Tomlinson's Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts

Tomlinson's Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts is a multi-volume encyclopedia focusing on manufacturing, mining, and engineering.

It was edited by Charles Tomlinson, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a lecturer at King's College School, London.

A new edition was published no earlier than 1866 with the intent of "keeping pace with the varied subjects of the Useful Arts and Manufactures, which are always enlarging their boundaries."

The work is a valuable source of information about the 'how', of handicraft, industry and manufacturing, since it contains numerous illustrated articles describing the techniques.

The articles in Tomlinson cover a range of topics from a British perspective, and the woodcuts portray people in a workshop context.