| PAGE |
| Preface | [11] |
| History of the Lathe | [18] |
| ——— | |
| 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] |