Practical forging and art smithing

THOMAS F. GOOGERTY
Milwaukee, Wis. The Bruce Publishing Company

Copyright, 1915 The Bruce Publishing Company

The present demand for school instruction in the industrial arts has made it necessary for the teachers of industries to have that knowledge of materials and methods which can only result from long and careful experience with the materials of industry.
This book is the result of a life of such experience by a man who is now recognized as a master craftsman in wrought metal.
The author’s work in wrought iron is comparable in design and finish to the best work that has been produced in that material.
Some pieces of the best German work are before me as I make this statement and tho more intricate they are no better in execution and far less suitable to the material in design than the pieces illustrated in this book which I have seen in process of execution and in the finished form.
The author has moreover been a teacher of wrought metal work for many years.
This experience is reflected in the sequence of difficulty presented by the exercises and the clear, simple statement of the text.