments and technical recipes compiled from German and other foreign authors, printed for Stanley Crowder and B. Collins for a readership of practical craftsmen and amateur experimenters. Its copper-plate engravings are precise line diagrams of geometric perspective constructions, pyramids, and small apparatus, showing clean hatching and labelled lettering a designer could borrow for technical schematics.
