Now ready, 8vo., cloth lettered, with 315 Woodcuts, price 15s.,
The First Volume of
TURNING AND MECHANICAL MANIPULATION. By CHARLES HOLTZAPFFEL, Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The work, which will be completed in Five Vols., is intended as a work of General Reference and Practical Instruction on the Lathe and the various Mechanical pursuits followed by Amateurs.
Each volume may be purchased separately, and will form a distinct treatise on the branch to which it is appropriated. Vol. I. treats of materials from the vegetable, animal, and mineral kingdoms; their uses in the mechanical arts; modes of severally preparing, working, and joining the materials; with the practical description of a variety of processes, which do not generally require the use of tools with cutting edges.—Vol. II. (to be published in April, 1843) will treat of cutting tools and abrasive processes.—Vol. III., the complete practice of hand or simple turning.—Vol. IV., practice of ornamental or complex turning.—Vol. V., practice of amateur engineering.
Published by Holtzapffel & Co., 64, Charing Cross, and 127, Long Acre, London, and to be had of all booksellers.
Prospectuses free by post.
THE BRITISH CHILD’S SPELLING-BOOK, for the use of Children of the various Christian denominations. By HENRY JAMES. Price 1s.
This judicious little book is divided into seven parts. The 1st consists of tables of words from one to seven syllables, accompanied with many easy lessons; 2. Lessons in natural history; 3. Fables and tales, which are pointed with some important moral, and interwoven with some just maxims of conduct; 4. Simple and tasteful poetry; while 5, 6, and 7 comprise introductions to geography, English grammar, &c.
By the same Author,