Title Personal narrative of the origin and progress of the caoutchouc or india-rubber manufacture in England : to which is added some account of the plants from which caoutchouc is obtained, its chemical analysis, statistical tables, etc. etc. With an appendix, containing the specifications of the author's patents / ... by Thomas Hancock ...

Imprint

London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.

Title Page with inscription

Hancock Portrait Frontispiece

Macintosh Plant Plate Folding

AirProof Goods Plate

Portable Boats Plate Folding

Location	Call Number	Status
Rare Book Storage	TS1890 .H363 1857	LIB USE ONLY

Description	vii, 283, [1], 24 p. : ill., front. (port.), plates (part fold.), tables, diagrs. : 22 cm.
Note	Signatures: A2-U4, B6.
	Includes index.
	Publisher's catalogue at end.
	Spine title: "India-Rubber Manufactures in England--Hancock."
Gift	Roy G. Neville; purchase; 2004.
Provenance	Provenance: Author's presentation inscription in ink on t. p.
Indexed In	Neville, R. G., Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library, volume 1, page 582-583 CHF #24-11
Subject(s)	Rubber.
	Rubber industry and trade -- England.