Brief volume concerning the properties and use of red lead. Red lead, or lead (II,IV) oxide, is a powdery substance characterized by its bright orange-red color. It is often used as a pigment, though it can also be used in the manufacture of batteries and rustproof primer paints. According to the author, Alvah Horton Sabin (1851-1940) in his preface, “red-lead is not only an important but an interesting substance; its consumption for paint, in glass-making, storage batteries, and many other things is increasing at an unprecedented rate and any intelligent contribution to a knowledge of it ought to be worth reading.” Sabin was an American consulting chemist at the National Lead Company and lecturer at New York University.

The work includes 13 black and white plates and two foldout charts. It is digitized in its entirety.