"This is an excellent and very useful book, covering subject-matter in constant requisition in every factory and workshop.... The book is invaluable, not only to the young engineer, but also to the estimate department of every works."—Builder.
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Engineering Construction.
PATTERN-MAKING: A Practical Treatise, embracing the Main Types of Engineering Construction, and including Gearing, both Hand and Machine made, Engine Work, Sheaves and Pulleys, Pipes and Columns, Screws, Machine Parts, Pumps and Cocks, the Moulding of Patterns in Loam and Greensand, &c., together with the methods of Estimating the weight of Castings; to which is added an Appendix of Tables for Workshop Reference. By A Foreman Pattern Maker. Second Edition, thoroughly Revised and much Enlarged. With upwards of 450 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. cloth.
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"A well-written technical guide, evidently written by a man who understands and has practised what he has written about.... We cordially recommend it to engineering students, young journeymen, and others desirous of being initiated into the mysteries of pattern-making."—Builder.
"More than 450 illustrations help to explain the text, which is, however, always clear and explicit, thus rendering the work an excellent vade mecum for the apprentice who desires to become master of his trade."—English Mechanic.
Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering Terms.
LOCKWOOD'S DICTIONARY OF TERMS USED IN THE PRACTICE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, embracing those current in the Drawing Office, Pattern Shop, Foundry, Fitting, Turning, Smith's and Boiler Shops, &c. &c. Comprising upwards of 6,000 Definitions. Edited by A Foreman Pattern-Maker, Author of "Pattern Making." Second Edition, Revised, with Additions. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. cloth.
"Just the sort of handy dictionary required by the various trades engaged in mechanical engineering. The practical engineering pupil will find the book of great value in his studies, and every foreman engineer and mechanic should have a copy."—Building News.