A Manual of the Hand Lathe / Comprising Concise Directions for Working Metals of All Kinds, Ivory, Bone and Precious Woods

by Egbert P. Watson

Transcriber's Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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A
MANUAL
OF THE
HAND LATHE:

COMPRISING

CONCISE DIRECTIONS

FOR

WORKING METALS OF ALL KINDS, IVORY, BONE AND PRECIOUS

WOODS; DYEING, COLORING, AND FRENCH POLISHING;

INLAYING BY VENEERS, AND VARIOUS METHODS

PRACTICED TO PRODUCE ELABORATE WORK

WITH DISPATCH, AND AT SMALL EXPENSE.

BY EGBERT P. WATSON,

LATE OF “THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,” AUTHOR OF “THE MODERN PRACTICE OF

AMERICAN MACHINISTS AND ENGINEERS.”

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ILLUSTRATED BY SEVENTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.

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PHILADELPHIA:

HENRY CAREY BAIRD, INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHER,

406 WALNUT STREET.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON & MARSTON,

Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet St.

1869.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

HENRY CAREY BAIRD,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in

and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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TO MY DEAR SON,

EGBERT PERLEY WATSON,

I DEDICATE

THIS LITTLE BOOK,

IN THE

HOPE THAT HE MAY BE A GOOD MAN,

AND A GOOD MECHANIC.

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