“ANNOUNCEMENT”
A NEW WORK UP-TO-DATE, WILL BE PUBLISHED March 15th, 1903. A book every carpenter and builder, machinist, mechanic and apprentice will want. The life work of that well-known writer, Mr. Fred T. Hodgson.
“PRACTICAL USES OF THE STEEL SQUARE”
A Modern Treatise by Fred T. Hodgson. An exhaustive work including a brief history of the Square; a description of many of the Squares that are now, and have been in the market, including some very ingenious devices for laying out Bevels for Rafters, Braces and other inclined work; also chapters on the Square as a calculating machine, showing how to measure Solids, Surfaces and Distances—very useful to builders and estimators. Chapters on roofing and how to form them by the aid of the Square; Octagon, Hexagon, Hip and other Roofs are shown and explained, and the manner of getting the rafters and jacks given; Chapters on heavy timber framing, showing how the Square is used for laying out Mortises, Tenons, Shoulders, Inclined Work, Angle Corners and similar work.
The work abounds with hundreds of fine illustrations and explanatory diagrams, which will prove a perfect mine of instruction for the mechanic, young or old.
Two large volumes, bound in fine cloth, printed on a superior quality of paper from new large type. Each copy bears the Union Label, being made entirely by Union labor.
| PRICE, 2 Vols, in a Box, Cloth Binding | $2.00 |
| PRICE, 2 Vols, in a Box, Half-morocco Leather Binding | 3.00 |
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE—We wish to state this work is entirely new and must not be mistaken for Mr. Hodgson’s former works on the “Steel Square,” which were published some twenty years ago. Be sure and ask for “Practical Uses of the Steel Square,” by Fred T. Hodgson, which bears the imprint of