S P O N S’
MECHANICS’ OWN BOOK;
A MANUAL FOR HANDICRAFTSMEN AND AMATEURS.
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.
Mechanical Drawing—Casting and Founding—Forging and Finishing Iron—Sheetmetal Working—Soldering, Brazing, and Burning—Carpentry and Joinery—Details of Construction of Workshop appliances, Rough Furniture, Garden and Yard Erections, and House Building—Cabinet-Making and Veneering—Carving and Fretcutting—Upholstery—Painting, Graining, and Marbling—Staining Furniture, Woods, Floors, and Fittings—Gilding—Polishing Marble, Metals, and Wood—Varnishing—Mechanical Movements—Turning in Wood and Metals—Masonry—Roofing—Glazing—Plastering—Whitewashing—Paperhanging—Gas-fitting—Bell-hanging, Ordinary, and Electric Systems, &c. &c.
London: E. & F. N. SPON, 125, Strand.
Mr. WOLFFRAM, The Manor House, Lee, London, S.E.
WITH A TEACHING STAFF OF TWENTY-THREE INSTRUCTORS,