LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[Fig. 1]Glue-pot for heating by petroleum.3
[Figs. 2 & 3]Holding whilst folding.15
[Fig. 4]Lifting into the Press.19
[Fig. 5]Open sheets laid out for gathering.20
[Fig. 6]Sections fanned out for drawing out.22
[Fig. 7]Sections fanned out for pasting.23
[Fig. 8]Suggestions for mounting on guards.25
[Figs. 9-13]Suggestions for folding plates and maps.26
[Fig. 14]Collating.28
[Fig. 15]Rolling machine.31
[Fig. 16]Sewing frame.33
[Fig. 17]Arrangement on the sewing frame.33
[Fig. 18]Arrangement of threads in holländering.35
[Fig. 19]Small stapling machine for single sheets.35
[Fig. 20]Arrangement of staples in brochures.35
[Fig. 21]Arrangement of threads in old style of sewing.41
[Fig. 22]Arrangement of threads with double cords.41
[Fig. 23]Divisions for sawing-in.42
[Fig. 24]Machine for sawing-in.43
[Fig. 25]Suggestions for single and double end papers.45
[Fig. 26]Suggestion for double end paper with tear-off.45
[Fig. 27]Overcast end paper.46
[Fig. 28]Loops for attaching to frame hooks.47
[Fig. 29]Loops for taking frame keys.47
[Fig. 30]Suggestion for sewing on four cords.48
[Fig. 31]Suggestion for sewing on six cords.48
[Fig. 32]Suggestion for sewing two-sheets-on.50
[Fig. 33]Thread-sewing machine.53
[Fig. 34]Wire-sewing machine.53
[Fig. 35]Rotary guillotine.54
[Fig. 36]Lever guillotine.55
[Fig. 37]Top edge arranged for when trimming three edges.56
[Fig. 38]Rounding the book.57
[Fig. 39]Rounding machine.58
[Fig. 40]Backing machine for small shops.59
[Fig. 41]Backing machine for large shops.59
[Fig. 42]Backed book arranged for trimming.60
[Fig. 43]Marbling outfit.66
[Fig. 44]Suggestion for sprinkling colour.68
[Fig. 45]Comb marbling.69
[Fig. 46]Suggestion for curl marbling.69
[Fig. 47]Bouquet or peacock marbling.70
[Fig. 48]Eye marbling.70
[Figs. 49 & 50]Arrangement of flat and rounded edges.74
[Fig. 51]Top edge arranged for gilding.80
[Fig. 52]Headband shears.82
[Fig. 53]Headband working.83
[Fig. 54]Board-cutting machine.86
[Fig. 55]Spring back.87
[Fig. 56]Boarded book.88
[Fig. 57]Section of edge rule.89
[Fig. 58]English style of lacing boards.90
[Fig. 59]View of the most general styles of binding, showing the divisions of the work. (Table)94
[Fig. 60]Corners cut for turning in.96
[Fig. 61]Corners: Right and wrong.96
[Fig. 62]Paring with Offenbach or Berlin knife.97
[Fig. 63]Paring with French knife.99
[Fig. 64]Blocking press.105
[Fig. 65]Appliances used in blocking backs.107
[Fig. 66]Colour roller.115
[Fig. 67]Stuck-on gauges.118
[Fig. 68]Turning in the head.121
[Figs. 69 & 70]The head: good and bad.122
[Fig. 71]The pasted-down book.125
[Fig. 72]Treatment of tear-off.128
[Figs. 73 & 74]Simple line designs.131
[Fig. 75]Half-calf extra tooled in blind.133
[Fig. 76]Leather binding with simple design in blind.134
[Fig. 77]Simple gold tooling on sides.135
[Fig. 78]Tooled cover.136
[Fig. 79]Specimen of tooling done in the Düsseldorf Technical School.137
[Fig. 80]Leather binding by Oswald Kob, Bozen.138
[Fig. 81]Cover with laurel motive done in the Düsseldorf Technical School.139
[Fig. 82]Leather binding with fern motive done in the Düsseldorf Technical School.143
[Fig. 83]Simple gold tooling on squares.144
[Fig. 84]Design in gold for squares. Tools by F. Clement, Leipzig.145
[Figs. 85 & 86]Two designs in gold for squares.145
[Figs. 87, 88, & 89]Three simple backs. T, d, B = Title; N, T = Sub Title.147
[Fig. 90]Type-holder with centre position.148
[Figs. 91, 92, 93, & 94]Four backs tooled in the Düsseldorf Technical School.149
[Fig. 95]Group of backs tooled in Carlsruhe Technical school.150
[Figs. 96 & 97]Two richly decorated insides done in the Düsseldorf Technical School.150
[Figs. 98, 99, 100 & 101]Four richly tooled backs151
[Fig. 102]Rich half-calf extra binding.152
[Figs. 103 & 104]Tooling on heads.153
[Figs. 105, 106, & 107]Tooling on the edges of the boards.154
[Fig. 108]Motive executed in the Düsseldorf TechnicalSchool.154
[Fig. 109]Case to protect book.155
[Fig. 110]Cut-out case.155
[Fig. 111]Book cover.155
[Fig. 112]Cover in case form.155
[Figs. 113 & 114]End papers for account books.158
[Fig. 115]Boards cut out at head.160
[Fig. 116]Suggestion for account book back. _K_Pared edge; _T_Part to be pasted.161
[Fig. 117]Suggestion for account book back.162
[Fig. 118]Boarded account book.163
[Fig. 119]To show where turn-in is to be cut.164
[Fig. 120]Hand numbering machine.165
[Fig. 121]Suggestion for back of guard book.166
[Fig. 122]Pattern for dust flaps. (Leinwand = Linen hinge.)167
[Fig. 123]Eyeleting machine.172
[Figs. 124 to 127]Showing stages of pinning down for stretching.173

THE METRIC AND BRITISH SYSTEMS.

TABLE OF COMPARISON.

Metres.Decimetres.CentimetresMillimeters.Inches.
·001 ·01 ·11·039
·002 ·02 ·22·079
·003 ·03 ·33·118
·004 ·04 ·44·157
·005 ·05 ·55·197
·006 ·06 ·66·236
·007 ·07 ·7 7·276
·008 ·08 ·88 ·315
·009 ·09 ·9 9·354
·01 ·1 1 10·394
·02 ·2 2 20 ·787
·03 ·3 3 30 1·181
·04 ·4 4 40 1·575
·05 ·5 5 501·968
·06 ·6 6 60 2·362
·07 ·7 7 70 2·756
·08 ·8 8 80 3·150
·09 ·9 9 90 3·543
·1 1 10 100 3·94
·2 2 20 200 7·87
·3 3 30 30011·81
·4 4 40 40015·75
·5 5 50 50019·69
·6 6 60 60023·62
·7 7 70 70027·56
·8 8 80 80031·50
·9 9 90 90035·43
1 10 100 100039·37