CONTENTS.


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Preface[11]
History of the Lathe[18]
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Arc patterns described[105]
—— ——, how worked[107]
—— ——, observations upon[108]
Balls, Chinese[68]
Balls, how turned[111]
Balls and hollow spheres[68]
Black dye for ivory[64]
Bleaching ivory[63]
Boring collars[53]
Boring tools[55]
—— ——, how to use properly[56]
Bottle[91]
Box, how made[44]
——, how polished[45]
——, lined with orange-peel[124]
—— —— —— tortoise-shell[124]
Brass wheel[72]
Catgut, advantage of[32]
Cement for ivory[111]
—— for turners[131]
Circular rest[86]
—— saw[38]
Circles, how to begin[73]
—— with eccentric chuck[97]
Chain[111]
Chisels[35]
Chucks[39]
——, to make in wood[42]
——, choice of wood for[42]
——, centering wood for[43]
——, for work[46]
——, traversing[52]
——, how to use[53]
Copper tools[36]
Drill[80]
——, shape and uses[80]
——, description of tools belonging to[83]
Eccentric turning[71]
—— cutter described[74]
—— ——, its uses[76]
—— ——, its tools[76]
—— —— patterns[77]
—— —— chuck[94]
—— —— ——, how to use[97]
—— —— —— patterns[98]
Eccentric cutter and chuck united[115]
—— —— patterns worked with them[115]
—— —— pillars[109]
Elliptic machine[65]
Flowers turned in ivory[69]
Glue, to make[39]
——, to use[39]
Goneometer[85]
Gouge[34]
Hand saw[38]
Handles of tools[37]
Holly used for ivory[58]
Hook and eye, how to use[32]
Impressions of turning patterns[114]
Ivory preferable to wood[63]
——, how to polish[63]
——, proper tools for turning[37]
——, to cleanse from grease[64]
——, to dye red[64]
——, to dye black[65]
Lathes[29]
——, metallic and wooden[29]
——, construction of[30]
——, proper situation for[34]
Lighter case[90]
Lining patterns[73]
Lines in ivory filled with ink[114]
Mandrel described[31]
Mastic, for turning ivory thin[128]
——, to cleanse the ivory from[129]
Milling tools[47]
Moulding tools[37]
Needle cases[90], [112]
Overhead frame[74]
Ornamented stoppers[92]
Parallel rest[71]
—— ——, how to use[72]
—— ——, to move for side work[74]
Pen-holder[81]
Point tools[36]
Polishing soft wood[45]
—— hard wood[62]
—— tortoise-shell[127]
Printing in the lathe[69]
Puppet[30]
Rest[33]
Regulating the chuck wheel[95]
Right-side tools[35]
Rings, to make[110]
Snuff-box, lined with tortoise-shell[126]
Saws[38]
Scraping tool[36]
Screws[48]
——, tools for cutting[48]
Spiral turning[112]
Table of numbers[79]
Tap[43]
Tenon saw[38]
Tools[34]
——, proper method to sharpen[63]
Tool rack[37]
Tortoise-shell[124]
Traversing mandrel[49]
—— chuck[51]
Turned temple[109]
Turning patterns[77], [98], [105], [115]
Twisted pillar, support for[133]
Vertical cutter[88]
Vandyke pattern[84]
Varnish used in the lathe[129]
Woods, English[57]
——, foreign[58]
——, to imitate mahogany[57]
——, to stain red[60]
—— —— yellow[61]
—— —— black[61]
—— —— purple[61]
—— —— mahogany[32]