Student's handbook of paints, colours, oils and varnishes
A student's technical handbook on paints, colours, oils and varnishes, written by John Furnell and published in London and New York in 1903 for trade learners. Its pictures are plain line engravings of workshop plant: a paint mill, lemon and middle chrome tanks with labelled barrels, an oil boiling pot with coiled steam pipe, and a barrel fitted with a spout and stirring rod. A designer could draw on their clean, labelled diagram style for simple process or infographic illustration.
